Karakoram International University of then president Pervez Musharraf. Karakoram International University is situated before the backdrop of steep mountains at the junction point of Ghizer and Hunza River. The main campus of the university is located in Konodass Gilgit. Gilgit the Headquarter of Gilgit-Baltistan. Gilgit has become a metropolitan. I keeps a vast environment to provide every necessity in every aspect of life. It has its own airport, providing daily flights to Islamabad. The famous Karakoram Highway (KKH) connects Pakistan with China, passing through the District of Hunza. A little part of Karakoram Highway connects Gilgit with Skardu (Baltistan). Gilgit's weather is partially
Trans-Karakoram Tract inhospitable areas of the world, with some of the highest mountains. Bounded by the Kun Lun Mountains in the north, and the Karakoram peaks to the south, including Broad Peak, K2 and Gasherbrum, on the southeast it is adjacent to the highest battlefield in the world on the Siachen Glacier region which is controlled by India. Historically the people of Hunza cultivated and grazed areas to the north of the Karakoram, and the Mir of Hunza claimed those areas as part of Hunza's territories. Those areas included the Raskam Valley, north of the Shaksgam Valley. In 1889 the first expedition