10 Facts About Balochistan Pakistan

Balochistan Pakistan is noted for its unique culture and extremely dry desert climate.

Balochistan Pakistan occupies the very southeasternmost portion of the Iranian Plateau, the setting for the earliest known farming settlements in the pre-Indus Valley civilisation era, the earliest of which was Mehrgarh, dated at 7000 BC, within the province.

Centuries before the arrival of Islam in the 7th Century, parts of Balochistan Pakistan were ruled by the Paratarajas, an Indo-Scythian dynasty.

Balochistan Pakistan ceded Kalhora, one of the Sindh territories of Sibi-Kachi, to the Khanate of Kalat.

Gwadar, a region of Balochistan was a Colony of Oman for more than a century and in the 1960s, Pakistan took over the land.

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Balochistan Pakistan is located on the south-eastern part of the Iranian plateau.

In March 2012, preliminary census figures showed that the population of Balochistan Pakistan, not including the districts of Khuzdar, Kech and Panjgur, had reached 13, 162, 222, an increase of 139.

Economy of Balochistan Pakistan is largely based upon the production of natural gas, coal and other minerals.

Balochistan Pakistan has been called a "neglected province where a majority of population lacks amenities".

Balochistan Pakistan has much tourist potential, though the province has seen little of it.