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5 unusual facts about Balochistan


Baba Keenaram

With the bless of Hinglaj Mata (Chief Goddess of Aghora) at Lyari district of Balochistan (Pakistan), Baba Keenaram started his spiritual journey with the message of social welfare and humanity.

Badini

Otherwise they are settled in Dalbandin, Quetta, Karachi, Taftan, Nukundi, and a large number of people are settled in Sindh and Punjab.

Balochistan

This involved the movement of finished goods and raw materials, including chank shell, lapis lazuli, turquoise and ceramics.

Baluchistan pygmy jerboa

It is confined to shifting sand dune desert in the Chaghi (Chagai) region of south-western Balochistan.

Rostam Mirlashari

In 1994, he established a band made up of a mix of musicians from Balochistan, Sweden, Africa and other European countries.


Amri

Amri culture, associated with archaeological sites in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan

Baloch

Baloch people, an ethnic group native to the Balochistan region of the Iranian plateau in Southwest Asia

Balochistan honour killings

The Balochistan honour killings refers to the August 2008 murder of five women who were killed by tribesmen of the Umrani Tribe of Balochistan.

Cadet College Pishin

Cadet College Pishin is a Cadet College located in the City of Pishin in Balochistan.

Dilband

Dilband is a mountain range located in the Kalat District of Balochistan, Pakistan.

Gabol

Members of the Gabol tribe living in Balochistan ( Jhatt Patt District Jaffarabad and Lehri ) speak Balochi, while tribe members speak Balochi and Siraiki in Punjab.

Geography of Pakistan

Among them are the Khojak Pass, about eighty kilometres northwest of Quetta in Balochistan; the Khyber Pass, forty kilometres west of Peshawar and leading to Kabul; and the Broghol Pass in the far north, providing access to the Wakhan Corridor.

Gichki

It has relations with many other Royal families of Balochistan including the Jam of Lasbela, Khan of Kalat and Chiefs of the Mengal tribes.

Hajika

Hajika is a village situated 190km south from Quetta in the Surab Tehsil of Kalat District in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan.

Hameed Baloch

Ever since Oman took control of the Balochistan enclave of Gwadar in the 18th Century (now under Pakistani control), it had hired foot soldiers from Balochistan to serve in the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces.

Hamid Khan Achakzai

His nephew Abdul Majeed Khan Achakzai is also a politician, serving as a member of the Balochistan provincial assembly from 2002 to 2007 and elected Again in General elections of 2013 as MPA from provincial constituency PB-13 .

Ichthyophagi

Nearchus mentions such a race as inhabiting the barren shores of the Gwadar and Pasni districts in Makrān, Balochistan, Pakistan.

Israr Ullah Zehri

In August 2008, the Asian Human Rights Commission reported that five women (including three teenagers) in a remote village in Balochistan had been beaten, shot and buried alive in a ditch for the 'crime' of having wished to choose their own husbands.

Jagirani

After few decades Balochs started migrating from Buleda to central parts of Balochistan − presently the Kalat, Bolan and Kacchi areas.

Khetranisaurus

Khetranisaurus (meaning "Khetran lizard", for the Khetran people of Pakistan) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Balochistan, western Pakistan (also spelled "Khateranisaurus" in some early reports).

Khushk

After civil war between Rind and Lashar tribes, many groups and families of both tribes migrated to various parts of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab which lateron became clans and sub-clans of respective tribes.

Kiazai

The Kiazais areknown to inhabit Noshki, Quetta, Dera Bugti, Kalat, Khuzdar, Bela (Hub) and Gwader districts in Balochistan, The sardar live in Jebri, Balochistan But There is a another Kiazai Baloch Tribe who belong to Rind baloch Tribe living in Mand (Kech District) Balochistan

Kirthar Mountains

The Range extends southward for about 190 miles (300 km) from the Mula River in east-central Balochistan to Cape Monze (Muari) west of Karachi on the Arabian Sea.

Korai

The Korai, also known as Kaheri (Urdu: ڪورןءۍ), are a Baloch tribe settled in the Balochistan province of Iran, Balochistan Province of Pakistan, Sindh, Punjab provinces of Pakistan, and the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharastra, Haryana, and Punjab.

KSNP

Kalat State National Party, a Baloch nationalist political party in Balochistan

Lehri tribe

Lehri is a Balochi and Brahui Speaking Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan.

