Safdarabad

Safdarabad (Urdu: صفدرآباد‎), is a city in Sheikhupura District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Safdar Abad is the capital of Safdarabad Tehsil. Its Postal code or ZIP code is 39540. It's urban area is approximately 600 acres. Until 2005 it was a tehsil of Sheikhupura District, 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 as a Tehsil. The city of Safdarabad lies 95 km from Lahore the provincial capital of Punjab. The area has a population of more than 20,000 the majority of whom are Muslims. This article is about Safdarabad City, for other purposes see Safdarabad Tehsil.

History

Safdarabad, formerly known as Mandi Dhaban Singh, is a City of Sheikhupura District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The City is the headquarters of Safdarabad Tehsil - an administrative subdivision of the district. Safdarabad was named after Mr Safdar-Ul-Haq Dogar Known as Chaba Dogar. He was a Member Of Provincial Assembly who was martyred 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). "Dogar group" ruled on this Constituency for About 25 years, after martyrdom of Safdar ul haq dogar, The then Chief Minister, Mian Nawaz Sharif named the city safdarabad after him on his visit after Safdar's Death.

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 Rakh Branch 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.

Education

There are many educational institutes in city Safdarabad.

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  Al-Rehman School of Alpha Studies (ASAS)
  Al-Rehman School of Alpha Studies-ASAS
• Afzal ideal public school
• Green Field Academy School
• Faran Leadership School
• Quaid-e-Azam Ideal Public School - QAIPS
• Eden Public School
• Govt. Girls Inter College
• 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 Safdar Abad
• Child care foundation
• 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 http://www.facebook.com/the.islamic.academy

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 Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Peshawar and many more cities and towns of Pakistan by Rail.

A large amount of cargo is daily exported and imported into Safdarabad with many deliveries a day from all parts of the Punjab Province.

Boutter Market

This market is situated Right in the middle of the city. It consist of around 350 shops and there is a beautiful mosque in the center of market. UBL, Boutter marriage hall, Boutter cable network and utility store are the salient feature of this market.

Hameed garden

A beautiful Residential and Commercial town in Safdarabad with great location and facilities.Hameed Garden was named after Mr Rana Abdul Hameed Khan.

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 Bahadar Ali Shah Gilani (Qadri, Noshai), father of Syed Ehsan Ali Bahadar spent many years and did guide the people toward spiritual knowledge.

Map Of Safdarabad

See map here https://www.google.com/maps/place/Safdarabad,+Pakistan

Read in other languages

صفدرآباد

See also

• Sangla Hill
• Khanqah Dogran
• Nankana Sahib District
• Shahkot, Pakistan

External links

• Case against hundreds of law-breakers: Indecision on Nankana tehsils

References

website - http://www.safdarabad.net