Mehrabpur

{{Infobox settlement | name = Mehrabpur | native_name = {{|محراب پور}} | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = | imagesize = 240px | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = | mapsize = 150px | map_alt = | map_caption = | coordinates = 27.099444°N 68.420833°E / 27.099444; 68.420833 | pushpin_map = Sindh#Pakistan | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name =  Pakistan | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Sindh | population_total = 247,280 | population_as_of = | population_est = 247,280 | pop_est_as_of =Census 2017-03-15 | population_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = 28 | elevation_m_min = | elevation_m_max = | population_density_km2 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_code = 0242 | area_code_type = Calling code | timezone1 = PST | utc_offset1 = +5 | website = www.youtube.com/c/MehrabpurSindhPK Official website | footnotes = | official_name = Mehrabpur Sindh Pakistan }} 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 Councils. 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.

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

Train crash

On 19 December 2007, at 2:30 am an overcrowded 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

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