Nushki

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Nushki (Urdu نوشکی) , a town and district of Balochistan, lies in south-west of Quetta. Nushki is situated on Durand line between Pakistan and Afghanistan near R.C.D. road (regional cooporation development a treaty between Pakistan, Iran and Turkey). It is a city who has both mountain and deserts on opposite sides of it. Noshki name came after its nine flour Chukees(watermill) on its "jo" (canal). This city's major population belongs to Baloch tribes. The common languages spoken here are Balochi and Brahvi (a dravidian languages which was spoken by the ensisters of moenjodaro). The majority of population depends upon animals and live a nomadic life. Camels and pickup trucks are popular source of transportation but buses and wagons are also available as a mode of journey.

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In 1902 a railway line of 91 Miles was sanctioned from Quetta to Nushki, which was completed in 1905. This railway line makes Nushki the starting-point of the caravan route to Seistan. From the strategic point of view a force operating from Nushki would flank any advance from the north on Kandahar, and would also guard the south-west approach to the fortress of Quetta. Control of the Nushki district was taken over from the khan of Kalat by the British government in 1896, and was leased from him on a perpetual quit rent in 1899.