Safdarabad ( ur, ), is a city in

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in the

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province of

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.Local Government Elections 2005: Women Nazims and Naib Nazims (as of January 2006) - Government of Pakistan
The city of

Safdar Abad Safdarabad ( ur, ), is a city in Sheikhupura District in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan.Safdarabad Tehsil Safdarabad ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision (Tehsil) of Sheikhupura District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Safdar Abad is the headquarters of the tehsil, until 2005 it was a tehsil of Sheikhupura District, but in that ...

. Its

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or ZIP code is 39540. Its urban area is approximately 600 acres. Until 2005 it was a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

, but in that year Sheikhpura was bifurcated and the district of Nankana Sahib was created. - with Safdarabad as one of its tehsils. Now at present (since 01-12-2008), once again Safdarabad has been rejoined with

Sheikhupura Sheikhupura ( pa, ; ur, ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Jehangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of most populous citie ...

as a Tehsil. The city of Safdarabad lies 95 km from

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the provincial capital of

. The area has a population of more than 40,000 the majority of whom are

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. There are many engineering and medical students from Safdarabad admitted to different universities across Pakistan, including UET, Lahore.

History

Safdarabad, formerly known as Mandi Dhaban Singh, is a City of

in the

province of Pakistan. Mandi Dhaban Singh has been a famous grain market and it was named after Dhaab Singh a Sikh settler in the area after 1876 settlement plan of British Colonialists . Firstly, mandi Dhabban singh was just a railway station and it was after Chaudhry Chunni Laal (a Hindu investor and entrepreneur) the city had taken a new look, Chunni Laal was an excellent entrepreneur and had owned almost 80% capital of the city. He had a cotton factory called "Chaudhery Cotton Mill", a last chimney of this factory was replaced by The Boutter Market.The City is the headquarter of

Safdarabad Tehsil Safdarabad ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision (Tehsil) of Sheikhupura District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Safdar Abad is the headquarters of the tehsil, until 2005 it was a tehsil of Sheikhupura District, but in that ...

- an

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of the district.District Profile: Central Punjab- Nankana Sahib - Dawn
/ref> Safdarabad was named after Mr Safdar-Ul-Haq Dogar Known as "Chabba Dogar". He was a Member Of Provincial Assembly who was murdered in 1989 in front of Punjab Assembly Lahore. He was nephew of X-MPA Sardar Abdul Rasheed Dogar (1990 election) and Brother of X-MPA Sardar Saeed-ul Haq Dogar (1997 election).The then Chief Minister,

Mian Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Paki ...

named the city safdarabad after him on his visit after Safdar's Death, but when Rai Ijaz won the election of provincial assembly in 1993 and become provincial minister for forests then Safderabad was once named as "Ahmed pur" after Haji Ahmed hassan father of both Rai saeed and Rai Ijaz. In 1997 general election again dogar group won the election of provincial assembly and asked Mian Shahbaz shareef to issue a notification once again regarding name of the city, Shahbaz shareef restored the name "Safdarabad", Fight on naming the city after their own loved ones remained furious for a decade and the then DPO sheikhupura and some other officials had requested both dogar and rajput groups to bury the hatchet. Both groups were called in a mosque and were sworn to remain agree on one name "Safderabad". Safdarabad Municipal Tehsil Office

Economy

Agriculture is one of the main sources of employment, the town has been a popular grain market for last 75 years as the town is located in a highly fertile area. The

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canal passes near one side of the Safdarabad city to Sangla Hill and is an irrigation source. On the other hand, a large variety of shoes is prepared here and transported to different cities.

Famous Darbar (Mazarat)

There are many mazarat in the city and its surrounding areas. One of the most famous and holy Darbar (Shrine) is located in village Dhaban Khurd near Safdarabad city. Evey year a grand Urs is held there, where hundreds of followers come to celebrate it. The celebrations of this Urs continues for two days. This is the village where Hazrat Syed Bahadur Ali Shah Gilani (Qadri, Noshai), father of Syed Ehsan Ali Bahadur spent many years and did guide the people toward spiritual knowledge. There are two graves in the shrine: One belongs to Baba Nazam Din Shah who is Gujjar by caste and the Khalifa of Syed Maoj Ali Shah of Village Jiwan Pur Gujjran Tehsil

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distt.

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. While the second grave belongs to Hazrat Syed Karam Ali Shah Gilani died approximately 300 years ago. Syed Karam Ali Shah Gilani is the son of Hazrat Mubarak Shah Haqani whose holy shrine is in the city of Uch, Bahawalpur,

The Mela of Dera Hukam singh (Dera Rajputaan) is also very famous in local area which is held on February 27 and 28 every year.

Education

There are many educational institutes in city Safdarabad. * Namal academy Safdarabad near NBOP *

Al-Rehman School of Alpha Studies-ASAS * Ask Academy of Science * City Star Model High School * New Al-Rehman School of Applied Sciences (NEW ASAS) * Afzal ideal public school * Green Field Academy School * Faran Leadership School * Quaid-e-Azam Ideal Public School - QAIPS * Eden Public School *

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* Govt. Boys High School * Govt. Vocational Training Institute for Girls * Divisional Public School-DPS * Punjab Public High School * Safdarabad College of Commerce * Gazali School System Safdar Abad * Al-khidmat foundation

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* Siddique Public school * Nawanpind high school * Talha Irtsam Academy * Qasim Public School (QPS) Nawankot * Pakistan MOdel Scendry School * Faran Leadership School * Minhaj Ul Qur'aan Model Secondary School * Wisdom Inn Public School Hameed Garden * The Islamic Academy of Science and Technology * Govt Technical Training Center (Male) Boutter Market Safdarabad * Computer College (Show Market Safdarabad)

Railway station

The central railway station is the main railway station of Safdarabad built during the British region around the nineteenth century. The station is used to take people to all parts of Pakistan from

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and many more cities and towns of Pakistan by Rail.

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