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[[Image:KKH.png|thumb|200px|right|Overview of the [[Karakoram Highway]]]]
''This article is about the town in Gojal. For the steroid, please see [[Sustanon]].''
:''for the town in Afghanistan see [[Sost, Afghanistan]]''
'''Sust''' or '''Sost''' is a small town in [[Gojal]] region of the [[Northern Areas of Pakistan]]. It is the last town inside [[Pakistan]] on the [[Karakoram Highway]] before the [[China|Chinese]] border. The town is an important place on the Karakoram Highway for all passenger and [[Cargo]] transport because all traffic crossing the Pakistan-China border passes through this town and the Pakistani [[immigration]] and [[customs]] departments are based here.
== Karakoram Highway ==
The town of Sust is connected by the [[Karakoram Highway]] to [[Karimabad (Hunza)|Karimabad]], [[Gilgit]] and [[Chilas]] on the South and to the [[China|Chinese]] cities of [[Tashkurgan Town|Tashkurgan]], [[Upal]] and [[Kashgar]] in the North. The [[Northern Areas Transport Corporation]] offers passenger road service between [[Islamabad]], Gilgit and [[Sost]]. Passenger road service between Tashkurgan and Sost also exists, and road service between Kashgar and Gilgit (via Tashkurgan and Sust) started in summer [[2006]]. However, the border crossing between [[China]] and [[Pakistan]] at [[Khunjerab Pass]] (the highest border of the world) is open only between May 1 and October 15 of every year. During winter, the roads are blocked by snow.
== Railway ==
In February 2007, consultants were engaged to explore the possibility of a [[Transport in Pakistan|railway link]] via the [[Khunjerab Pass]]. The nearest railway in Pakistan is at [[Havellian]].
[[Category:Cities and towns in Northern Areas, Pakistan]]
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