Ormara Things to Do

Ormara is an old coastal city of Baluchistan, situated half way of the Makran Coastal Highway which links Karachi to Gwadar. History of this small town harks back to the adventures of Alexander the Great, who stayed in this town for few days during his way back after conquering the region of modern day Pakistan in 400 BC. The name "Ormara" is reminiscent of "Ormoz", who was a general in the Alexander army and died here.

The statue appearing in the right corner of the attached photograph is not man made but naturally carved by wind and named as Prnicess of Hope (probably by Angeline Julie). This statue is situated on Makran Coastal Highway somewhere between Karachi and Ormara.

Sadly, I understand that this stone has now been removed from the site.

During our way back from PNS Ahasn (donward), the road was similar to as it uses to be in most of the hill stations in Pakistan; narrow, mountain on one side, and river on the other. In our case, Arabian Sea replaced the river only to add exictement and thrill. In this picture, the fargile road is not clearly visible but can be observed on the face of the rock.

Earlier, we made our journey to PNS Ahsan (upwards) after the sunset and did not have the slightest cue of what we travelled on.

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The unit named after Admiral Syed Muhammad Ahsan S.Pk, HQA, DSE, the third Commander in Chief of Pakistan Navy (October 1966 to August 1969). He was commissioned in 1940 and was the first Pakistani Naval Officer to qualify as a Communication Specialist from HMS MERCURY. He was a graduate of the Joint Services Staff Course, UK and Naval Staff Orientation Course, USA. Apart from command of destroyer, his important assignments include: Naval Attaché (Washington) and Chief SEATO Military Planning Officer, Thailand. He was promoted Commander in Chief in 1966 succeeding Vice Admiral A R Khan HQA, H.Pk, HJ. After his retirement he had the distinction of serving as the Governor East Pakistan and Finance Minister Federal Government.

Admiral Ahsan has the exclusive honour of having served as the ADC to Lord Mount Batten. the late Viceroy of India and later on after Creation of Pakistan, as ADC to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It is on record that Lord Mount Batten, in recognition of exceptional abilities of Admiral Ahsan, (then Lt. Ahsan), addressed to Quaid and said I am giving two things, "One is Pakistan and other is Ahsan".

He breathed his last at Karachi in 1990.