Jamshoro Sindh, Pakistan 3.31

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Hyderabad, 76080
Pakistan

About Jamshoro Sindh, Pakistan

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Jamshoro (Sindhi: ڄام شورو), (Urdu: جامشورو), is a city and capital of Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is located on the right bank of Indus River, approximately 18 km Northwest of Hyderabad and 150 km Northeast from the provincial Capital of Sindh and largest city of Pakistan, Karachi.[3]

Besides being a historical and picturesque site, Jamshoro is home to highly educated and affluent people, it is also home to three universities i.e, Pakistan's fourth best engineering university called Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Second best medical university called Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences and second oldest university of Pakistan University of Sindh, which produce a number of engineers, doctors, IT professionals, journalists, professors, scientists every year. Therefore, it is also called "City of Universities" and is well known for its soothing breeze at night time
According to recent surveys by the Government of Pakistan Jamshoro has a literacy rate of around 80%. Whereas, child literacy happens to be around 85% ahead of the adult literacy that is about 75% ,higher than the national average that is 55%. For the reason, that more than half of the population consists of employees of the three universities who are themselves supporters of Education including both male & female.
The universities in Jamshoro are:

University of Sindh
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences
Notable people[edit]
Folowing are notable people who have received education from Jamshoro.

Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan and Co-Chairperson Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)[10]
Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, former Vice President of the PPP and the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians
Zulfiqar Mirza, Sindh Home Minister, Member of Sindh Provincial Assembly
Liaquat Ali Jatoi, former Federal Minister of Industries and ex-Chief Minister of Sindh
Arbab Ghulam Rahim, former Chief Minister of Sindh
Younus Changezi, former Baluchistan Minister of Forests, Environment
Shahid Iqbal, Chief of Staff (COS), Ex-DCNS (T&P), COMPAK, DCNS (O) and Commander CTF-150
Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, former Director General of the Intelligence Bureau of Pakistan (DGIB)
Nouraiz Shakoor, former Federal Minister, Govt of Pakistan
Altaf Shaikh, Marine Engineer, Writer, Pakistan Writers Guild prize winner and Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Literary Award holder
Prof. Dr. Amir Ahmed Khuhro, Department of International Relations & Director Sheheed Benazir Bhutto Chair (SBBC), Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh.