Maj(R) M.Ilyas Kibzai,
Deputy Commissioner,Khuzdar

ADC Siraj Kareem

SIRAJ KAREEM BALCOH,

ADDL. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER KHUZDAR

Sultan Ahmed Bajoi,
District IT Officer,Khuzdar

Deputy Commissioner's Message

I recognize the significance of technology and its influence on society in today’s digital age. The internet and websites have become indispensable tools for individuals, corporations, and governments to communicate, collaborate, and access information.

In this context, websites play a pivotal role in ensuring transparency, accountability, and accessibility to information. They facilitate citizens’ access to public services, participation in decision-making processes, and keeping informed about government policies and initiatives.

With the launch of the District Khuzdar website, all pertaining  information about the district, including its history, culture and heritage, tourist attractions, development activities, projects, and other opportunities, will be easily available. I firmly believe that embracing technological advancements and staying abreast of trends will propel this district, as well as our country, toward peace, prosperity, and progress.

43,261 sq.km

Area

802,207

Population

45%

Literacy rate

List of HEad of department

s.No

Name of officer

Designation

Department

Contact

1

Fahad Hassan Khoso

Senior Superintendent of Police

Police Department

0848-412372

2

Niazullah Baloch

District Education Officer

Education Department

03322551332

3

Zahida Mustafa

District Officer Education (Female)

Education Department

4

Sultan Ahmed Bajoi

District Information Technology Officer

Science & IT Department

03367988997/413939

5

Bashir Ahmed Bangulzai

District Health Officer

Health Department

03337881344

6

Amal Zaib Kakar

Senior District Accounts Officer

Accounts Department

03333166439/0848-412210

7

Abdul Razzaq Zehri

Assistant Director Khuzdar

Local Govt: & Rural Dev: Department

03333954488

8

M. Farooq Mengal

Executive Engineer

B&R (Communication)

03367767767

9

Liaqat Ali

Executive Engineer

B&R (Building)

03337871404

10

Sajjad Ahmed

Executive Engineer

E/M

03337998220

11

Saeed Ahmed

Executive Engineer

Irrigation Division

03322279528

12

Engr: Saqib Faiz

Executive Engineer

PHE Department

03338885009/413113

13

Engr: Saifullah Akhund

Executive Engineer

QESCO

0336222575

14

Owais Zehri

District Conservator Forest

Forest Department

03327839478

15

Muneer Mengal

Executive Engineer

Urban Planning Development Department

16

Saleh Mohammad

Chief Officer

Munciple Corporation

03334772299

17

Dr.M. Anwer Zehri

Deputy Director

Live Stock & Dairy Development Department

03336353332

18

Dr. Liaquat Sajidi

Superintendent

Dairy Development

03379793666

19

Lashkari

District Population Welfare Officer

Population Department

03063835736

20

Tariq Gichki

Agriculture Engineer Khuzdar

Agriculture Engineering Department

03365377771

21

Muhammad Hashim Zehri

District Sports Officer Khuzdar

Agriculture (Extension) Department

03337972685

22

Munir Ahmed Mengle

Deputy Director

Agriculture (Extension) Department

03336353332

23

Abdul Qadir

Deputy Director

Agriculture (Soil Fertility Department)

03379793666

24

Naeem Baloch

Deputy Director

Agriculture (Research Form Baghb ana)

03337948399

25

Samiullah Akhund

Deputy Director

NHA Khuzdar

03063835736

26

Mir Muhammad Akbar Langove

Deputy Director

Agriculture On Farm Water Management (OFWM)

