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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mastung District</span> District of Balochistan in Pakistan

Mastung District is a district located in the northwest of Balochistan province, Pakistan. Prior to its creation as a separate district in 1991, Mastung was part of Kalat District.

Bolan may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kalat District</span> District in Balochistan, Pakistan

Kalat District is a district located in Kalat Division of Balochistan, Pakistan. Kalat was made a separate district on February 3, 1954. At that time Khuzdar and Mastung districts were sub-divisions of Kalat. Khuzdar became a separate district by notification of 1 March 1974, while Mastung was announced as a separate district on 18 February 1992. The district draws its name from the ancient city of Kalat. The old name of the district headquarters was Kahan. The current district consists of two sub-divisions, i.e. Kalat and Manguchar, four tehsils: Kalat Mangochar, Johan, and Gazgz, 81 Patwar circles and 614 mauza (villages).

Kech may refer to:

Lehri tribe is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan. They are descended from the Rind Baloch and have emerged from the Domki tribe.

Hazara may refer to:

Mastung, is a town in the Balochistan province and serves as headquarters of Mastung District. It sits at an altitude of 1,701 metres. and is also the administrative centre for Mastung Tehsil, a subdivision of the district. The town is further divided into two Union Councils. Mastung is part of Sarawan, which was a division of the former princely state of Kalat. The primary languages spoken by the people in Mastung are Brahui and Balochi.

Pishin may refer to:

Syed Hazrat Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Ibrahim Yukpasi, Son of Hazrat Khwaja Nasr-ud-Din Waleed, was a Sufi religious leader.

Mastung Valley is located in Mastung District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is a popular tourist destination in Pakistan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Mastung bus shooting</span>

The 2011 Mastung bus shooting was an armed attack on 20 September 2011 on a bus traveling in Mastung District near the city of Quetta in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. The attack left at least 26 people dead. The victims were Shi'a Muslim pilgrims of the Hazara community, suggesting the attack to have been a targeted killing of sectarian nature. The attack occurred in Luck Pass area near Mastung. The bus was leaving Quetta for Taftan, Balochistan. In addition, 2 others were killed in a follow-up attack on a car on its way to rescue the survivors of the bus attack, which raised the death toll to 28 on that day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dehwari language</span> Persian language of Pakistan

Dehwari is a southwestern Persian language spoken by 19,000 Dehwar people in Balochistan, Pakistan as of 2018. Most of the Dehwari speakers are concentrated in Mastung, Khuzdar, Nushk, Kharan, Sarlath District, Dalbandin, and Kalat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spezand Junction railway station</span> Railway station in Pakistan

Spezand Junction Railway Station is located in Spezand town, Mastung District of Balochistan province of the Pakistan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Naal, Balochistan</span> Town / tehsil in Balochistan, Pakistan

Naal (Nal) is the largest tehsil of Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Pakistan with an estimated area of 4,413 km2 Naal is located in the Khuzdar District of Balochistan, Kalat Division. An ancient archaeological site is located at Naal town in Naal Tehsil.

On May 29, 2015, twenty-two passengers on a bus in Mastung, Pakistan were killed by gunmen when the bus they were in was hijacked. The gunmen were disguised as Pakistani security members. United Baloch Army (UBA), a militant group operating in Balochistan, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Malik Muhammad Saeed Dehwar (1918-2005) was the secretary of the Kalat State National Party.

On 12 May 2017, a suicide bombing targeted the convoy of the Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, a JUI (F) member, on the N-25 National Highway in Mastung District, Balochistan, Pakistan. At least 28 people were killed; 40 others were injured, including the Senator. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack was an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Haideri.

Kachi , Kacchi, Kachhi or Katchi may refer to:

On 13 July 2018, ahead of Pakistan's general election, two bombings took place at election rallies in Bannu and Mastung.

Mir Siraj Khan Raisani was a Pakistani politician from Balochistan. He belonged to the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP). Previously, he had served as the chief of the political party called Balochistan Muttahida Mahaz (BMM) until June 2018. Later, he merged BMM with BAP.