Transport and Its Importance

• Indus highway has a length of 1264 km
• Indus Highways connects karachi to peshawar and dg khan
• Karokoram Highway is 1300 long in length
• Karokoram highways connects china to gilgit and kpk
• makran highway is 653 km long
• makran highway connects port of karachi to sindh and punjab
• gt is 2500 km long
• gt road connents peshawar to lahore
• Pakistan rail route was built 150 years ago by British
• Pakistan rail routes was powered by coal and then changed to disel
• Pakistan locomative factory is in Risalpur from 1993
• Pakistan have more than 200 stations and its rail route streches 8163 km
• Pakistan have 25 domestic airports
• PIA was nationaized in 1955
• Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, and Peshawar are Pakistan's most busy airports
• Silk Route connects Kashgar to Islamabad
• Chaman border connects Pakistan to AFghanistan
• Torkham border connects Pakistan to Afghanistan
• Pakistan bussiest port is Karachi port it handles 60% of total imports
• Last year import decreased by 2% and export increased by 7%
• Tranport can effect trade, migration, and industrialization
• Tranport can be divided into three categories: air, water, and land
• Advancements in transport changed the nature of wars
• Transport started with the invention of wheel nearly 5500 years ago
• Tourism was only used by the whealthy since it was expensive
• Plains need pilots
• Ships need captains
• Cars need drivers
• Ships needs cook, doctors, crew
• Transport of goods depends on cost
• Transport of goods depends on urgency
• Transport of goods depends on destination
• Ships have less fuel cost and can carry large sums of goods containers at once
• Airplane travel faster than ships
• GPS has made journeys faster and accurate
• GPS guides drivers, pilots, captains by satellite
• Traffic lights and sensors ensure traffic flow is smooth
• Air routes have two categories domestic and international
• Most domestic flights take place in Jeju, Sapparo
• Most international flight take place in Hong Kong , Jakarta