Ormara is an old coastal town. When going towards Gwadar through Makran
Coastal Highway Ormara comes in midway between Karachi and Gwadar. Its
historical routes are linked with Alexander the Great, who stayed there with
his army for a few days on his way back from the Indus region after conquering
the lands of Sindh, Punjab and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions of modern-day
Pakistan in 400 BC. One of his generals, Ormoz, died there, and the present-day
city was named after him.
For a few centuries, Ormara remained a battle field between
the Baloch Sardar (local feudal) and foreign aggressors