Mahmud Khan

Mahmud Khan I, 18th-century ruler of Kalat in what is now the Balochistan province of Pakistan

Mallazai

Mallazai or Malazai is a settlement in the Quetta District of the province of Balochistan, Pakistan.

Mastoi

Mastoi clan migrated from Kachi Bolan and settled in other parts of the existing Pakistan, A significant number of Mastoi tribe still lives in the Kachi and near by Sindh-Balochistan Border line.

Maudood Chishti

Khwaja Ibrahim Yukpassi another important saint belonging to Khwaja Maudood Chishti's family is buried in Mastung Balochistan and Khwaja Dopassi is buried in Dhadar near the beginning of Bolan pass Balochistan Pakistan.

Mir Lawang Khan

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (the Prime Minister of Pakistan at that time) already had grievances with the NAP Leadership and after Nawab Akbar Bugti "revealed" in an address at Mochi Gate, Lahore that Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo (Governor of Balochistan at the time) and Sardar Ataullah Mengal (Chief Minister at the time) planned to separate Balochistan from Pakistan, Bhutto got his chance to persecute the leaders and workers of NAP.

Nagau

Nagau is a mountain range located in the Kalat District of Balochistan, Pakistan.

OPPI

the ICAO code for Pasni Airport, a domestic airport located at Pasni City, Balochistan, Pakistan

Pakistan Canoe and Kayak Federation

In near future PCKF will be affiliated with Pakistan Olympic Association POA according to its own constitution as non-profit earning sports organization in Pakistan.It is headquartered in HDWSA Hanna Lake Quetta Balochistan and administers all aspects of canoe kayak sport in the country.

Pasni

Pasni Tehsil - an administrative subdivision of Gwadar District, Balochistan, Pakistan

Pasni Fish Harbour

Pasni Fish Harbour is located in Pasni, Balochistan, Pakistan, operated by the Government of Balochistan.

Peoples' Aman Committee

The organization initially only served Lyari, but soon offices were set up in other Baloch populated neighbourhoods of Karachi, such as Dalmiya (Shantinagar), Malir, Gadap, Old Golimar, Mawach Goth, and even in some nearby town and villages in Sindh and Balochistan.

Persecution of Hazara people in Quetta

Responding to a journalist's question regarding the Mastung Massacre, Aslam Raisani, chief minister of Balochistan, said, The population of Balochistan is in millions, 40 dead in Mastung, is no big deal.

PIA Flight 544

The interrogations revealed that the Baloch hijackers were opposed to any nuclear test in their native Balochistan province following the recent Indian nuclear testing.

Pir Ghaib Waterfall

Pir Ghaib Waterfalls are waterfalls situated in the Bolan Valley, 70 km from Quetta, in Balochistan, Pakistan.

Rojhan

Prior to this the Mazari Tribe were settled in the Bambore Hills of the present day Kohlu district in Balochistan.

Samma

Samma Dynasty, ruled in Sindh, parts of Balochistan and Punjab from 1335–1520 AD

Samma tribe, a Rajput clan settled in the provinces of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab of Pakistan and also in Rajasthan, India

Saraikistan

As of 2002, there were approximately 15 million Saraiki people, who were speaking the Saraiki language, in central Pakistan in the Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan provinces, mainly based in the former princely state of Bahawalpur.

Sherbaz Khan Mazari

After the Bhutto led army action in Balochistan and the subsequent banning of the National Awami Party, he formed the National Democratic Party.

Taunsa Sharif

The Shirani, a collection of Pashtun tribes, migrated from Barkhan Balochistan to Taunsa, Khawaja Shah Suleman came from Darug Balochistan and belong to jaffar tribe.

Throne of Solomon

Takht-e-Sulaiman Solomon's Throne (Urdu , Pashto : تخت سليمان, from Persian : "Solomon 's throne") peak in Balochistan

Tourism in Balochistan, Pakistan

The desert safari of Taftan, the ferry service of Gwadar, the parks and restaurants in Chaman and the hotels and open recreation spots in Jiwani, Pasni, Ormara, Ziarat and Zarghoon provide a diverse blend to the tourist experience in Balochistan.

Yaqoob

Chaudhry Yaqoob, ex-Inspector General of the Balochistan Police in Pakistan

Zalzala Koh

Zalzala Koh or Zalzala Jazeera (Earthquake Island) is a small island off the coast of the port city of Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan which appeared on 24 September 2013 following an earthquake.

Zamuri hills

The Zamuri hills are a mountain range located in the Kalat District of Balochistan, Pakistan.


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