Khairabad, Pakistan

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Khairabad
Town
Coordinates: Coordinates: 33°54′07.2″N72°13′01.7″E / 33.902000°N 72.217139°E / 33.902000; 72.217139
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District Nowshera District
Time zone PST (UTC+5)

Khairabad (Pashto : خیرآباد‎ Loudspeaker.svg   pronounce  (help·info), Urdu : خیرآباد‬‎ Loudspeaker.svg   pronounce  (help·info)) is a town in Jehangira tehsil of Nowshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [1] [2] Attock is located to the east [3] , Nizampur to the south and Jehangira town to the north.

Jehangira Tehsil is a tehsil located in Nowshera District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The tehsil is named after the Jehangira town, which is located on the GT Road.

Nowshera District District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is one of the four administrative provinces of Pakistan, located in the northwestern region of the country along the international border with Afghanistan. It was previously known as the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) until 2010 when the name was changed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the 18th Amendment to Pakistan's Constitution, and is known colloquially by various other names. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the third-largest province of Pakistan by the size of both population and economy, though it is geographically the smallest of four. Within Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shares a border with Punjab, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Islamabad. It is home to 17.9% of Pakistan's total population, with the majority of the province's inhabitants being Pashtuns. The province is the site of the ancient kingdom Gandhara, including the ruins of its capital Pushkalavati near modern-day Charsadda. Originally a stronghold of Buddhism, the history of the region was characterized by frequent invasions under various Empires due to its geographical proximity to the Khyber Pass.

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Khairabad is located at the western edge of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab through Khairabad bridge. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Khairabad is entry point from Punjab to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [4]

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  2. ↑ "PTI rally starts from Peshawar today - Daily Times". Daily Times. 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  3. ↑ Kiani, Khaleeq (2005-07-14). "High flood may hit Chashma Barrage". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  4. 1 2 "All routes to Punjab from NWFP sealed off". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  5. ↑ "NOWSHERA: Bridge on Indus at Khairabad opened". DAWN.COM. 2004-05-21. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  6. ↑ "All rivers in KP in low floods: PDMA report". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Madeeha2016. "Tourism Corporation KPK arranges rafting event for Christian community". www.christiansinpakistan.com. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  8. ↑ "Motorway linking KP to Islamabad reopened". The Nation. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
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