Balochistan is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It shares land borders with the Pakistani provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab to the north-east and Sindh to the south-east. It shares International borders with Iran to the west and Afghanistan to the north; It is also bound by the Arabian Sea to the south. Balochistan is an extensive plateau of rough terrain divided into basins by ranges of sufficient heights and ruggedness. It has the world's largest deep sea port, The Port of Gwadar lying in the Arabian Sea.
The history of Balochistan began in 650 BCE with vague allusions to the region in Greek historical records. Balochistan is divided between the Pakistani province of Balochistan, the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan and the Afghan region of Balochistan. Prehistoric Balochistan dates to the Paleolithic.
The Khanate of Kalat was a Baloch Khanate that existed from 1512 to 1955 in the centre of the modern-day province of Balochistan, Pakistan. Its rulers were Brahui speakers. Prior to that they were subjects of Mughal King Akbar. Mehrab Khan II Ahmedzai ruled the state independently until 1839, when he was killed by the British and Kalat became a self-governing state in a subsidiary alliance with British India. After the signature of the Treaty of Kalat by the Khan of Kalat and the Baloch Sardars in 1875, the supervision of Kalat was the task of the Baluchistan Agency. Kalat was briefly independent again from 12 August 1947 until 27 March 1948, when its ruler Ahmad Yar Khan acceded to Pakistan, making it one of the Princely states of Pakistan.
The four provinces, capital territory and two autonomous territories of Pakistan are subdivided into 38 administrative "divisions", which are further subdivided into districts, tehsils and finally union councils. These divisions were abolished in 2000, but restored in 2008.
Nushki District is one of the districts of Balochistan province, Pakistan. The administration of the Nushki district was taken over from the Khan of Kalat by the British government in 1896, and was leased from him on a perpetual quit rent in 1899.
Kalat Division or Qalat Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Its capital city is Khuzdar. The area of Kalat Division is 140,612 km².
Quetta Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan, being the third tier of government.
The Baluchistan Agency was one of agencies of British Raj during the colonial era. It was located in the present-day Pakistani Balochistan province.
The Siahan Range is a mountain range in the central part of Balochistan Province of southwestern Pakistan. The Siahan Range is primarily made up of limestone and sandstone and was formed when the north western Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate.
Balochistan Levies is a paramilitary gendarmerie in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It operates as one of two primary law enforcement agencies tasked with maintaining law and order in the province. The levies force has jurisdiction in most districts of Balochistan.
NA-260 (Quetta-cum-Chagai-cum-Mastung) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency was replaced by NA-267 and NA-268 (Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Kharan). The areas from Mastung District became part of NA-267 and the areas from Chagai District became part of NA-268 (Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Kharan).
NA-261 (Mastung-cum-Surab-cum-Kalat) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan.
NA-271 (Kharan-cum-Panjgur) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It discontinued in 2018 and was replaced by NA-268 (Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Kharan) and NA-270 (Panjgur-cum-Washuk-cum-Awaran). NA-271 areas from Kharan District were added to NA-268 while areas from Panjgur District were added to NA-270. Both of these constituencies were created in 2018.
Mullazai (ملازئی) is a Baloch tribe found in Panjgur District (پنجگور) of Balochistan, Pakistan and Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. They are known as 'Mullas' and are descendants of Mir Mulla Shehsawar, who they claim to have migrated from Iran Sarbaz in 1513AD. The Mullazai tribe numbers in Panjgur are about 200 families or about 5000 persons. Other tribes associated with the Mullazai settled in Panjgur, Mastung, Sorab, Kalat, Kharan, Quetta, Kucklak, Nushki, Dalbandin, Qandahar and Iran.
PB-32 (Kharan) is a constituency of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan.
NA-260 (Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Kharan-cum-Washuk) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It comprises the districts of Chagai, Nushki and Kharan from the province of Balochistan. It was created in 2018 out of two former constituencies namely NA-268 (Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Kharan)
NA-270 (Panjgur-cum-Washuk-cum-Awaran)by taking out areas of Chagai and Kharan districts respectively and merging with areas of Nushki District and Washuk Districts to create this constituency.
NA-259 (Panjgur-cum-Kech) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It comprises the districts of Panjgur, and Kech from the province of Balochistan. It was created in 2022 by taking parts of Panjgur District and Kech District from NA-270 (Panjgur-cum-Washuk-cum-Awaran) and NA-271 (Kech) respectively.
