Coastal
highway
1
200 km
200 miles
2 | Gwadar
Access to shipping routes to the south, west and Gulf
3 | Khunjerab Pass
Access to trade route into China and central Asian republics
1 | Insurgent strongholds
A new road network promises shorter journeys for exports from western China but crosses separatist areas in Balochistan
2
3
China
Karakoram Highway
Islamabad
India
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Karachi,
Sindh
Quetta
Current
sea routes
Karakoram Highway
Trade route into China and central Asian republics
Shipping routes to the south, west and Gulf
Insurgent strongholds
A new road network promises shorter journeys for exports from western China but crosses separatist areas in Balochistan
Kabul
Islamabad
India
Turkmenistan
Afghanistan
Balochistan
province
China
Pakistan
Gwadar
Khunjerab
Pass
Karachi, Sindh
Quetta
Coastal
highway
Abbottabad,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
200 km
200 miles