Mehrabpur
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| name = Mehrabpur
| native_name = {{|محراب پور}}
| settlement_type = City
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| population_total = 247,280
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2017-03-15
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| official_name = Mehrabpur Sindh Pakistan
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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
- Pakistan train crash kills dozens BBC News Online, retrieved December 19, 2007.