Nawabshah (Sindh)

Nawabshah , or Shaheed Benazirabad, is a city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Shaheed Benazir Abad District (formerly Nawabshah District). It has a population of 1,279,825. 
Location,Geography and Climate

By road it is a 4 hours drive from Karachi to National Highway, Sakrand along the left bank of River Indus near Sakrand Taluka, Pakistan.

The city is famous for sugarcane and banana production. The climate is usually very hot and dry, with summer temperatures soaring as high as 51 degrees Celsius. Winters start late, around mid-November, lasting to around mid-February, with night-time temperatures often reaching 8 degrees Celsius. Temperatures below zero are very rare. The city is one of Pakistans hottest areas.

The highest temperatures each year in Pakistan, typically rising to above 50 °C (122 °F), are usually recorded in Nawabshah District and Sibbi from May to August. The climate is generally dry and hot, but sometimes the temperature falls to 0 °C (32 °F). On January 7, 2011 temperatures dropped to 4 °C (39 °F) in the city. 

Archeology

The mausoleum of Thul Mir Rukun is historical and archeological tomb is the property of Archeology Department Government of Sindh and is situated at 15 kilometers away from Daulatpur Taluka (Town). A road from Kazi Ahmed Town via Pabjo village leads to Thul Rukan to reach at this thousand years old archeological exemplary construction. The height of this tomb is 60 feet from ground level. Mr. Henry Cusin, the British Archeologist writes in his book "Sindh's Archeology" (Sindhi Translation "Sindh Ja Qadeem Aasaar" by Ata Muhammad Bhambro) that the bricks used in the construction of this tomb were made and prepared of Budhist Rulers' period. The line painting for the birth of Gaotam Budh was shown on the bricks clearly which are preserved and kept by the Sindh Archeological Department. He writes that the ornaments and small effigies and statues were also found when the ground was dug around the tomb.