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Quetta District. Quetta (Pashto: کوټه, Urdu: کوئٹہ) is a district in the northwestern part of the Balochistan province of Pakistan, on the border with Kandahar province, Afghanistan. It is part of Quetta Division. The district is famous for its agriculture produce, most notably fruit orchards, including apples and grapes.
Quetta (/ ˈ k w ɛ t ə /; Urdu: کوئٹہ, ko'eṭa, [ˈkweːʈə] ⓘ, Pashto: کوټه) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Balochistan. It is the tenth largest city in Pakistan , with an estimated population of over 1.5 million in 2024. [ 4 ]
Shaal Pir Baba [citation needed] (aka Khwaja Naqruddin) was a Sufi saint who was also a leader of the Moudodi Syed 's in Balochistan and Sindh, today's Pakistan . Naqruddin Moudood Chishti migrated to Quetta 600 years ago from Chisht, today's Afghanistan and stayed near the city fort that gave the city its original name, Kwatta (mound of earth).
The ancient name of Quetta was Shalkot, a term by which it is still known among the people of the country, the District was held in turns by the Ghaznavids, Ghurids, and Mongols, and towards the end of the fifteenth century was conferred by the ruler of Herat on Shah Beg Arghun, who, however, had shortly to give way before the rising power of ...
Qazi Muhammad Essa (a sunni Hazara) was the first man introduced Muslims political party in Balochistan, this struggle persisted until 1947. Following the independence of Pakistan, Balochistan joined Pakistan and Quetta became the capital of Balochistan. The word Quetta is derived from a Pashto word (kwa ta), which means inside the mountains or ...
Asphalt. Statistics (2017-18) Passengers. 790,043. Cargo handled. 7,268 metric tons. Sialkot International Airport (IATA: SKT, ICAO: OPST) [1] is situated 14 km (8.7 mi) west of Sialkot in the Sialkot District of Pakistan. It is one of the first privately owned airport in Pakistan. [2] It was built by the business community of Sialkot.
Angkor Wat (/ ˌ æ ŋ k ɔːr ˈ w ɒ t /; Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia.Located on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m 2; 402 acres) within the ancient Khmer capital city of Angkor, it is considered the largest religious structure in the world by Guinness World Records.
4. Website. sialkot.punjab.gov.pk. Sialkot District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع سیالکوٹ), is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the Majha region of Punjab, otherwise the northeast of the province. The city of Sialkot is the capital of the district. The Sialkot Cantonment was established in 1852.