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Explanation

Important Passes of Pakistan

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (topmost in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbottabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

Explanation

Khanjerab Pass is located in Gilgit–Baltistan's Hunza and Nagar Districts .

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

Khunjerab Pass is a border connecting to China in the North of Pakistan

Khunjerab Pass is located in the Karakoram range.

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Explanation

Karakar pass is located in: Hindu Kush, KPK

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

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Explanation

K2, at 8,611 metres above sea level

It is the second highest mountain in the world.

Mount Everest at 8,848 metres.

It is located on the China–Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.

Explanation

The highest plateau in Pakistan is the Deosai Plains

It is a National Park of Pakistan's Highest Plateau Barapani.

is located in the Western Himalayas in Gilgit Baltistan

It was established in 1993

'Deosai') means 'the land of Giants"

It is the second-highest plateau in the world 

It has an average elevation of 4,114 meters (13,497 ft) above sea level

Explanation

K2 mountain was first discovered and measured by the Survey of India in 1856, and first named for English topographer Henry Godwin - Austen

K2 is also referred to as Mount Godwin-Austen in honor of Henry Godwin-Austen, an early explorer of the region.

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K-2 is also known as Godwin Austin

K2 height in feet 28,251

K2 height in meters 8,611 meters

the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest

It is located on China–Pakistan border

It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan

Of the five highest mountains in the world, K2 is the deadliest

In 1977, Ashraf Aman became the first Pakistani to reach the summit of K2.

Explanation

The Cave of Thawr is located in a mountain on the outskirts of Makkah.

It is where the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Abu Bakr (RA) sought refuge during their migration to Medina (622 C.E).

This event is mentioned in Surah At-Tawbah (9:40).

Explanation

Swat is located in the Hindu Kush mountain range in KPK  

Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

KNOWN ABOUT SWAT

Swat District also known as the Swat Valley, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Swat was merged with Pakistan in 1849

On 28 July 1969, General Yahya Khan announced the full integration states of Chitral, Dir, and Swat.

Capital: Saidu Sharif

Mingora is the largest city of Swat Valley

Gwalerai is a famous city for apples in Swat

Explanation

Mount Everest is the Highest peak in the world.

It is located in Nepal.

It is present in the Himalayas range

The height of Mount Everest is 8,848.86m (29,032 feet).

It was named after George Everest in 1856

Additional information:

First time Mount Everest expedition in 1953

the first person to reach Mount Everest was:

• Sherpa Tenzing 
• Edmund Percival Hillary

The first man to climb Mount Everest twice was Nawang Gombu

The first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest is Samina Baig

the first blind man in the world to climb Mount Everest, Zhang Hong

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