NAWABSHAH

town, Sindh province, southern Pakistan. The town, originally called Nasrat, is connected by road and rail with Karachi, Hyderabad, and Sukkur. A growing industrial centre, it manufactures small boats, refined sugar, soap, and cotton and silk textiles. A government college in the town is affiliated with the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology. The chief crops of the surrounding area are cotton, millet, sugarcane, and fruit. Pop. (1981) town, 102,139.