Luni, Pakistan
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Luni, also spelt Loni, is a village in the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

 province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It is located at 32°48'0N 74°40'0E with an altitude of 278 metres (915 feet).
Luni, pronounceed Looni, is a also a village in the Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

 province of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It is located at 29°37'N 67°55'0E, about eleven kilometers north of Sibi City in Sibi district of Balochistan province, at an altitude of 495 feet. This village is inhabited by the Luni tribe of Pashtuns. current population is about 2000 souls. The elders of the tribe, led by one Asad Khan Luni, migrated from near Moqor in afganistan in 1660s and settled in Sibi, in the rein of Mizri rulers of the Sibi Kachhi Plains. the tribe and the village is currently led by Mr. Abdul Aziz Luni, a senior retired beaurocrat, who is also the author of the Book Afghans of the Frontier Passes, Afghans of the Passess (volume II), and Brithsh Balochistan (Volume III of Afgans of the Passes).
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