Nushki District

Nushki District
District
Map of Pakistani District with Nushki higlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Quetta Division
Headquarters	Nushki
Government
• District Nazim	Bahadur Khan
• District Naib Nazim	Wazir Khan Mengal
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Number of Tehsils	1

Nushki District (Urdu: ضلع نوشکی‎) is one of the districts of Balochistan province, Pakistan. The administration of the Nushki district was taken over from the Khan of Kalat by the Indian government in 1896, and was leased from him on a perpetual quit rent in 1899.

History

Nushki initially belongs to rakhshanis i.e., mandaee and badini including jamaldin tribes. Later on khan of kallat sent Mengal and sumalani tribes along with pirkani, sarparah and rodeni tribes as border security force against Afghan invaders.

Administration

The district of Nushki is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils:

Nushki

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nushki District.

Nushki District at www.balochistan.gov.pk

Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan

Provincial capital	Quetta

Districts	Awaran Barkhan Chagai Dera Bugti Gwadar Harnai Jafarabad Jhal Magsi Kachhi Kalat Kech Kharan Khuzdar Killa Abdullah District Killa Saifullah District Kohlu Lasbela Loralai Mastung Musakhel Nasirabad Nushki Panjgur Pishin Quetta Sherani Sibi Washuk Zhob Ziarat

Coordinates: 29°30′N 65°40′E / 29.500°N 65.667°E / 29.500; 65.667

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