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 / 27.099444; 68.420833
Country Pakistan
ProvinceSindh
Elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Population
 • Total300,000
 • Estimate 
(2010)
near 300,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code0242

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]

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See also

References
  1. Pakistan train crash kills dozens BBC News Online, retrieved December 19, 2007.
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