Sost [POGB], Sost Dry Port in the Hunza district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (POGB), a major customs office and a major entry point for Chinese tourists and tourism-related income, provides critical infrastructure for inbound tourists There is a shortage, Pamir Times reported.
Sost is a beautiful village as well as an attractive tourist destination in Gojal (Upper Hunza) of Hunza district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan. It is located at the Khunjerab Pass (the world's highest border crossing) before the China border on the Karakoram Highway at a distance of 184 km from the main Gilgit city.
Pamir Times reports that, despite the location being home to a major government-run customs office and a major source of tourism-related income for the POGB, it lacks infrastructure that is important for visiting tourists.
Notably, this dry port in Hunza is the first checkpoint for goods carriers and tourists, but the lack of infrastructure and facilities at the Hunza dry port complex has been and continues to be a major issue of inconvenience for tourists visiting the country. Pamir Times, a local news outlet from the PoGB, claimed this has been going on for years now.One of the locals, who depend on these visiting tourists for their daily wages, said, "The condition of this office is terrible, and it has been like this for as long as I can remember. Many travelers who come from China to POGB Coming by bus, one has to struggle from one table to another until their initial customs check is completed, even the ground on which this complex is built is not cemented, “Which is creating problems for many of these tourists.”
Pamir Times reports another local businessman said, "These complexes do not even have basic facilities; there are no washrooms or drinking water facilities and the attitude of the authorities here is the worst. We have filed several complaints and No action has been taken." We had requested the District Collector to listen to our complaints.We are still demanding DC to compensate us and build shelters for us so that our traders and travelers can sit in the shade. Tourists complained that they were treated very badly."
"We feel embarrassed in front of people who come to our country as tourists," said a businessman who has worked at the dry port for more than 35 years. The office of the Soest dry port is the face of the POGB, which is now "is facing a crisis." Since many local people and tourists depend on this complex.The same trader mentioned that POGB Collectorate Customs had collected a record revenue of PKR 5.525 billion from Sost last year, but the authorities have failed to provide basic facilities for we traders and other travelers. Country in customs and immigration complex.
Sost is a beautiful village as well as an attractive tourist destination in Gojal (Upper Hunza) of Hunza district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan. It is located at the Khunjerab Pass (the world's highest border crossing) before the China border on the Karakoram Highway at a distance of 184 km from the main Gilgit city.
Pamir Times reports that, despite the location being home to a major government-run customs office and a major source of tourism-related income for the POGB, it lacks infrastructure that is important for visiting tourists.
Notably, this dry port in Hunza is the first checkpoint for goods carriers and tourists, but the lack of infrastructure and facilities at the Hunza dry port complex has been and continues to be a major issue of inconvenience for tourists visiting the country. Pamir Times, a local news outlet from the PoGB, claimed this has been going on for years now.One of the locals, who depend on these visiting tourists for their daily wages, said, "The condition of this office is terrible, and it has been like this for as long as I can remember. Many travelers who come from China to POGB Coming by bus, one has to struggle from one table to another until their initial customs check is completed, even the ground on which this complex is built is not cemented, “Which is creating problems for many of these tourists.”
Pamir Times reports another local businessman said, "These complexes do not even have basic facilities; there are no washrooms or drinking water facilities and the attitude of the authorities here is the worst. We have filed several complaints and No action has been taken." We had requested the District Collector to listen to our complaints.We are still demanding DC to compensate us and build shelters for us so that our traders and travelers can sit in the shade. Tourists complained that they were treated very badly."
"We feel embarrassed in front of people who come to our country as tourists," said a businessman who has worked at the dry port for more than 35 years. The office of the Soest dry port is the face of the POGB, which is now "is facing a crisis." Since many local people and tourists depend on this complex.The same trader mentioned that POGB Collectorate Customs had collected a record revenue of PKR 5.525 billion from Sost last year, but the authorities have failed to provide basic facilities for we traders and other travelers. Country in customs and immigration complex.
