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The Government of Balochistan () is the provincial government of the largest

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...

Quetta Quetta is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the ninth largest city in Pakistan, with an estimated population of over 1.6 million in 2024. It is situated in the south-west of the country, lying in a ...

. The head of the province is the Governor, who is nominated by the President of Balochistan. The chief executive of the Government of Balochistan is the Chief Minister who is elected by the Balochistan Assembly and the administrative head of the province is the Chief Secretary of Balochistan who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Balochistan. The province of Balochistan contains most of historical Balochistan and is named after the Baloch. Neighbouring regions are Iranian Balochistan ve Sistan to the west, Afghanistan and the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas of 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 Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

, Brahui, and Persian.

Personnel

Executive of Balochistan

The government of Balochistan consists of 26 Departments and some allied offices. These 26 Departments are headed by Provincial Secretaries. The Provincial Secretaries are headed by Chief Secretary Balochistan. Presently there are 18 Ministers who look after 27 Departments. * Agricultural & Cooperatives * Chief Minister's Inspection Team
Communication Works, Physical Planning and Housing
* Culture, Tourism and Archives * Education * Environment, Sports and Youth Affairs * Finance * Fisheries * Balochistan Forests & Wildlife Department * Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony *

Health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...

* Home & Tribal Affairs * Industries and Commerce * Information * Board of Revenue * Irrigation * Labour and Manpower * Law & Parliamentary Affairs * Livestock and Dairy Development Department (LDDD) * Local Government and Rural Development * Mines and Minerals * Planning and Development * Population Welfare * Energy Department * Prosecution * Provincial Disaster and Management Authority * Provincial Transport Authority * Science and Information Technology * Services and General Administration * Social Welfare, Special Education, Literacy/ Non-Formal Education and Human Rights * Civil Defence * Urban Planning and Development * Excise, Taxation & Anti-Narcotics * Women Development Department * Printing & Stationery *

Balochistan Police Balochistan Police or Baloch Police ( Baloch, Urdu: بلوچستان پولیس) is responsible for Policing urban Balochistan, Pakistan. Its strength is 150,000 as of 2023.The current Inspector General of Police, Balochistan is Moazzam Jah Ans ...

Autonomous Bodies

* Balochistan Development Authority * Quetta Development Authority * Gwadar Development Authority * Balochistan Public Service Commission * Balochistan Technical Education & Voccational Training Authority * Balochistan board of Investment and Trade * Balochistan Public Private Partnership Authority

Legislature

Balochistan's provincial assembly consists of 65 members out of which 11 seats are reserved for women while 3 are reserved for minorities.

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