{"id":2867,"date":"2012-02-15T00:11:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T19:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awamipolitics.com\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2012-05-04T17:22:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T12:22:03","slug":"quetta-%e2%80%93-a-brief-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awamipolitics.com\/quetta-%e2%80%93-a-brief-profile-2867.html","title":{"rendered":"Quetta \u2013 A Brief Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>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.<\/p>