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Hyderabad District, Pakistan
Hyderabad District ( sd, ضلعو حيدرآباد ur, ), is a district of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is the city of Hyderabad. The district is the second most urbanized in Sindh, after Karachi, with 80% of its residents live in urban areas. History The East India Company occupied Sindh in 1843; They formed three districts in Sindh administratively: Hyderabad, Karachi and Shikarpur (now Sukkur district). In 1982, the largest area of the district in eastern side bifurcated to create a new district Thar and Parkar district with the headquarters Umerkot. In 1907, create a new taluka named Nasrat from Sakrand and Shahdadpur taluka. In 1912, the northern side of the district separated to form Nawabshah district. In 1975, Southern side also separated to form Badin district. After 1998 census, two new talukas created in the district named; Hyderabad city and Latifabad talukas. After 2002 elections, a new taluka created in the district named Qasimabad from Hyderabad City ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts In Sindh
There are thirty districts in the Pakistan province of Sindh. These districts together contain 119 tehsils, 1100 Union Councils and 66,923 human settlements, as per the 1998 census. Each district has a headquarter, often referred to as a capital of the district. Karachi, the capital of Sindh, is the most populous city district, as well as the most densely populated. It was initially a single district, now has been further subdivided into East, West, South, Central, Malir, Keamari and Korangi districts. Currently the Sindh government is planning to divide the Tharparkar district into Tharparkar and Chhachro district, Khairpur district into Khairpur and Thari Mirwah district, Sanghar district into Sanghar and Shahdadpur district. History Colonial Times 1839-1936 In 1839, British Invaded the Sind. On 1843's annexation Sind was merged into Bombay Presidency and form a division of Bombay Presidency. Districts and Divisions were both introduced in Sind as administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sind Province (1936–1955)
Sind (sometimes called Scinde, ) was a province of British India from 1st April 1936 to 1947 and Dominion of Pakistan from 14 August 1947 to 14 October 1955. Under the British, it encompassed the current territorial limits excluding the princely state of Khairpur. Its capital was Karachi. After Pakistan's creation, the province lost the city of Karachi, as it became the capital of the newly created country. It became part of West Pakistan upon the creation of the One Unit Scheme. Administrative divisions On 1st April 1936 Sind division was separated from Bombay Presidency and established as a province. At that time the Province's Admistration division are listed below: Location The province was bordered by Karachi (within the Federal Capital Territory after 1948) and the princely states of Las Bela and Kalat on the west. To the north were the provinces of Baluchistan and West Punjab. The province bordered the princely state of Bahawalpur on the northeast and it en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rizwan Ahmed (Pakistani Official)
Rizwan Ahmed is a retired grade 22 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service who served as a Federal Secretary, and is currently serving as Member Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) since December 2022. He did his two-year Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and joined the civil service in 1988. He was promoted to the country's highest civil service rank of grade 22 in 2017. He first came to the fore when he saved more than PKR 7 billion of the national exchequer through a sweeping anti-corruption drive and commodity financing operation during his tenure as Chairman of the Trading Corporation of Pakistan. Rizwan, in his capacity as Federal Secretary Maritime Affairs, became the first ever Pakistani to hold the chairmanship of INFOFISH, an intergovernmental organisation based in Kuala Lampur with twelve countries as its members including Pakistan, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Iran. In 2022 during Rizwan's tenure as Chairman of the Pakistan Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qasimabad Tehsil
Qasimabad Tehsil ( sd, قاسم آباد تعلقو) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Hyderabad District (Pakistan), Hyderabad District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Taluka Municipal Administration Qasimabad H Administration The tehsil, Taluka of Qasimabad is administratively subdivided into 27 municipal committees. The population is more than 99% the Sindhi people. Current Administration: Chairman: Kashif Hussain Shoro Assistant Commissioner: Gada Hussain Mukhtiarkar: Altaf KorejoReferences Talukas of Sindh Hyderabad District, Pakistan {{Sindh-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latifabad Tehsil
Latifabad Tehsil was an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Hyderabad District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The city of Latifabad Latifabad ( sd, لطيف آباد, ur, ) is a township in the southern suburbs of the city of Hyderabad, in Sindh, Pakistan. History Latifabad is named after the renowned Sindhi Sufi poet, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. Its initial denizens were S ... is the headquarters of the subdivision. References Apna Hyderabad External Link [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad City Tehsil
