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Why visit Pasni
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About Pasni
Pasni (Urdu: پسنى) is a city and fishing port in Gwadar District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located on the Makran coast on the Arabian Sea, about 450 km (280 mi) from Karachi. Administratively, Pasni is the headquarters of Pasni Tehsil, a sub-division of Gwadar District. Astola, Pakistan's largest offshore island, lies 40 km (25 mi) ESE of Pasni, in the Arabian Sea.
From the Wikipedia article Pasni (city) (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Other than being a small fishing village, the city does not figure much in history. Alexander the Great is said to have stopped at Pasni (called 'Cysa' in Arrian's treatise Indica) while unsuccessfully trying to rendezvous with his admiral, Nearchus, during a disastrous exodus via Makkuran after the Indian Campaign (325 BC). According to one theory, Admiral Nearchus' well-stocked fleet was supposed to have continuously provisioned Alexander's army as the latter marched West along the barren coast towards Persia. In the event, a major portion of Alexander's route through Makran (Bela-Averan-Hoshab-Turbat and then south to Pasni-Gwadar) turned out to be much further inland than expected, apparently due to faulty knowledge of the terrain.[1]
An unexplored Harappan-era settlement known as Sotkagén Koh is tucked away in the low hills, about 25 km north of Pasni. It is conjectured that this was an ancient Harappan outpost which traded luxury wares with Mesopotamia and Persian Gulf settlements.
The city of Pasni, along with Gwadar, were burned by the Portuguese in 1581, having had some violent encounters with the Kalmatis in the area. The city was attacked again, by Baloch rebels during the 1898 Baloch uprising; the city was looted, and the telegraph lines running to Gwadar severed.
From the History section of Pasni (city) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Pasni Airport (PSI) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 13 km away.
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Photo credits
- Pasni City, Pasni, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Zareen Beach, Pasni, ImranZulfikar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Day S End, Naveed Ahmed, CC BY 3.0
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