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
K2 unable to keep pace. The mountain was first surveyed by a European survey team in 1856. Team member Thomas Montgomerie designated the mountain "K2" for being the second peak of the Karakoram range. The other peaks were originally named K1, K3, K4, and K5, but were eventually renamed Masherbrum, Gasherbrum IV, Gasherbrum II, and Gasherbrum I, respectively. In 1892, Martin Conway led a British expedition that reached "Concordia" on the Baltoro Glacier. The first serious attempt to climb K2 was undertaken in 1902 by Oscar Eckenstein, Aleister Crowley, Jules Jacot-Guillarmod, Heinrich Pfannl, Victor Wessely, and Guy Knowles via the Northeast