Army Dog Center Kalat

Army Dog Center in Kalat

Kalat is a historic town on the high plateau of central Balochistan, once the seat of the Khan of Kalat, on the national highway between Quetta and Karachi near Mastung and Surab. The air is thin and cool, winters are cold, and the surrounding land is dry hills and wide valleys.

Situations we are asked about in Kalat

• Vehicles or fuel taken from the highway stops near the town.
• Livestock taken from a valley settlement during the night.
• A person lost on foot between villages on the plateau.
• A house or shop entered in the town while the owner was away.

At altitude, cold and wind change how a trail behaves, and distances between settlements can be very long. A dog follows scent over the hard, dry ground where footprints barely show. If the weather turns, a clean sheet laid over the spot helps protect it, and keeping people and animals out of the area matters even more than usual because the ground holds little.

Call the police on 15 for serious crimes. Then phone Army Dog Center on 0300-5780720, answered at all hours. Tell us your exact location, the nearest road or landmark, the direction last seen, and the time, because help in remote districts has to be planned carefully.

Cold weather on the plateau can freeze or wet the ground overnight, so tell us what the weather has been doing. If a vehicle was taken, note its colour and type, and give the name of the nearest village or stop. Keep a charged phone nearby, since signal in remote places can drop.