National Cargo (Private) Limited

Pakistan provides the best multimodal transport routing possibilities to the Central Asian republics and to the Russian Federation.

The Silk Route

Due to its geophysical location, Pakistan can offer the following routes linking the Port of Karachi with the Central Asian republics:


1. Via Karaurram Highway (The Silk Route)
   
   + Karachi-Bishkek (Kyrgystan) via Nayryn          3434 Km
   + Karachi-Almaty (Kazkhstan)                      3708 Km
   + Karachi-Tashkent                                3610 Km
  
2. Via Afghanistan
   
   a) Karachi-Chaman-Kandhar-Herat-
      Kushka (Turkmenistan)                          1658 Km
      - Asghabad (Turkmenistan)                      2318 Km
      - Tashkent (Uzbekistan)                        2946 Km
      - Almaty (Kazakhstan)                          3935 Km
      - Bishkek (Kyrgystan)                          3655 Km

   b) Karachi-Chaman-Kandahar-Kabul-
      Termez (Uzbekistan)                            1906 Km
      - Tashkent (Uzbekistan)                        2812 Km
      - Almaty (Kazakhstan)                          3801 Km
      - Bishkek (Kyrgystan)                          3521 Km
      - Dushanbe (Tajikistan)                        2193 Km
	   
   c) Karachi-Peshawar-Jalalabad-Kabul-
      Termez (Uzbekistan)                            2318 Km
      - Tashkent (Uzbekistan)                        3162 Km
      - Almaty (Kazakhstan)                          4151 Km
      - Bishkek (Kyrgystan)                          3871 Km
      - Dushanbe (Tajikistan)                        2543 Km
	   
3. Moscow (Russian Federation)

   + Karachi-Chaman (Turkmenistan)
     via Kushka                                      6307 Km
   + Karachi-Chaman-Kabul-
     Termez (Uzbekistan)                             6173 Km
   + Karachi-Peshawar-Kabul-
     Termez (Uzbekistan)                             6523 Km