03365377771

27

Sikandar Qadir Rind

District Literacy Officer

Social Welfare & Non-Formal Education Department

03337969399

28

Abdul Baqi

Deputy Registrar

Cooperative Societies Khuzdar

03336353332

29

Mr. Bashir Ahmed

Deputy Director Khuzdar

Labour Welfare Department

03362626677

30

Shafiq Mengal

District Support Manager

PPHI Khuzdar

31

Dr. Shafi Danish

NSTOP Officer

Health Department

03337982798

32

Haji Abdul Hameed

District Zakat Officer Khuzdar

Zakat Department

03337982340

33

Dr. Gul-e-Sima

Principal Public Health School Khuzdar

Public Health School

03337982721

34

Mir Zakir Bajoi

Excise & Taxation Officer Khuzdar

Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Department

03336661662

35

Bahadur Khan

Assistant Director

Small Industries Department

03328091232

36

Shams-ul-Haq

Assistant Director Khuzdar

Fisheries Department

03118383871

03023412188

37

Iqbal Khuwaja Khail

Deputy Director

Social Welfare Department

03022713303

38

Mrs. Rubeena Karim

Women Development Department

Women Development Department

03337965350

39

Dr. Abdul Nabi Jam

District Coordinator National Programme

National Programme

40

Dr. Saeed Ahmed Shahwani

M.S

DHQ Hospital Khuzdar

03332445678

41

Dr. Munir Ahmed Mengal

Principal

Jhalawan Medical College Khuzdar

03003865183

42

Rahim Khan

Deputy Director Crises Management Officer

Civil Defense

03337995485

43

Ahmed Nawaz Soomro

Principal

BRC

44

Abdul Hameed

Principal

GBDC

03337981998

45

Ms. Raheela Bajoi

Principal

GGDC

46

Ms. Shareefa

Principal

Elementary College

03333795794

47

Karam Khan

Principal

Inter College Nal

48

Amanullah Zehri

Principal

Inter College Zehri

49

Khuda Rahim

Chief Officer

Municipal Committee Zehri

50

Azad Khan

Chief Officer

Municipal Committee Wadh

51

Sabeer

Chief Officer

Municipal Committee Nal

52

Rahim Zehri

Chief Officer

District Council

53

Atta-Ur-Rehman

Assistant Director

Environmental Protection Agency

Places to Visit

List of Educational Institutions

Name of Institutions

Male Institutes

FeMALE INSTITUTES

Total INSTITUTES

University

-

-

01

Degree Colleges

01

01

02

Inter College

03

0

03

Elementary College

0

01

01

Primary Schools

413

153

566

Middle Schools

30

23

53

High Schools

23

05

28

Technical Training Center

-

-

01

List of Health Facilities

Name of facility

Number of Facilities

District Headquarter Hospital  

01

Private Hospitals

02

Rural Health Center

06

Basic Health Unit

34

Maternal Child Health

01

Civil Dispensary

32

District Khuzdar

District Headquarter: Khuzdar

Date of Notification: 1st March 1974

Area: 43,261 sq.km.

Population: 525,000

Number of Tehsils: 04

Number of Sub Tehsils: 07

Number of Unions: 35

Major Ethnic Groups:

   A vast majority of the population is Brahvi speaking Baloch.

Major Languages:

  Brahvi is spoken in a vast majority (80.6%) of the households followed by Balochi (13.9%).

Tribes:

    Zehri, Mengal, Bajoi, M.Hasni, Kurd, Jattak, Lehri, Sumalani, Qalandrani, Bizenjo, Raes, Rakhshani, Sajidi.

Climate:

   Semi-arid with warm summer and mild Winter.

Major Crops:

     Wheat,Cotton, Rice, Onion, Tomato, Bajra.

Important Minerals:

     Verona ,Barite, chromite, granite, marble, limestone, manganese and building stone

Energy (sources):

       Mainly fuel wood is used for cooking and heating while kerosene lamps are major source of light.

Economy:

         Agriculture is the major economic activity followed by livestock farming

History:

           Khuzdar was notified as a separate district on 1st March 1974. Previously  Khuzdar was a part of Kalat District. Khuzdar has also the credit of becoming the Divisional headquarter of Kalat Division since establishment/creation of Kalat as Division There was a time when, area wise, Khuzdar was the biggest District of the country till the separation of Awaran as a District in 1992. The history of Khuzdar, like that of the rest of Balochistan, is in great obscurity. 

Under a treaty with Kalat, the British appointed a political agent at Khuzdar in 1903. British assistance continued until 1947, after which the area was forcibly made part of Pakistan, and became part of the Baluchistan States Union. When the Baluchistan States Union became Kalat Division, Khuzdar was established as the divisional headquarters. The divisional administration of Pakistan ended in 2000. Khuzdar was re-established as the Divisional headquarters in June 2009 by the Pakistan Peoples Party Government.

Very little definite information is available about the area before the advent of the Arabs who ousted the Rai dynasty of Sind in the 7th century. It is possible that some parts of the army of Alexander the Great traversed the country when the conqueror was in the Indus valley (presently upper Sind). The central position of Khuzdar, as the point of convergence of roads from Multan (via the Moola pass), Makran and Kandhar (province of Afghanistan), made it a very important place for the Arabs invading India. It is probable, too, that its moderate climate made the locality acceptable to them. In the time of the Arabs, Khuzdar was protected by a small fortress. The strong fortress was probably on the peak overlooking the valley, which is now known as Biradari (Shahi Bagh). An Arab poet wrote about Khuzdar, “what a beautiful country is Kusdar (Khuzdar). How distinguished are its inhabitants.”

