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The Lovari Pass, also called Lovari top, has a peak height of 3,120 meters and overcomes the Hinduraj Mountains in the Chitral District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. This mountain range separates the access to Chitral district. The pass is impassable because of snow from November to May for vehicles. However, even in winter to cross these people pass and there will be deaths. The passport with the lowest pass in this region offers the shortest route to Chitral; However, he is only passable terrain vehicles. The Chitral district is just over four mountain passes of Afghanistan or on the Kunartal accessible. The other passes are the Dorah Pass and the Broghol Pass, leading to the Wakhan corridor to Afghanistan and the Shandur Pass, which leads to Gilgit in Pakistan.

On the side of the Chitral Ashret and on the side facing away from the Gujjars, speaking different language dialects live. 1954, there was an accident when a plane in which the Mehtar ( " King of Chitral " ) sat and was killed when this crashed near the passport.

Construction site is the 8.6 km long tunnel Lovari since 2005, which should allow for a safe winter access in Chitral district from the spring of 2010. Due to many political, planning and technical difficulties and cost issues a completion date for the March 2014 has been announced.