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Saindak was made in the 1970s in collaboration with a Chinese engineering firm.

Large deposits of copper and gold have been discovered in Saindak

The project was started in 1995 by the Government of Pakistan.

This Mine is located near Saindak town in the Chagai Balochistan

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Sulimani and Makrani are major dialects of the Balochi language, spoken in Balochistan and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.

These dialects vary slightly in pronunciation and vocabulary but are mutually intelligible.

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Karakar pass is located in: Hindu Kush, KPK

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

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Explanation

Balochistan plateau is located on west side of the Sulaiman and Kirthar ranges.

Balochistan plateau temperatures rising as high as 120 degrees F (50 degrees C).

The desert climate is characterized by hot and very arid conditions.

Thar desert is a hot desert.

It is also called the Great Indian Desert.

The mean average temperature varies from a minimum of 24 degrees C to 26 degrees C in summer to 4 degrees C to 10 degrees C in winter.

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Sardar Atta Ullah Mengal was also the 1st Chief Minister of Balochistan 

During Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's premiership from 1 May 1972 to 13 February 1973.

Succeeded by Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan 

Additional information:

He was born on 24 March 1929 in Wadh Tehsil

He died on 2 September 2021 in Karachi.

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Ziarat is a hill station in the Sibi division of the Balochistan province in Pakistan

It was established in July 1986, previously being part of Sibi District.

It is known as the “Fruit Basket of Pakistan” 

It has subdivided into two tehsils Ziarat and Sanjawi.

The district contains a total of ten Union Councils.

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Muhammad Khan Achakzai served as the 20th Governor of Balochistan.

He served from 14 June 2013 to 9 October 2018.

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The Nushki incident took place on 12 April 2024

In the Nushki district of Balochistan province of Pakistan

Armed attackers kidnapped 9 passengers and later killed them

The victims, all men from Punjab, were traveling in a bus from Quetta to Taftan

Cause: Suspected ethnic separatist militants Indian spy-related hatred

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Loralai District is a district in northeast of Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Loralai town is the district headquarters.