Pishin (Pashto: پښين, Urdu: ضلع پشین), IPA: pʂin/pçin, is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
District Pishin is located at a strategic point and is 45km² from the provincial headquarters, Quetta.
Myth attributes the origin of the Persian designation to a son of the mythical Emperor Afrasiab.
[11] Pishin's main ethnic groups are Pashtuns who belong to the Tareen, Syed, Kakar, and Achakzai tribes.
The main crops in the area are wheat, barley, corn (maize), potatoes, grapes, apple, pomegranate, almond, apricot, plum and peach which are grown in the valleys.