China-built 1,403-meter highway tunnel dug through in Pakistan

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.

The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.11 percent to 99.747 at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.1575 dollars from 1.1558 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was up to 1.3416 dollars from 1.3398 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 160.24 Japanese yen, higher than 160.08 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.7968 Swiss francs from 0.7970 Swiss francs, and it lost to 1.3980 Canadian dollars from 1.3981 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was down to 9.4215 Swedish kronor from 9.4759 Swedish kronor.