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Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Taftan تفتان

Taftan (Urdu: تفتان‎), (Balochi: تفتا) is a town located in Chaghi District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's only legal official border crossing into Iran and famed by locals as the "road to London" because it is a famous smuggling route.Over 600 km from Quetta, getting to Taftan is a journey of almost 12 hours of careful driving. The border crossing point on the Iranian side is at Mirjaveh. Basic tribes of Taftan are only one, Sherzai Tribe, Mr Haji Malik Essa Khan Sherzai is leading Sherzai Tribe in Saindak, Taftan and arounds. Haji Malik Silman Khan Sherzai was belong to Saindak(Taftan), his grave is present in hamalaap near Saindak. Sherzai is The Most Powerful tribe in Taftan and Saindak

Saindak سیندک

Saindak (Urdu: سیندک‎), is a town in Chagahi District, [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]], Pakistan. Large deposits of Copper and

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Nokkundi نوکنڈی

Nok Kundi ("the blunt point"), is a township and region in western Pakistan in the province of Balochistan. This region of western Pakistan (originally inhabited by Scythians as well as the Parthian, House of Suren who established an empire from here), was historically known to these people as Dzaranga ("water producing land"). It was recorded by the Greeks and Hellenized to Drangiana in Greek literature. The original word for this region still survives in Pashto as Dzaranda ("watermill" or a "spring"). This word also occurs in Old Persian as Zaranka ("Waterland").

Dalbandin دالبندین

Dalbandin (Urdu: دالبندین) is a town and Union council of Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of 843 m (2769 ft). Dalbandin is famous for fruit orchards.

On 19 January 2011, it was struck by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. At that time it was a sparsely populated area with a population of 15,000. The tremors of the earthquake were felt from Dubai in the middle-east to Karachi and Lahore in eastern Pakistan. The damage from earthquake was limited since Dalbandin is sparsely populated and the earthquake was shallower

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