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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.

Mehrabpur
City
Mehrabpur Sindh Pakistan
Mehrabpur
Mehrabpur
Coordinates: 27.099444°N 68.420833°E / 27.099444; 68.420833
Country Pakistan
ProvinceSindh
Elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Population
  Total247,280
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code0242

Union Councils


Mehrabpur Taluka is administratively further divided into the following 8 Union Councils:


Villages


There are more than a dozen villages in Taluka Mehrabpur. Some of them are mentioned below.


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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