Which Pakistani national highway connects Hasan Abdal to the Khunjerab Pass and is part of the Karakoram Highway?

The Pakistani national highway connecting Hasan Abdal to Khunjerab Pass is N-35, the Karakoram Highway.

The Karakoram Highway is a roughly 1,300-kilometer international road linking Pakistan with China. Its Pakistani route begins at Hasan Abdal, where N-35 meets the Grand Trunk Road, and continues north through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan to Khunjerab Pass. Across the border, the route continues as China National Highway 314 toward Kashgar.

China and Pakistan jointly built the highway. Work began in 1962, the main construction was completed in 1979, and the road opened to the public in 1986. Engineers faced landslides, high-altitude terrain, and difficult mountain geology; hundreds of Pakistani and Chinese workers died during construction. The route follows corridors associated with the historic Silk Road.

The road reaches about 4,714 meters near Khunjerab Pass, making it one of the world's highest paved highways. N-35 can therefore refer specifically to the Pakistani highway designation, while Karakoram Highway is the better-known name for the cross-border route.