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Tourism In Balochistan, Pakistan
Tourism in Balochistan is a developing industry, and is overseen by the Tourism Directorate under the Government of Balochistan, Pakistan, Government of Balochistan. Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan is known for its long coastal belt which extends from Karachi through Sonmiani, Ormara, Kalmat, Pasni City, Pasni, Gwadar, Jiwani and all the way up to Iran. It is also popular for its hill tops and rugged mountainous terrain. History of Balochistan Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan. Comprising 44% of the country's land mass. It traces its history from times immemorial when it was inhabited by Stone Age hunters. According to French Archaeologist Professor Jarrige, by 6,000 BC farmers on the Bolan River were cultivating barley, wheat and dates using floodwater and storing their surplus in large mud bins. The people here were growing cotton and making pottery. Before the birth of Christ, it had commerce and trade links with ancient civilization of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Balochistan, Pakistan
The Government of Balochistan ( ur, ) is the provincial government of the largest province of Balochistan, Pakistan in Quetta. The head of the province is the Governor, who is nominated by the President of Pakistan. The chief executive of the Government of Balochistan is the Chief Minister who is elected by the Balochistan Assembly and the administrative boss of the province is the Chief Secretary of Balochistan who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The province of Balochistan in Pakistan contains most of historical Balochistan and is named after the Baloch. Neighbouring regions are Iranian Balochistan to the west, Afghanistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan to the north and Punjab and Sindh to the east. To the south is the Arabian Sea. The principal languages in the province are Balochi, Pashto, Brahui, and Persian. Personnel Executive of Balochistan The government of Balochistan consists of 26 Departments and some allied offices. Thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziarat
Ziarat (Urdu and ps, ) is a city in the Ziarat District situated in the Balochistan. It is from the capital city of Eastern Balochistan Quetta. It was established as a district on 1st July 1986, before then it was part of Sibi district. The Quaid-e-Azam Residency is in the valley, where Quaid-e-Azam (the founder of Pakistan) spent a few of his most memorable days. History On 29 October 2008, at around 4 am, Ziarat and surrounding areas were struck by an earthquake doublet. The first tremor, 6.2 magnitude, lasted a couple of seconds, and was followed by a magnitude-6.4 tremor that lasted almost 30 seconds, destroying many mud houses and several government buildings. Neighbouring villages were also badly affected by the earthquake. More than 200 people were killed, and over 50,000 were left homeless. Landslides cut off many roads, making the area less accessible to emergency responders. Pakistani military helicopters were used to reach mountainous and remote locations. Geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mula River (Pakistan)
Mula River is located in Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at an elevation of 45 meters above sea level. A dam, namely Naulong Dam, is currently under-construction on this river at Jhal Magsi, Pakistan. Farmers grow wheat, in every winter, around the river. See also * Naulong Dam Naulong Dam is an embankment dam currently under construction on the Mula River, about 30 km from Gandawah City in Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan, Pakistan. Its Construction Contract has been awarded to Descon Engineering Limited, which ... References Jhal Magsi District Rivers of Balochistan (Pakistan) Rivers of Pakistan {{Pakistan-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pishin (river)
Pishin may refer to: ;Iran * Pishin, Iran, city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran ** Pishin District (Iran) , native_name_lang = fa , settlement_type = District , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt = ..., district in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran ; Pakistan * Pishin, Pakistan, city in Balochistan, Pakistan ** Pishin District, district in Balochistan, Pakistan ** Pishin Valley, valley in Pishin District, Balochistan, Pakistan {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolan (river)
Bolan may refer to: People with the surname Bolan *Betsy Bolan, ''Survivor'' contestant *Florence Bolan, U.S. Secret Service special agent *George Bolan (1897–1940), American football player *James S. Bolan (1871–1952), American police commissioner * Kim Bolan (born 1959), reporter *Len Bolan (1909–1973), English footballer * Marc Bolan (1947-1977), British musician and member of the glam rock band T. Rex * Mike Bolan (1933–2016), Canadian politician *Nelson Bolan (born 1990), Nevisian cricketer * Rachel Bolan (born 1966), American musician Fictional characters * Mack Bolan, from ''The Executioner'' Places *Bolan, Iowa, an unincorporated community in Worth County, Iowa, United States *Bolan, Iran (other), several places in Iran * Bolan District, a former district of Balochistan Province, Pakistan * Bolan Pass, a location within Balochistan Province, Pakistan Other uses * Bolan Medical College, a school in Balochistan Province, Pakistan *Bolan, a fictional charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nari (river)
Nari may refer to: People Given name: *Nari (Korean name), including a list of people with the name * Nari Contractor (born 1934), Indian cricketer *Nari Gandhi (1934–1993), Indian architect * Nari Hira, Indian film producer *Nari Kusakawa, Japanese manga artist *Nari Ward (born 1963), Jamaican artist *Nari (poet), pen name of Kurdish poet Mela Kake Heme (1874–1944) Surname: * Marcela Nari (1965–2000), Argentine historian Places * Nari district, Afghanistan * Nari, India, a town * Nari, Purba Bardhaman, a census town in West Bengal, India *Nari, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Nari, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Nari, Silvaneh, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran *Nari, Mardan, Pakistan, a village *Nari, Punjab, Pakistan a town in *Na Ri District, a district in Vietnam Other uses *Nari (son of Loki) or Narfi, a Norse god *Typhoon Nari (other), three tropical cyclones *Nari (creature), a creature featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhob River