Hyderabad City Tehsil ( Sindhi : حيدرآباد شھر تعلقو) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Hyderabad District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Hyderabad district is subdivided into 4 talukas, the Urban area around the capital Hyderabad is part of Hyderabad City Taluka. Administration The Taluka of Hyderabad city is administratively subdivided into 11 Union Councils. Union Council 29 Dadanshah History During British rule the city of Hyderabad, Sindh became the headquarters of Hyderabad Taluka - and for a time was part of the Bombay Presidency of British India. The Imperial Gazetteer of India, written over a century ago during British rule, describes the taluka as follows: Demographics At the time of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the distribution of the population of Hyderabad City Tehsil by first language was as follows: * 67.2% Urdu * 19.8% Sindhi * 4.8% Punjabi * 2.1% Pashto * 1.3% Saraiki * 0.7% Hindko * 0.6% Balochi * 0.3% Brahui * 0.1% Kash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badin District
The Badin District ( sd, ضلعو بدين, ur, ) is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometers.Planning and Development Department, Sindh Government. Retrieved 10 June 2010 Headquartered at the city of , the district is situated between 24°-5` to 25°-25` north latitude and 68 21’ to 69 20’ east longitude and is bounded on the north by the Tando Allahyar District, Northwest by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaheed Benazirabad District
Shaheed Benazirabad District ( sd, شهيد بينظيرآباد ضلعو, ur, ) previously known as Nawabshah District, is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Renaming The district was renamed in September 2008 when most of MPAs of Nawabshah demanded the district be renamed to honour the late party leader. The renaming of the district was criticised by the family of Syed Nawabshah and others who, while saddened at the death of Bhutto, felt that Nawabshah was a historic district and ought to have kept its name. History At the establishment of the district in 1st November 1912, seven talukas were included in this district: # Kandiaro # Naushero Feroze # Moro # Sakrand # Nawabshah # Sinjhoro # Shahdadpur The district was divided into two Sub-divisions, namely Nawabshah Sub-division and Naushahro Feroze Sub-division. The former comprised the three talukas Shahdadpur, Sinjhoro and Nawabshah, while the later comprise the four talukas of Kandiaro, Naus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahdadpur
Shahdadpur ( sd, شهدادپور) is a city and capital of Shahdadpur Taluka located in Sanghar District of Sindh, Pakistan. It is associated with a number of Islamic scholars and Sindhi poets including Allama Asad Raza Ul Hussaini by the title of Kahteb e Musaferah Sham and poet of sindh Muhammad Dawood Bhutto "Daadan" and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, whose shrine is about from Shahdadpur in Bhit Shah. History According to Dr. N.A. Baloch, the former vice-chancellor of Sindh University, Mir Shahdad Khan, son of Rasheed Khan, founded Shahdadpur with the help of the Leghari administrators during 1125-1128 AH (1713-1715) as the capital of upper Sindh. In 1116 AH (1704 AD), the younger Khan was referred to as ''Riffat Panah'', which means "His Eminence". Mir Shahdad Khan had barren lands cultivated, and provided security for its people by reducing crime. He established a system for sharing produce between owners and farmers. He had aging canals and waterways renovated and extended, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakrand
Sakrand (Urdu: سکرنڈ, Sindhi: سڪرنڊ) is a town in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Sakrand is a taluka of the district Shaheed Benazirabad (erstwhile Nawabshah), about 18 kilometers from the old Nawabshah city. By road it is a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Karachi on National Highway and one-and-a-half-hour drive from Hyderabad on National Highway. It is rich in Agriculture. It is a business town, exporting goods to Hyderabad, Sindh, and Nawabshah. History The historical town of Saklund is populated on both sides of National Highway, which was called ''Rawr ( راوڙ وارو رستو),'' in old times. Whereas in the periods of the Talpur dynasty and British rule, it was called Tapali Rasto (ٽپالي رستو). In the initial time of British rule it was called ''Naar waro rasto''. Sindhu darya flows about 18 km on the western side of Sakrand. There are various such signs from where it's clearly recognized that this old town is populated at the present l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawabshah
Nawabshah ( sd, نوابشاھ, ur, ) is a tehsil and headquarters of the Shaheed Benazirabad District of Sindh province, Pakistan. This city is situated in the middle of Sindh province. It is the 27th largest city in Pakistan. Nawabshah Tehsil (formerly known as Nasrat Tehsil from 1907 to 1909) was established in 1907 by the British government. The tehsil was a part of Hyderabad district (1907 - 1912). On 1 November 1912 Nawabshah was upgraded to a district status of Sind Division. In 1909, Syed Nawab Ali Shah donated 200 acres of land to British government for construction of a town railway station and 60 acres of land for construction of buildings of district and taluka offices free of cost. To commemorate this, the British government then changed the name of Nasrat town to Nawabshah town Area and population 2014 Climate Nawabshah has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification ''BWh''). The city is considered one of the hottest cities in Pakistan, with summ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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