SOST DRY PORT

by:Saliqa Rani
date.13 april 2016.

          SOST DRY PORT

Sost is a town in gojal upper Hunza Gilgit Baltistan,it is last town on the karakoram highway before the china border starts. Sost is a centuries old historic town with mountain peak and glaciers, it is a tourist spot and has many hotels, shops and museum. Small hamlets consist Gircha goz, Nazimabad, Jamalabad, Khudabad, Hussainabad,...

  The thing that highlights the important of sost town is the sost dry port.sost dry port is the first formal part at the china Pakistan border facilitating customs clearance and other formalities for goods moving from the Chinese regions of Kashgher and Sink yang to the commercial centers of pakistan.Sost dry port, 10,000 ft high altitude trade facility at Pakistan china border near Khunjerab pass was opened in 2006 to promote trade between china s xinjang, vygour au and Pakistan.

Sost dry port is connected the karakoram highway to Karimabad, Gilgit and Chilas on the south and the Chinese cities of Tashkurgan, upal ans Kashgar in the north. The border crossing between china and Pakistan at khunjerab pass (the highest border of the world) is open only between May 1 and October 15 of every year. during winter the roads are blocked snow…...