Mauripur named after a Karachi village to the west of city near Hawke’s Bay Beach, gained it’s value by containing largest airbase operated by the Pakistan Air Force.

It is of immense strategic importance considering it has been entrusted with the task of defending the coastal and Southern region of Pakistan.

Makran Coastal Highway is a 653 km-long coastal highway along Pakistan’s Arabian Sea coastline also the part of this town. It is a part of Pakistan’s National Highways network. It runs primarily through Balochistan province between Karachi and Gwadar, passing near the port towns of Ormara and Pasni.