It's practically impossible to ride Taftan - Quetta in one day during daylight hours, and you don't want to travel in the dark anywhere in the Third World. Apparently, the only place with anything resembling a hotel is Dalbandin, about half way.
I did Ziarat - Loralai - Zhob - D.I.Khan in May. If anything, the Tribal people were even more hospitable than the rest of Pakistan, but the checkpoints and escorts can be a pain. In theory, you need a permit to travel anywhere other than the Sukkur route. I didn't have one and I think you can probably get by without, but folks in a van I travelled with did have one, and so the cops were waiting for us to escort us.
Things may have changed since I was there...
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