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Multan (Ancient: Mulasthana / Kasyapapura) – 4,800–5,000+ years (Early Harappan occupation in the region).

Peshawar (Ancient: Purushapura) – 2,500+ years (documented since 539 BC, Gandhara).

Charsadda (Ancient: Pushkalavati) – 2,500+ years (capital of ancient Gandhara).

Sialkot (Ancient: Sagala) – 2,300+ years (recorded during Alexander's campaign in 326 BC).

Taxila (Ancient: Takshashila) – 2,500+ years (major center of learning and Gandharan civilization).

Lahore – 1,500–2,000+ years (first securely documented by the 10th century, with evidence of earlier settlement).

Bannu – 2,300+ years (ancient settlement region with continuous occupation).

Jhelum (Ancient: near Bucephala) – 2,300+ years (associated with Alexander the Great).

Rawalpindi – 2,000+ years (ancient settlements in the Pothohar Plateau).

Sehwan (Ancient: Sehwan / Siwistan) – 2,000+ years (one of Sindh's oldest continuously inhabited towns)

Umerkot (Ancient: Amarkot) – 1,000+ years

Mehrgarh (Kachhi Plain) – 9,000 years (c. 7000 BC)• One of the world's earliest farming settlements. (Archaeological site, not a modern city.)

Quetta (Ancient: Shalkot) – 2,000–2,300+ years• Mentioned in early historical sources and inhabited since ancient times.

Bela (Ancient: Armabel/Armail) – 2,000+ years• An important town in ancient Lasbela, mentioned by medieval geographers.

Kalat – 2,000+ years• Historic city later capital of the Khanate of Kalat.

Khuzdar (Ancient: Qusdar) – 1,500–2,000+ years• Mentioned in early Islamic-era records and an important regional center.

Turbat (Ancient: Kech) – 1,500–2,000+ years• Historic capital of the Kech Valley, with evidence of long-term settlement.

Sibi (Ancient: Sewi/Sivi) – 2,000+ years• A historic settlement known since antiquity and an important trade route.

Gwadar – 1,000+ years• Historic coastal port that expanded significantly in modern times