Kurak, Pakistan

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Kurak is a village at a 4 kilometers distance from Sibi city of Balochistan, Pakistan. [1] The Kurak Town is the head quarter of Panni Tribe and ancestral village of Nawab barozai. [2]

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References

  1. "Kurak Map | Pakistan Google Satellite Maps".
  2. "Barozai Tribe of Sibi district". Archived from the original on 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2019-01-09.