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Balochistan or Baluchistan (Balochi: بلوچستان, lit. Land of the Baloch) is an arid desert and mountainous region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Sea and the national homeland of the Baloch people. It stretches across southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran, and a small section of southwestern Afghanistan. The southern part of Balochistan is Makran.
The second most populous linguistic group in the region is the Pashto-speaking Pashtun people. Brahui is spoken by the Brahui people. Punjabi and Sindhi are also spoken as first languages in Pakistani Balochistan and by Hindki in Afghanistan. Urdu is used as second language in Pakistan. Persian is used as a second language in Iran and Afghanistan.
The Baloch people once referred to their land as Moka or Maka, a word which later became Makran. Moka might have been an adaptation of Mahi-khoran, Persian for "fish eaters," an appellation used by the Persians of the west for the people of coastal Balochistan. Arrian, in his Anabasis Alexandri, referred to the people of the region as the ichythophagi, a Greek translation of Mahi-khoran.
Hassan Nisar (Urdu: حسن نثار ) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist and an analyst. He is known for his talk show Choraha (Urdu for Crossroads) in Geo TV, Pakistan.
Nisar started his career as a journalist from Dhanak Magazine in the 1970s. Later he became the Editor of Dhanak. He composed poetry, movie songs and edited a magazine Monthly Zanjeer in 1980, he appeared on TV talk shows, including Meray Mutabiq and Choraha on Geo News. His presentations are in Urdu. His commentaries in print and electronic media focus on contemporary Pakistan and the political history of Islam. He left Jang Group and GEO TV Network in August 2012 due to some differences with management related to his compensation and moved to Dunya News, he resumed his signature program with different title, Meri Dunya. However, after a short stint at DUNYA News (about 8 months), he re-joined Jang Group and GEO TV Network in late April 2013 after his issues were resolved.