Turbat | |
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Country | |
Province | Balochistan |
District | Kech |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Number of Union Councils | 17 |
Turbat Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Kech District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into seventeen Union Councils and is headquartered in the city of Turbat. [1]
A tehsil is an administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is an area of land with a city or town that serves as its administrative centre, with possible additional towns, and usually a number of villages. The terms in India have replaced earlier geographical terms, such as pargana, pergunnah and thannah, used under Delhi Sultanate and the British Raj.
The Kech District is a district located in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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Pasni, is a medium-sized city and a fishing port in Gwadar District, Balochistan, Pakistan. Its population is around 33,000. It is located on the Makran coast on Arabian Sea about 450 km from Karachi. Administratively, Pasni is the headquarters of the Pasni sub-division of Gwadar district that includes Pasni and Ormara Tehsils as well as Astola Island which lies 40 km ESE of Pasni, in the Arabian Sea. The city of Pasni is itself administratively subdivided into two Union Councils.
Turbat is a city in southern Balochistan, Pakistan, and the administrative centre of Kech District. Situated on the Kech River, Turbat was the historical capital of the State of Makran. Turbat is the second-largest city in Balochistan Province after Quetta, and is the largest city in the southern part of the province. The Gwadar Port is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) to the southwest of Turbat.
Miraani Dam. Dasht River south of the Central Makran Range in Kech District in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Its 302,000 acre feet (373,000,000 m3) reservoir is fed by the Kech River and the Nihing River. Mirani Dam was completed in July 2006 and began impounding the Dasht River in August 2006.
The Balochistan Liberation Front is a political front and militant group founded by Jumma Khan Marri in 1964 in Damascus, and played an important role in the 1968-1980 insurgency in Pakistani Balochistan and Iranian Balochistan. The group deny any type of collaboration with Jundullah, because of their religious extremism.
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Paroom is a Tehsil in Panjgur District in Balochistan, Pakistan, the historical area of Paroom was divided by the Goldsmith line thus a small part of it falls in Iranian territory. According to the local legend, it was also known as Gulshan meaning "rose garden". The word Paroom means "growth" in the Balochi language and is attributed to Paroom due to its mild Mediterranean climate. Thu There are two union councils, Paroom and Koh Bun. The population numbers about 50,000 people.
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The University of Turbat (UOT) is a public university situated in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan. It was established in 2013. Prof. Dr. Abdul Razzaq Sabir (TI) is the first vice chancellor of the university.
Ghani Parwaz is an author from Turbat, Balochistan, in Pakistan. He was born on 15 August 1945, in the village of Nizarabad, Tehsil Tump, in the District of Kech. His father, Haji Muhammad Ibrahim, was a trader, contractor, and landlord. Ghani Parwaz had no interest in the occupations of his father. This led him to do double M.A, Balochi Fazul, and B.Ed, and then take teaching as his occupation. He remained a school teacher for some time, became headmaster, and eventually a Lecturer, Professor, and Principal. He is also a well known Human rights champion and the head of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Special Task force in Makuran region.
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