Lasi

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Lasi (Urdu: لاسی ) is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan, Pakistan.

The word 'Lasi' is mistakenly taken by many thoughts of life as a tribe of Balochistan but it is not so.Instead all the people living in the district of Las bela at Balochistan province are called Lasi because of its geografical name and they could be of any tribe or even any religion.That means a hindu or a khoja (i.e Ismaili ) living in district Lasbela from his forefathers is also called "Lasi". Besides there are many tribes residing in Lasbela, and the biggest by population is "Roonjha" tribe which has it's roots in Iranian Balochistan, and also are in a good number in Karkh area of district Khuzdar. Some other tribe in Lasi community are 'Jam', 'Angaria', "Moondra's", "Shiekhs", "Jamots", and "Shahooks".