A number of Himalayan tributaries are given to the Indus, such as the Shyok, the Gilgit, the Zaskar, the Hunza, the Nubra, the Shigar, the Gasting, and the Dras.
It eventually emerges from the hills near Attock, where on its right bank it receives the Kabul River.
The Khurram, the Tochi, the Gomal, the Viboa and the Sangar are the other significant tributaries which join the right bank of the Indus.
Many of them come from the Sulaiman Ranges. The river flows southward and receives 'Panjnad' a little above Mithankot.
The name given to the five Punjab rivers, namely the Satluj, the Ravi, the Beas, the Chenab and the Jhelum, is the Panjnad.
It discharges into the Arabian Sea, east of Karachi.