Nawabshah 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 was established in 1903 by the British government. The tehsil was a part of Hyderabad district. On 1 November 1912, Nawabshah was upgraded to a district status of Sind Division.
Benazirabad Airport is an airport located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of Nawabshah, a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. It has one runway, which has a length of 2,743 metres (8,999 ft). Built by the British Raj, Benazirabad Airport does not handle any scheduled passenger flights, but it has been used as a diversion airport. It is also used by the Pakistan Air Force.
Shaheed Benazirabad District previously known as Nawabshah District, is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan.
Azra Fazal Pechuho is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Sindh for Health, and Population Welfare, in office from August 2018 till August 2023. She had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from August 2018 till August 2023. She was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from 2002 to May 2018.
Sakrand is a town in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Sakrand is a taluka of the district Shaheed Benazirabad, 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.
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College is a medical school in Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan, that opened in March 2011. The Principal of the college is Dr. Anjum Rehman. The college was opened with financial support from the Government of Pakistan. Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College part of Lyari General Postgraduate Medical Centre also known as Lyari General Hospital. It also has Institute of Cardiology and is a teaching hospital. It was formerly affiliated with Dow University of Health Sciences.
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU), established on July 9, 2009, is a public university of medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and allied health sciences located in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan.
The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) is a public medical university located in Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
The People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW) is a public medical university located in Shaheed Benazirabad District (Nawabshah), Sindh, Pakistan.
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad (SBA) or SBBU is a public degree-awarding institution in Nawabshah (SBA), Pakistan. It was established in 2012.
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Shaheed Benazirabad or SBBUVAS is Public Degree-awarding Institution located at Nawabshah, Pakistan.
Shaheed Benazirabad Division is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It was created in 6 June 2014, formerly a part of Hyderabad Division.
Mai Gulan was the mother of Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro and wife of Mian Noor Muhammad Kalhoro. She was queen of Kalhora dynasty of Sindh. Her tomb is situated in the necropolis of her husband at a distance of 15 kilometers from Daulatpur, Nawabshah District, Sindh, Pakistan towards the east. The shah built a palace for her. She built a mosque and madrasa for religious teachings near Pacco Qillo Hyderabad Sindh.
Municipal Corporation Shaheed Benazirabad (Sindhi: شہید بینظیر آباد ميونسپلٽي, Urdu: بلدیہ اعلی شہید بینظیر آباد abbreviated as MCSBA) is a public corporation and the governing body of Benazirabad city and Nawabshah Talukas, the fifth-largest city in Sindh, Pakistan.
On 6 August 2023, at 13:18 PKT, ten coaches of the Hazara Express travelling from Karachi to Rawalpindi in Pakistan derailed near Nawabshah, in Sindh. At least 30 people were killed and more than 100 were injured.
Benazir Institute of Urology & Transplantation (BIUT), is located in Benazirabad, Shaheed Benazirabad District of Sindh province, Pakistan. Founded a 300-bed, tertiary care hospital, with the goal of giving patients with kidney and related disorders free medical coverage for who previously had to go to Karachi and other cities for such treatment and who now reside in the Shaheed Benazirabad district and its surrounding districts.
Provincial Institute of Teacher Education (PITE) Nawabshah is a public teacher training institute in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan. It is one of 275 teacher training institutions in Pakistan that provide pre-service training, and one of 300 teacher training resource centres in the districts.
The Government of Sindh established the Maternity &Child Healthcare Institute Benazirabad, the 300 beded state of the art children hospital at Benazirabad. The hospital was built over 27 acres of land adjacent to Bilawal Chowrangi with a cost of US$57.274 million, at Stadium Road, Nawabshah. After completion the hospital was handed over to Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN). The Hospital comprises a Neonatal Care Unit (NICU), Emergency Unit, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Paediatric Surgeries, Occupational Therapy department, and other services. Currently the hospital is providing medical care to patients from different parts of Central Sindh, including Benazirabad, Hyderabad, Matiari, Naushahro Feroze, Dadu, Khairpur, Sanghar and adjoining areas.
