Mehrabpur

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محرابپُور
City
Mehrabpur
محرابپُور
Coordinates: 27°05′58″N 68°25′15″E / 27.099444°N 68.420833°E / 27.099444; 68.420833
Country  Pakistan
Province Sindh
Elevation 28 m (92 ft)
Population
 • Total 200,000
 • Estimate (2010) near 200,000
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Calling code 0242

Mehrabpur (Urdu: محرابپُور‎), (Sindhi:محرابپور), is a city in the Naushahro Firoz District in Sindh province of Pakistan. The city is administratively subdivided into 8 Union Council.

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

History

Mir Mehrab Khan Talpur came here from Khairpur and made his residence with his family after that mostly villager came here and made their residency and name the village as Mehrabpur. Mehrabpur was also in the way of Indus River in previous history. Mehrabpur station was inaugurated in 1914.

Union Council

Mehrabpur Taluka is administratory divide into 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[1]

Government institutions

  • Government (Boys) Degree College Mehrabpur
  • Government (Girls) Degree College Mehrabpur
  • Government Technical College Mehrabpur
  • Government (Boys) Higher Secondary School Mehrabpur
  • Government (Girls) Higher Secondary School Mehrabpur
  • Government (N) Tameer-e-Millat High School Mehrabpur
  • Government Middle School Shoukatabad Mehrabpur
  • Government (N) Urdu Primary School Mehrabpur
  • Government Urdu Primary School Line Par Mehrabpur
  • Government Primary School Ali Abad Mehrabpur
  • Government Primary School Dada Adam Mehrabpur
  • Government Girls Primary School Mehrabpur
  • Government Main Sindhi Primary School Mehrabpur

Non-government institutions

  • MEHRABPUR Institute of Information Technology (MIIT) Shahi Bazar Mehrabpur
  • The Educators Mehrabpur Campus (A project of Beacon House School System)
  • Computer Community Development College (CCDC) Mehrabpur
  • Mashaal Model School Mehrabpur
  • Sindh Public School Mehrabpur
  • College of Modern Science Mehrabpur
  • Bahria Foundation College Mehrabpur campus
  • Evershine Public School Mehrabpur
  • City Public School Mehrabpur
  • Hilal Public School Mehrabpur
  • Oxford Public School Mehrabpur
  • Javaid Iqbal Islamia Elementary School Mehrabpur
  • Child Star Public School Mehrabpur
  • Ideal Public School Mehrabpur
  • English Public School Mehrabpur
  • Iqra Elementary Public School New Town Mehrabpur
  • Shabir Ahmed Islamic Elementary School Mehrabpur
  • Naz Ever Green Public School Mehrabpur.
  • Roshan Tara Higher Secondary School Mehrabpur
  • Kareem Bright Public High School Mehrabpur
  • Shah Abdul Latif School Mehrabpur
  • The Educators Mehrabpur campus
  • IBA College Mehrabpur campus
  • Pak Turk International College Mehrabpur Campus
  • Hira Model School 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 40 people and injuring hundreds more. The derailment seems to have been caused by defective rails.[2]

2nd Train crash

On 5 April 2013, at 5:10am an overcrowded 1 up khyber mail express train traveling from Karachi to Pashwar crashed 1 km (0.62 mi) south of Mehrabpur killing over 240 people and injuring hundreds more. The derailment seems to have been caused by defective rails.[3]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Pakistan train crash kills dozens BBC News Online, retrieved December 19, 2007
  3. ↑ Pakistan train crash kills dozens BBC News Online, retrieved 5 April 2013
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