The Islamic Republic of Pakistan was created in 1947, separated from India by the division of the former British Raj. Originally the country was in two widely separated sections west and east of India. The eastern section, called East Bengal and then East Pakistan, broke away in bitter fighting in 1971 to become Bangladesh; the western section remains as the modern Pakistan. Located east of Iran and northwest of India, Pakistan has a coastline facing south on the Arabian Sea. At the time of independence Karachi was its only international port, but in 1990 the Mohammed bin Qasim Port opened in the delta of the Indus River roughly 50 km (30 mi) southeast of Karachi. A third port has been built recently at Gwadar in the western part of the country. Most of Pakistan's lighthouses are associated with the approaches to these three ports. Pakistan is divided into four provinces plus the Islamabad Capital Territory and two territories in the disputed Kashmir region. The provinces are divided into divisions and subdivided into districts. Sindh and Balochistan are the two provinces on the coast. Coastal lights in Pakistan are operated by the Mercantile Marine Department of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping, but the harbor lighthouses are operated by the individual port authorities. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume D of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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Sindh Province Lighthouses
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Balochistan (Baluchistan) Province: Gwadar District Lighthouses
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![]() Jiwani Light, Jiwani, February 2021 Google Maps photo by ᴀᴘᴇx ᴘʀᴇᴅᴀᴛᴏʀ |
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Adjoining pages: East: Western Gujarat | West: Southeastern Iran
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Posted February 7, 2006. Checked and revised October 1, 2024. Lighthouses: 24. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.