The longest tunnel of China-built Karakoram Highway relocation project was successfully dug through on Thursday.
The Logro-B tunnel, a 1,403-meter section of the Karakoram Highway linking Pakistan with China, is designed in compliance with Chinese tunnel design standards.
The realignment project of the existing Karakoram Highway is undertaken by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC).
This project includes seven tunnels and three bridges in the mountainous area of northern Pakistan, where the natural conditions are harsh, due to frequent occurrence of disasters such as earthquakes and mudslides.
In the next phase, the project team will advance the remaining bridge and tunnel works to ensure the project's high-standard and high-quality completion.
The Karakoram Highway, located in Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, is also known as the China-Pakistan Friendship Highway. It is the only land route linking Pakistan with China.
China-built 1,403-meter highway tunnel dug through in Pakistan
Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong met with Graeme Biggar, director general of Britain's National Crime Agency, in Beijing on Thursday.
Wang said that China stands ready to work with Britain, under the strategic guidance of the leaders of both countries, to deepen practical cooperation in such areas as combating economic and financial crimes, telecom and online fraud, and illegal immigration, as well as carrying out drug control.
The two sides should step up coordination of actions under multilateral frameworks including the United Nations and Interpol, strengthen cooperation on law enforcement capacity building and experience sharing, continuously advance the in-depth development of bilateral law enforcement cooperation, and jointly safeguard the well-being of the two peoples, Wang added.
Biggar said that Britain is ready to maintain close communication with China and jointly elevate the level of bilateral law enforcement cooperation.
China's police chief meets with director general of Britain's national crime agency
