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106th Hazara Pioneers

The 106th Hazara Pioneers were raised at Quetta in 1904 by Major C. W. Jacob; a nucleus was formed by drafts from the 124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry and the 126th Baluchistan Infantry.

1935 Balochistan earthquake

The earthquake caused destruction in almost all the towns close to Quetta, including the city itself, and tremors were felt as far as Agra, now in India.

Ahmed Shiyam

He is a graduate of the prestigious National Defence College of India, and completed his Infantry Officer Advance Course at Fort Benning, USA and is the first Maldivian graduate from the Command and Staff College in Quetta, Pakistan.

All Pakistan Music Conference

People from all walks of life, from all the big cities, Dhaka, Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar, and from towns and villages all over Pakistan attended the concerts in large numbers.

Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta

On 29 April 2010 Pope Benedict XVI elevated the apostolic prefecture of Quetta to the rank of apostolic vicariate.

Badini

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

Chand Bagh School

In March 2011 such tests were announced to take place in Karachi, Rahim Yar Khan, Quetta, Muzaffarabad, Gilgit, Sukkur and Peshawar, and also in Hyderabad in India.

Claud Buchanan Ticehurst

He served in British India, mainly in Karachi but with visits to Basra and Quetta from 23 September 1917 to 14 January 1920, a period when he became a friend of Hugh Whistler who shared an interest in ornithology.

Defence Services Staff College

One of the oldest military institutions in India, it was founded in 1905 as the Army Staff college in Deolali (near Bombay), and then re-located to Quetta (now Pakistan).

Faisalabad railway station

The station is used to take people to all parts of Pakistan from Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar and many more cities and towns of Pakistan.

Gabrielle Howard

Between 1905 and 1924, the Howards carried out research on crops such as cotton and wheat at their experiment station at Pusa, and ran a fruit experiment station at Quetta from 1912 until 1919.

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.

Hajika

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

Herbert Lloyd

From September 1920 to January 1922, Lloyd attended the Staff College at Quetta, in India.

History of Quetta

Although occupied briefly by the British during the First Afghan War in 1839, it was not until 1876 that Quetta came under permanent British control and Robert Sandeman was made political agent in Baluchistan.

Holy Rosary Church, Quetta

Victor Gnanapragasam OMI as apostolic vicar of the new ecclesiastical circumscription and the titular bishop of Timida.

Ibrahim Yukpasi

While his two brothers stayed at Pashin Quetta, Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Ibrahim traveled on to the valley of Mastung 50 km, away in the south of Quetta valley and selected a hillock called Safaid Bulandi (White height) for his dwelling.

ICRC Hospital of Novye Atagi

In comparison with another ICRC operation in Quetta, Pakistan, the hospital admitted 120 patients in buildings, and whole the capacity being up to 280 by using marquees.

January 2013 Pakistan bombings

The Quetta bombings led to protests by the city's Shia Muslim Hazara community; Prime Minister of Pakistan Raja Pervez Ashraf responded by dismissing the Chief Minister of Baluchistan, Aslam Raisani, and replacing him with Zulfikar Ali Magsi.

Kalat cricket team

Kalat are a former first-class cricket team from the city of Kalat in the north of Baluchistan province, about 150 kilometres south of Quetta.

Khalid Maqbool

He is a graduate of the Command and Staff College Quetta, the National Defence College, Rawalpindi and the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, where he attended the Senior International Defense Management Course.

Khojak Pass

The road through the pass connects the larger cities of Quetta, Pakistan and Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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

Kohzad

Ahmed Ali Kohzad is a prominent Hazara Politician in Quetta Pakistan.

Muhammad Farooq

In 2006, Pakistan Television nominated him as the best Naat Khawan for PTV Award from PTV Quetta centre.

Muslim FC

Muslim F.C. is a Pakistani football club based in Quetta that competes in Pakistan Premier League.

Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Pakistan

On 29 April 2010 Pope Benedict XVI elevated the Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta to the rank of Apostolic vicariate.

Orya Maqbool Jan

Jan received a Master's degree in social work from Punjab University, Lahore, and LL.B from University of Balochistan, Quetta.

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.

Peshawar Garrison Club

There is a reciprocal arrangement for temporary use of facilities by its members at many associate clubs in Pakistan, such as Rawalpindi, Quetta and Karachi clubs.

Pieris krueperi devta

These markings are very prominent in some specimens from Quetta.

Pir Ghaib Waterfall

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

Rajputana Rifles

In 1878–1880, during the Second Afghan War, the 1st Battalion marched 145 miles in 5 days from Quetta to Kandahar and laid siege to the city.

RMS Quetta

As a memorial to the lives lost on the Quetta, the Quetta Memorial Precinct was established on Thursday Island, comprising a church (later a cathedral), a rectory and a church hall.

RMS Quetta was a British-India Steam Navigation Company liner that travelled between England, India and the Far East.

Sakhi Dad Mujahid

Mujahid was captured in Uruzgan along with a colleague on July 6, 2004 through his use of a Thuraya satellite phone registered in Quetta.

Shahzada Kamran Durrani

He was father of Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai Durrani who is father of Sardar Ahmad Khan (Sadozai) Durrani Chairman Sadozai Qaumi Welfare Organization settled in Copenhagen Denmark now living in Quetta, Noor Ullah Khan Durrani settled in Harran Norway, Habibullah Khan Sadozai settled in United Kingdom and others four more sons etc.

Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai

Among them were son of Shahzada Kamran Durrani, Shahzada Sardar Bismillah Khan Durrani, migrated with his son Sardar Rasheed Khan Durrani and grandson Sardar Nidda Durrani and family with personal guards to a small fort of an elder of the Kakar tribe in Kuchlak near British Quetta.

St Francis RC Grammar School

For the school of the same name in Quetta, Pakistan, see St Francis Grammar School.

Takht-e-Sulaiman

The legend of the Sulaiman mountain range is east of Quetta (Pakistan), overlooking the plain of the Indus river.

Truck art in Pakistan

Karachi is a major bedecking center for such trucks, though there are other hubs in Rawalpindi, Swat, Peshawar, Quetta and Lahore.

Tunji Olurin

He is a graduate of the School of Infantry, Quetta, Pakistan, the Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos.

Victor Gnanapragasam

On 29 April 2010 Pope Benedict XVI elevated the apostolic prefecture of Quetta, to the rank of Apostolic vicariate, with the same name and territorial configuration as before.

Wadh

The Highway is 813 km long and stretches from Karachi-Lasbela-Khuzdar-Wadh-Kalat-Mastung-Quetta-Chaman and further onto Iran and Afghanistan.


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