Mehrabpur

Mehrabpur
Mehrabpur
Mehrabpur
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
Website	Mehrabpur[2] Apna Mehrabpur [3] Govt. (N) T.M School[4] MIIT [5] Mehrabpur Times[6]

Mehrabpur(Sindhi:محرابپور) is a city in the Naushahro Feroze District of Sindh in Pakistan.The city is administratively subdivided into 2 Union Concil.

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 National Highway

It is called commercial hub of district Naushehroferoze, the literacy rate of this city is among one of the highest literacy in Sindh Rural, three different communities are resident of Mehrabpur, Sindhi, Punjabi & Muhajir with equal population. This city is popular for great sympathy during any disaster in the area, all communities are very social. Mehrabpur is also popular for its tradition hospitality "Mehmannawazi" of guests.

History

Mir Mehrab Khan Jatoi 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.

Hospitals

It has a well equipped hospital name Daud Memorial Hospital which is located at unit no.06, memon mohalla of city on thari road.^[1]

The population of Mehrabpur is well educated due to best Educational institutions. Government and Non-Government institution are working to educate the people of the city and surroundings.

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 [7]
• 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

• Computer Community Development College (CCDC) Mehrabpur
• Mashaal Model School Mehrabpur Admin: Javeid Mirza
• Sindh Public School Mehrabpur
• College of Modern Science Mehrabpur
• Bahria Foundation College Mehrabpur
• 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.

In Education:Prof. Mukhtiar Ahmed Memon (The owner of CCDC) and Chairman Department of Information Technology Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology Nawabshah,Prof. Mirza Khushi Muhammad Javeid (Lecturer in Urdu @ Govt. Degree College Mehrabpur)Muhammad Daud Soomro (Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one), Abdul Haque Soomro (Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task), Late Ellahi Bux Sahito (The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people), Ghulam Rasool (Education is the best provision for the journey) and Abdul Adul Aziz Soomro (A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image) Professional Persoanlities in the history of Education Mehrabpur.

In Banking: Athar Arain is serving in HSBC, Abdul Sattar Arain is Chartered Accountant in Sapphire Group of Companies, Attiq ur Rehman is serving as a Chartered Accountant in Saudi Arabia. In Medical: Dr.Tariq, Dr. Jameel Mughal, Dr. Irfan Sattar, Dr. Hafeez Kamboh & Dr.Shoukat Ali Arain are now serving in Saudi Arabia. Dr.Bilal Lodhi & Dr. Irfan Arain are serving in USA. Dr. Khalique Arain and Dr. Nasir Jutt & some other Renowned doctors also belong to Mehrabpur. Dr.Shoukat Ali Arain and Ali Nawaz Arain are running a clicnical laboratory named Ali Clinical Laboratory. This laboratory has the honour of the first laboratory of Mehrabpur. Altaf Hussain Soomro S/o Ustad Abdul Aziz Soomro working in Trade Development Authority of Pakistan, Ministry of Commerce Government of Pakistan. File:G:\Clouds (18).jpg

Mehrabpur is blessed with peace loving communities, helping each other in difficult times. A large number of NGOs are running in Mehrabpur like, (MWSM)MUGHAL WELFARE SOCIETY MEHRABPUR, (PEIWA)PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WELFARE ASSOCIATION MEHRABPUR, Working for the betterment and rights of Private Educational Institutes in Mehrabpur, Raza Educational Society Mehrabpur, Tanzeem-e-NauJawanan-e-Kambohan Mehrabpur, Malik welfare, Anjuman-e-Arain which always work for the betterment of people of Mehrabpur, & Al-Falah Blood Bank & Welfare Association Meharbpur (Under The Supervision of NauJawanan-e-Kambohan)

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 40 people and injuring hundreds more. The derailment seems to have been caused by defective rails.^[2]

• 10 KM towards Halani (National Highway)
• 6 KM towards Kotri Muhammad Kabir (National High Way)
• 6 KM towards Sialabad, +8 Lakha Road, + 7 KM Akri Chaudagi (Sukkur N-Shah Road)
• 7 KM towards Pirwasan (Sukkur N-Shah Road)
• 7 KM towards Baghbachra (Sukkur N-Shah Road), (i) + 9 KM Thari Mirwah (ii) 3 KM Sui Gas (Sukkur N-Shah Road)
• 10 KM towards Setharja
• 6 KM Rasoolabad, + 7 KM Hingorja (National Highway)
• 4.5 KM Noor Mohammed Amur Village (Native Village Of Amur Caste) While going to Rasoolabad (1.5 KM from Rasoolabad).

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