Zila Khuzdar: Jhalawan ka dil, qadeem Qusdar se naye division tak

Atemad E-Magazine 17 October 2026 · 7 minute ka mutalia

Taaruf aur mahal-e-wuqoo

Quetta se Karachi jane wali qaumi shahrah par, Kalat ke pahari silsilon se neeche utarte hue jo pehla bara shehar aata hai woh Khuzdar hai. Yeh shehar sadiyon se is ilaqe ka markaz raha hai jise tareekh mein Jhalawan kaha jata hai, yani riyasat-e-Kalat ka janubi hissa jo shimal mein Sarawan, mashriq mein Kachhi aur Sindh, janub mein Lasbela aur maghrib mein Kharan aur Makuran se milta tha.

Khuzdar Balochistan ke un Azla mein shamil hai jin ki intizami surat-e-haal 2026 mein badli hai. Soobai mahakma-e-maal ke 8 July 2026 ke notification ke tehat, jis ki ittila Dawn aur doosre akhbarat ne di, soobe ko 11 divisions aur 41 Azla mein taqseem kiya gaya. Purana Kalat division khatam kar diya gaya aur is ki jagah do naye division bane: Khuzdar division, jis mein Khuzdar, Kalat, Surab aur naya zila Wadh shamil hain, aur Lasbela division. Akhbari ittilaat ke mutabiq Wadh ka naya zila Khuzdar hi se alag kiya gaya aur is mein Wadh, Oranch aur Nal ki sub divisions rakhi gayin, jabke Zehri ki sub division Surab zila mein shamil kar di gayi jo pehle Shaheed Sikandarabad kehlata tha. Yun Khuzdar ab divisional sadar maqam hai magar is ka apna raqba aur abadi pehle se kam ho gayi hai.

Tareekh

Khuzdar ka naam arabi aur farsi jughrafiya daanon ke han "Qusdar" ya "Quzdar" ki surat mein milta hai. Encyclopaedia Iranica ke maqale "Turan" ke mutabiq ibtidai islami daur mein yeh ilaqa Turan kehlata tha, aur daswin sadi eswi ke aakhir ke baad ke maakhaz is khitte ke liye sirf Qusdar ka naam istemal karte hain. Isi maqale ke mutabiq 966-967 mein Qusdar ke hakim ko baaj guzar banaya gaya aur baad mein Ghaznavi lashkar bhi is taraf aaye. Daswin sadi ke jughrafiya daanon Istakhri aur Ibn-e-Haukal ki kitabon mein Turan ke shehron mein Qusdar ka zikr mojood hai, jis se pata chalta hai ke hazar baras pehle yeh basti is khitte ka ek maroof qasba thi.

Baad ki sadiyon mein Khuzdar riyasat-e-Kalat ke Jhalawan ke ilaqe ka sadar maqam bana. Angrez daur mein 1907 mein shaya hone wale Balochistan District Gazetteer Series ki Jhalawan ki jild is ilaqe ke qabail, raston, aab o hawa aur Kalat ke khanon ke sath taluq ka tafseeli bayan mehfooz rakhti hai, aur isi jild se hamein is daur ke Jhalawan ki hudood aur Khuzdar ki markazi haisiyat ka ilm hota hai. Riyasat-e-Kalat 1947 ke baad Pakistan ka hissa bani, aur Kalat ka ilaqa baad mein zilon mein taqseem hua jin mein Khuzdar bhi shamil hai. Khuzdar ko alag zila banane ka saal sarkari maakhaz se tasdeeq ke baad yahan darj kiya jayega.

Khuzdar ki tareekh islami daur se bohat pehle shuru hoti hai. Nal ke qareeb "Sohr Damb" ka teela 1925 mein asar-e-qadeema ke maahir Harold Hargreaves ki khudai se dunya ke samne aaya, aur yahan se milne wale rangeen bartanon ne "Nal Culture" ko maahireen ke han ek naam diya. 2001 se 2004 ke darmiyan German aur Pakistani maahireen ke mushtarka mission ne Ute Franke-Vogt ki sarbarahi mein yahan dobara khudai ki. Radiocarbon tareekh bandi ke mutabiq yeh basti taqreeban 3800 se 2000 qabl maseeh ke darmiyan chaar adwaar mein abad rahi. Yun Khuzdar ki zameen wadi-e-Sindh ki tehzeeb se pehle ki ek aham saqafat ka ghar hai.

