Pak-China Border via Khunjerab to re-open from Monday

GILGIT BALTISTAN: Pak-China Border via Khunjerab top will re-open for trade and travel from Monday, Radio Pakistan reported.

According to a protocol singed between both the friendly countries, the border remains closed from 1st of December to 1st of April every year due to heavy snowfall.

Read More: Trade activities resume at LoC from Muzaffarabad to Srinagar

This winters, three-year record of cold weather was broken in Skardu district of Gilgit-Baltistan and its adjacent areas as temperature dipped to -16 °C.

Because of the extreme cold weather ponds, drains, lakes and rivers had got frozen.

 

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