Mehrabpur
Mehrabpur (Urdu: محراب پور), (Sindhi:محرابپور), is a city in the Naushahro Firoz District in Sindh province of Pakistan. The city is administratively subdivided into 8 Union Council.
Mehrabpur محراب پور | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Mehrabpur  Mehrabpur | |
| Coordinates: 27.099444°N 68.420833°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Sindh |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 300,000 |
| • Estimate (2010) | near 300,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 0242 |
It has a busy railway station on the main railway line between Karachi and Lahore. It is a junction station with a disused branch line to Naushahro Feroze. City is also connected through many link roads at Just 6 km from N-5.
Union Councils
Mehrabpur Taluka is administratively further divided into following 8 Union Councils:
- UC Mehrabpur 1
- UC Mehrabpur 2
- UC Halani
- UC Behlani
- UC Kotri.M.Kabir
- UC Lakha road
- UC Jaindo Rajper
- UC Saeed Pur
Private Schools
Sindh Public School\ Fatima Public School\ alfalah school\ The Educators\ Bahria Foundation College\ City Public High School. it is in mehrabpur
Train crash
On 19 December 2007, at 2:30 am an overcrowded 15 up Karachi express train traveling from Karachi to Lahore derailed 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Mehrabpur killing over 49 people and injuring two hundreds more. The derailment seems to have been caused by defective rails.[1]
See also
References
- Pakistan train crash kills dozens BBC News Online, retrieved December 19, 2007.