Wazirabad is a town located in Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan. Wazirabad is situated on the banks of the Chenab River nearly 100km north of Lahore.

Wazirabad has some main villages: Saroki, Sohdra, Rasol Nagar, Kailianwala, Kialasike, Alipur, Kotkhizari, Ahmad Nagar and Pathanky.

Population

Total population of city is approximately 95,000. There are 264 surrounding villages with 600,000 people.

Railway

Wazirabad is an important railway junction on the main line of the north-western railway line of Pakistan Railways. Wazirabad is one of the biggest railway junction linking Faislabad, Sialkot, to main railway line from Peshawar to Karachi.

Famous people

Wazirabad is also known due to Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, who was editor of Zimidar newspaper at the time of British rule. He also played a role in the freedom movement against the British government in India. He is buried in Wazirabad. Jatt families are famous in nearby villages of Wazirabad. Distt. Gujranwala is producing high quality wheat to Pakistan. They are producing export quality rice in their villages. Sugar cane is also 3rd largest corpse of this area. Sub-castes of Jatt are Warriach, Chatta, Cheema and Gondal. All these castes are famous not only in agricultural field but also in political setup of Pakistan. Most of them represented National Assembly as well as provincial Assembly.