Ziarat Archives - https://www.awamipolitics.com/tag/ziarat Pakistani Political Parties News Fri, 04 May 2012 12:22:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Quetta – A Brief Profile https://www.awamipolitics.com/quetta-%e2%80%93-a-brief-profile-2867.html https://www.awamipolitics.com/quetta-%e2%80%93-a-brief-profile-2867.html#respond Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:11:09 +0000 http://www.awamipolitics.com/?p=2867 The word ‘Quetta’ comes from a Pashto word, Kwatta, which means fort. Quetta is located in a bowl-shaped valley surrounded by mountains. This city, with a population of about 700, 000, is the capital of Balochistan, and is the smallest of the provincial capitals but equal in importance. Quetta’s history begins with the arrival of Islam, but it does not have any of the Mughal features found in some of our cities. In the 18th century, Quetta came under the ruler of Kalat.
 In 1935 there was a terrible earthquake which destroyed most of the city. It was gradually rebuilt,

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