Therefore, the Arabs made frequent attacks upon Khuzdar and in 664 AD, in the caliphate of Muawiya, Al-Manzar, son of Al-Jarud-al-Abdi, who had been appointed to the frontiers of India after conquering Nukan and Kikan, captured Khuzdar. Al-Manzar is said to have died here. During the caliphate of Al-Mutasimbillah (833-41 AD), Umar, who was nominated as governor of Sind, transferred the inhabitants of Kandabel (Gandava) to Khuzdar.

In 976 AD, Khuzdar was governed by an Arab named Muin bin Ahmed. A year later Amir Nasir-ud-din Subuktegin commenced a series of invasions to India. He conquered Khuzdar, but its possession was restored to its previous rulers through a treaty. The treaty stipulated that immediately a sum of money was to be paid and that the ruler would thereafter send a tribute every year. Subuktegin again attacked the recalcitrant ruler. During the days of Mahmud Ghaznivi, the rulers of Khuzdar again became disaffected and withheld the tribute. Mahmud Ghaznivis marched to Khuzdar and took the rulers by surprise. It was indeed owing to Mahmud’s possession of Khuzdar that his subsequent conquests in Sind were chiefly effective. Khuzdar was included in Mahmud’s territory in 1031 AD. With the downfall of the Ghaznivids, Khuzdar passed to the Ghorids and then to Nasir-ud-din Kabacha. In 1225 AD Khuzdar submitted to Shamsuddin Altamash.

Afterwards, the country appears to have passed to the suzerainty of the Mughals. In 1590 AD Abdul Fazal speaks of the Zehri section of the Baloch tribe. Decline of the Mughal power was followed by the rise of the Brahvis to a position of greater or lesser independence.

During the reign of Mir Mahmud Khan, Pottinger visited Jhalawan in 1810 AD, traveling to Kalat via Bela and Khuzdar. He described Khuzdar as a small town not having more than 500 houses.

The influence of Hindus from Multan and Shikarpur appears to have been very great, so much, that the keys of the town gate were entrusted to the then senior Brahmin every night. During the 18th century, the people of Khuzdar were very religious. The rulers of that period seriously implemented the Islamic Laws. Since the death of Gauhar Khan, chief of Jhalawan, the area has enjoyed a long period of repose.

Khuzdar region was full of karezes and lush green cultivation at the times it was a province of Khurasan. Khuzdar was situated on the route for caravans taking merchandise on camel back to the port Makran for export to middle-east countries. The forces of Muhammad bin Qasim passed through this area gaining access to Sind through the Moola pass. The mud-fort in Khuzdar was built by the Khan Khuda Dad Khan in 1870, during a war with Jams of Lasbela.

In 1903, the British government appointed a political agent at Khuzdar to carry out the administrative affairs of the government .This administrative system continued till the partition of India. Before March 1974, Khuzdar was a sub-division of Kalat district. To serve the people and solve their problems at their doorstep, Khuzdar was awarded the status of district on 15th March 1974. Now, Khuzdar is divisional headquarters of Kalat.

Topography:

Khuzdar District is in the south-eastern part of Balochistan. It lays between 25 -42’ to    28 -52’ north latitudes and 66 -15’ and 67 -25’ longitudes. The greatest length from north to south is about 318 kilometers and the greatest width from east to west is about 175 kilometers. The total area of District Khuzdar is 43,261 square kilometers whereas Khuzdar is about 1,600 meters above the sea level.

The District is surrounded by Kalat District in the north and north-west, Kachhi, Kambar, Shahdad Kot and Dadu Districts in the east, Lasbela District in the south and Awaran District in the south-west and west. The general character of the District is mountainous, consisting of numerous ridges and valleys of varying width. The important hill ranges are Koh-e-Wasti Brahvi, Kirthar, Shashan and Moda. Moola, Kolachi, Kalghalo Nal and Porali are the main rivers in the District. 

Climate:

On the basis of available meteorological data, the climate of Khuzdar can be categorized as ‘warm summer and mild winter’. However, the northern portion of the District gets extreme cold in winter and the peak of “KOOTO” in Tehsil Zehri occasionally receives snow fall during winter. The southern areas get warm during summer whereas the climate of Khuzdar is mostly moderate. Annual rainfall is more than 250mm, thus, it makes the District as semi-arid area. The principal winds are the northerly (locally known as Goreech) and the southern and south-eastern wing (locally called as Numbi). The blowing of Numbi mostly indicates the arrival of rain. 

Annual Mean Rainfall:

The rainfall record is irregular. There is heavy rainfall in summer. The average rainfall of the District is quite enough in normal conditions to ensure growth of considerable vegetation for livestock grazing. Since the whole land of the District is steeply, so the rainy water flows fast and causes soil erosion. Annual rainfall is more than 250mm.