Jungshahi, also spelled ''Jang Shahi'', is a town located in

Thatta District Thatta District (, ) is located in the southern area, locally called ''Laar'', of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Thatta. It is home to a large necropolis of Makli. In 2013, several talukas were separated to form the new Suj ...

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

province,

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. Situated to the east of Karachi, it serves as a Union Council within the Thatta tehsil. Jungshahi is located away of the district capital,

Thatta Thatta is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. Thatta was the medieval capital of Sindh, and served as the seat of power for three successive dynasties. Its construction was ordered by Jam Nizamuddin II in 1495. Thatta's historic signif ...

. During

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, the

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connected the town to Karachi. In 1949, Major General Muhammed

Iftikhar Khan Mohammad Iftikhar Khan (; 10 January 1909 — 13 December 1949) also known as ''Ifti'', was a two-star general in the Pakistan Army serving as GOC 10th Division. Prior to the Partition of British India, he was an officer in the British India ...

, who was set to become the first native

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of the Pakistan Army following the retirement of Sir

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, died in an air crash near the city.

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