Panjgur, the city of dates, is a picturesque and historically significant location in Pakistan’s western Balochistan province. Panjgur is a Persian word that literally means “five graves.” It is said that there are five historical graves in Panjgur, but history is silent on who is buried in these graves. Two of these graves are known as “,Shaho Qalandar and Pir Umar Jan,” and an old dam called Band-e-Gillar with some remnants in Khudabadan, and the same speaks about Issai tomb*. On July 1, 1977, Panjgur became a district, with Chitkan as its administrative centre. Panjgur is divided into three tehsil and sixteen (16) union councils. According to a census, the population of Panjgur district was 316,385 people, with farming, agriculture, and importing of Iranian oil are their main sources of income.
According to a census, the literacy rate was 51.24 percent, and Balochi is spoken by 97.51 percent of the population. In the commerce of Panjgur district, the Pak-Iran border is extremely important. The dates grown in this region are among Pakistan’s most delicious and well-known. This city generates a wide range of dates on a yearly basis. There are a maximum of 50,60 different sorts of dates. The city, which is surrounded by date trees and sits on the banks of the Rakshan River, is one of Makuran division’s most spectacular and oldest districts. The Rakshan River runs through the heart of Panjgur, splitting it into two sections: northern and southern. Arab historians appreciated this bustling city and its people, describing them as honest, giving, and multilingual. It was once known as a thriving commercial centre.
Reviewing the history and geography of the Panjgur district reveals that this area served as Alexander the Great’s route from India to Macedonia in 325 BC, and Muhammad bin Qasim’s route from Arab to Sindh in 712 AH. Even now, this city is significant in this sense because the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) runs through it. However, it is also the city of poverty, hardship, and turmoil. Our leaders are not paying attention to our society, conditions, and unemployment in Panjgur, which is deteriorating. Our educational system is in dangerous shape. There are no reputable hospitals in the area. Our civil hospital has no doctors. Everything has been taken away from us.
There is no infrastructure in place to help us improve our future. These days the city’s peace and circumstances became worse because of the unknown terrorists even the people of Panjgur tasted many accidents and their loved ones has been killed many times by unknown people and now the parents have stopped their youth to not go outside due to the fear of attackers. Most of the youth are being assassinated by thieves just for mobile phone and wallet and other thing else, there is nothing left for innocent people to get rid of them. The government of Balochistan must look after this undergoing status quo and think about their betterment and safeguard the innocent lives.
