Pakistan, a travel survival kit (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

The 'unknown land of the Indus' is just that - virtually a blank on the map to most people. Yet it offers an amazing variety of attractions. Near the mouth of the Indus on the Arabian Sea are superb beaches and the bustling metropolis of Karachi. Following the great river north visitors come to the long-lost Indus civilization cities of Moenjodaro and Harappa. The Grand Trunk Road, an invaders' route to India for over a thousand years cuts across the northern Punjab from the Khyber Pass through Peshawar, Rawalpindi and the northern centre of Lahore. Finally the extreme north of the country climbs up into the Himalayas with virtually untouched trekking possibilities and some of the highest mountains on Earth - including mighty K2, second only to Everest itself.