Wazirabad

Wazirabad
City
Tomb of Mulana Zafar Ali Khan
Wazirabad Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 32°26′N 74°07′E / 32.433°N 74.117°E / 32.433; 74.117
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab
District	Gujranwala District
Tehsil	Wazirabad Tehsil
Union councils	5
Municipal status	1867
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC+6)

Wazirabad (Urdu: وزِيرآباد‎) is an industrial city located in Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan. Wazirabad is situated on the banks of the Chenab River nearly 100 kilometres north of Lahore on the Grand Trunk Road. It is 45 kilometres from Sialkot, 30 kilometres from the district capital - Gujranwala and about 12 kilometres from Gujrat. The city of Wazirabad is the headquarters of Wazirabad Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district, the city is itself subdivided into 5 Union Councils. Wazirabad City is located near the south banks of the Chenab River near a village Chanawan where the picturesque Nala Palkhu, a snow stream from the Himalayas joins to this big river.Khanki Headworks is a headworks situated on the River Chenab at village Khanki.

Wazirabad, literally the city of the Wazir, was first settled in 1542 CE. In 1636 CE Wazir Hakim Illmmudiddin, an amir of Shah Jahan constructed the first ever residential building of Wazirabad namely Musaman Burj on the bank of Palkhu Nala. During the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb another building namely Shesh Mahal at the east of Musaman Burj was built during 1705 CE. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the Sikhs, invaded and took control of Wazirabad.