Pakistan China Border | MCQs

Explanation

New length of Pak-China border, is 599 km.

Old length of Pak-China border is 595 km.

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·        Pakistan total land border is 6219KM long

·        Pakistan total land border with Land Border + Sea 7277KM

·        Land Border + Sea + LOC & Working Boundary 8340 KM

·        Pakistan borders India 2100 KM long in the east,

·        Afghanistan border is 2,611 KM long in the west (northwest)

·        Iran border is 909 KM long also in the west

·        China 599 KM long border situated in the northeast.

·        The beach of the Arabian Sea 1058KM forms its southern border.

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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 (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

Explanation

Negotiations between the nations officially began on October 13, 1962, and resulted in an agreement being signed on 2 March 1963.

It was signed by foreign ministers Chen Yi for the Chinese and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for the Pakistani.

The eastern tip of the Wakhan Corridor starts the Sino-Pak border between the People's Republic of China and Pakistan spanning about 559 km (347.3 mi).

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the Minister of External Affairs of Pakistan.

Explanation

Khunjerab National is a national park in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

Khunjerab National Park is Pakistan's third largest national park, and is adjacent to the Taxkorgan Natural Reserve in China.