Log aur zubanein

2023 ki mardum shumari ke mutabiq Khuzdar tehsil, jo zilai sadar maqam hai, ki abadi 359,358 thi, jis mein 218,112 afraad shehri ilaqon mein aur 141,246 dehi ilaqon mein rehte the. Isi mardum shumari ke mutabiq Zehri tehsil ki abadi 150,928, Nal ki 103,631, Arnji ki 50,533, Oranch ki 41,811, Sarona ki 36,380 aur Karkh ki 35,990 thi. 2017 ki mardum shumari mein poore zila ki abadi 798,896 darj hui thi. 2023 ka zilai majmoa aur raqba Pakistan idara-e-shumariyat ke jadwal se tasdeeq ke baad shamil kiya jayega, kyunke July 2026 ki taqseem ke baad zila ki hudood badal chuki hain.

Madri zubaan ke lihaz se yeh zila Balochistan ke Brahvi aksariyati Azla mein se hai. 2023 ki mardum shumari ke jadwal 11 ke mutabiq Khuzdar tehsil ke 359,358 afraad mein se 342,974 ne Brahvi ko madri zubaan bataya, jabke Pashto bolne wale 6,044 aur Balochi bolne wale 5,652 the. Zehri tehsil mein 150,317 afraad Brahvi bolte hain. Is ke bar-aks Nal tehsil mein Balochi ghalib hai: wahan 87,685 afraad ki madri zubaan Balochi aur 15,560 ki Brahvi hai. Karkh tehsil mein Brahvi (24,489) ke sath Sindhi (7,070) aur Balochi (4,255) bolne wale bhi hain, jo Sindh ki sarhad se qurbat ka nateeja hai.

Maeeshat

Khuzdar ki maeeshat ka ek numayan sutoon Taleem hai. Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Khuzdar soobe ki pehli engineering dars gah hai. University ke prospectus ke mutabiq wafaqi hukumat ne 1973-1974 mein Khuzdar mein engineering college ka mansooba shuru kiya, 1977 mein ECNEC ne is ki manzoori di, aur 1987-1988 mein civil, mechanical aur electrical engineering ke shobon mein 90 talaba ke sath pehli classes shuru huin. 1994 mein Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Act ke tehat ise university ka darja mila.

Shehar ki doosri bari ahmiyat is ka mahal-e-wuqoo hai: qaumi shahrah par Quetta aur Karachi ke beech hone ki wajah se Khuzdar Jhalawan ki tijarat aur aamad o raft ka markaz hai. Haliya barson mein siyahat bhi ek naya shobा ban kar ubhri hai. Maadniyat ke bare mein sarkari aadad is musawwade mein shamil nahin kiye gaye kyunke mutaliqa idare ke maakhaz tak rasai nahin ho saki.

Qabil-e-deed maqamat

Moola Chotok: Zila ke Moola ke ilaqe mein pahadon ke andar chhipi hui ek tang wadi hai jahan chashme, jharne aur sabz pani ke talab hain. Dawn mein 2017 mein shaya hone wale ek safarnamay ke mutabiq tapti chattanon ke beech sabz pani ki tasveerein Social Media ke zariye mulk bhar mein phailin aur siyahon ki aamad achanak barh gayi, magar wahan rehaish aur sahulaton ki kami aur kachre ka masla bhi samne aaya. Yeh maqam sirf chaar pahiyon wali gari se pohancha ja sakta hai.

Nal aur Sohr Damb: Nal ke qareeb yeh qadeem teela Janubi Asia ke maqabl-e-tareekh asaar mein aham maqam rakhta hai. Is ke rangeen bartan dunya ke ajaib gharon mein mojood hain, aur yahan ki tehein taqreeban chaar hazar saal qabl maseeh tak jati hain.

Zehri: Khuzdar ke shimal mashriq mein Zehri ka ilaqa 2023 ki mardum shumari ke mutabiq yeh Khuzdar tehsil ke baad zila ki sab se bari abadi wali tehsil tha. 2026 ke notification ke mutabiq ab ise Surab zila mein shamil kiya gaya hai.

Maakhaz

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