Zhob River ( ps, ږوب سيند; ) is located in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The total length of the Zhob River is 410 km, and it flows on a generally northeasterly course. Etymology In the Pashto language, ''Zhob'' means "oozing water". Linguistically the name is Irano-Aryan in origin and compares etymologically to those of the Little Zab and Great Zab rivers in the Tigris Basin. Course The Zhob River originates in the Kan Mehtarzai range (Tsari Mehtarzai Pass) near Muslim Bagh. It passes about 4 km west of the city of Zhob. As a tributary of the Gomal River, which it joins near Khajuri Kach, it forms a part of the Indus River Basin. Agriculture The Zhob River is used to irrigate the land in northern Balochistan along with the Gomal River, making the fertile soil available for agriculture. Although in the 1960s and 1970s degradation of the channel of the Zhob decreased the irrigable acreage. Archaeology Along the Zhob River there are located th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region of desert and mountains is primarily populated by ethnic Baloch people. The Balochistan region is split between three countries: Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Administratively it comprises the Pakistani province of Balochistan, the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and the southern areas of Afghanistan, which include Nimruz, Helmand and Kandahar provinces. It borders the Pashtunistan region to the north, Sindh and Punjab to the east, and Iranian regions to the west. Its southern coastline, including the Makran Coast, is washed by the Arabian Sea, in particular by its western part, the Gulf of Oman. Etymology The name "Balochistan" is generally believed to derive from the name of the Baloch people. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Lake Quetta
Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a family name of Irish origin Places United States * Hannah, Georgia * Hanna City, Illinois * Hanna, Indiana * Hanna, Louisiana * Hannah, Michigan * Hanna, Missouri * Hannah, North Dakota * Hanna, Oklahoma * Hannah, South Carolina * Hanna, South Dakota * Hanna, Utah * Hanna, West Virginia * Hanna, Wyoming * Hannah Run, a stream in Ohio Elsewhere * Hanna, Alberta, Canada, a town * Hannah, a small village in Hannah cum Hagnaby, a civil parish in Lincolnshire, England * Hana, Iran, a city in Isfahan Province * Hanna, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, a village * Haná (German spelling: Hanna), an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic * Hannah Island (Greenland) * Hanna Lake, a lake near Quetta, Pakistan Ships * , a destroyer escort acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astola Island
Astola Island ( ur, ) also known as ''Jezira Haft Talar'' (Urdu, ) ''Satadip'' or 'Island of the Seven Hills', is a small uninhabited Pakistani island in the Arabian Sea approximately south of the nearest part of the coast and southeast of the fishing port of Pasni. Astola is Pakistan's largest offshore island at approximately long with a maximum width of and an area of approximately . The highest point is above sea level. Administratively, the island is part of the Pasni subdistrict of Gwadar District in Balochistan province. The island can be accessed by motorized boats from Pasni, with a journey time of about 5 hours to reach the island. On August 4, 2020, Pakistan has released a new political map that for the first time shows the Islands of Churna and Astola. Marine Protected Area Pakistan declared Astola as its first Marine Protected Area in June 2017 as part an international obligation of the Federal Government under the Convention on Biological Diversity and its A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makran Coastal Highway, Balochistan
Makran ( fa, مكران), mentioned in some sources as Mecran and Mokrān, is the coastal region of Baluchistan. It is a semi-desert coastal strip in Balochistan, in Pakistan and Iran, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman. It extends westwards, from the Sonmiani Bay to the northwest of Karachi in the east, to the fringes of the region of Bashkardia/Bāšgerd in the southern part of the Sistān and Balučestān province of modern Iran. Makrān is thus bisected by the modern political boundary between Pakistan and Iran. Etymology The southern part of Balochistan is called ''Kech Makran'' on Pakistani side and Makran on the Iranian side which is also the name of a former Iranian province. The location corresponds to that of the Maka satrapy in Achaemenid times. The Sumerian trading partners of Magan are identified with Makran. In Varahamihira's Brihat Samhita, there is a mention of a tribe called ''Makara'' inhabiting the lands west of India. Arrian used the term ''Ichthyop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baluchistan Canyons
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region of desert and mountains is primarily populated by ethnic Baloch people. The Balochistan region is split between three countries: Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Administratively it comprises the Pakistani province of Balochistan, the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and the southern areas of Afghanistan, which include Nimruz, Helmand and Kandahar provinces. It borders the Pashtunistan region to the north, Sindh and Punjab to the east, and Iranian regions to the west. Its southern coastline, including the Makran Coast, is washed by the Arabian Sea, in particular by its western part, the Gulf of Oman. Etymology The name "Balochistan" is generally believed to derive from the name of the Baloch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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