Wazirabad

During British rule Wazirabad was the headquarters of the old Wazirabad District, broken up in 1851-2, and was the site of a cantonment removed to Sialkot in 1855.

The municipality was created in 1867, the population according to the 1901 census was 18,069. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 20,800, and the expenditure Rs. 21,400. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 20,800, chiefly from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 19,200. The town had a considerable trade in timber, which comes down the Chenab from Jammu territory.[3] The smiths of Wazirabad had a reputation for the manufacture of small articles of cutlery, and the town of Nizamabad within a mile of the town is famed for its weapons. Wazirabad was an important junction on the North-Western Railway, as the Sialkot-Jammu and Lyallpur lines both branch off of here.[4]

The Chenab river is spanned opposite Wazirabad by the Alexandra railway bridge, one of the finest engineering works of the kind in India, which was opened by in 1876 by Edward VII the King-Emperor when he was Prince of Wales. The town possessed two Anglo-vernacular high schools, one maintained by the Church of Scotland Mission, and a Government dispensary.[4]

• Govt. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan College
• Govt.Post Graduate College for Women Wazirabad
• Punjab Group of Colleges
• Superior Group of Colleges
• Apex Group of colleges [5]
• Aspire Group of colleges

Built in 1878, Alexandra Railway Bridge by the Prince of Wales.

Built in the british Colonial era, the bridge was constructed to carry the Punjab Northern State Railway over the River Chenab. The First Brick was Laid on November 1st, 1871 and Completed in 1876, Though Later in 1878 necessary alterations were made.

The Dak chowki (mail station) is an age-old monument built by sher shah suri in 1542 A.D. It has now been declared a protected momument and is planned to be restored.

The forlorn Gurdwara known as gurdwara gurukotha is situated in the city built by the orders of Ranjit singh in memory of Guru har Gobind,the sixth of the sikh gurus (1595-1640), for he stayed in wazirabad during his long travels preaching through punjab and kashmir. The spherical, segmented dome of gurukotha gurdwara rises in splendour above the skyline of the city and is balanced off by four domes at the corner.

Wazirabad is situated alongside the N-5 National Highway Which connects it to the nearby city District of Gujrat in the north and District Capital Gujranwala and the Provincial Capital Lahore in the south. Multiple Dual Carriageway also connect the city to Gujrat, Sialkot, Daska and Gujranwala.

The E3 Expressway or Kot Sarwar–Hafizabad–Wazirabad Expressway is a controlled-access expressway which links the N-5 National Highway at Wazirabad with the M-2/M-4 junction near Kot Sarwar, in Punjab, Pakistan. E3 also Connects the City with the Tehsil's Union councils in the nearby areas.

Wazirabad Junction railway station is located in the city which has the Karachi - Peshawer Railway Line, Khanewal - Wazirabad Branch Line and the Wazirabad- Narowal Branch Line.