evidence: The Shaksgam Valley, also known as the Trans-Karakoram Tract, is a region of strategic importance located within the Hunza-Gilgit area of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK). [...] Karakoram Highway ●The boundary agreement between Pakistan and China in 1963 laid the foundation for the construction of the Karakoram Highway, a strategic road link connecting Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range. ●The Karakoram Highway, completed in the 1970s with the collaboration of Chinese and Pakistani engineers, has strategic significance for trade and connectivity between the two countries.