Accessibility for High Asia:Comparative Perspective on Northern Pakistan''''s Traffic Infrastructure and Linkages with Its Neighbours in the Hindukush- Karakoram-Himalaya

Introduction The birth of Pakistan in particular and theindependence and creation of some other Asiannation states in general coincide with an internationaleffort to overcome colonialization and tostrengthen mutual exchanges of goods andknowledge. The age of planned developmentcommenced with the unanimously recommendedstrategy of modernization. The concept ofmodernity was virtually synonymous witheconomic growth. To sustain and accelerateeconomic growth, an adequate physicalinfrastructure was…