Qambar Shahdadkot District

Qambar Shahdadkot District (Sindhi: ضلعو قمبر شهداد ڪوٽ, Urdu: ضلع قمبر-شہدادکوٹ) is a district of Sindh, Pakistan, originally named after Shahdad Khan Khuhawar, the official founder. District Qambar Shahdadkot, with headquarters at Qambar,was established on 13 December 2004.

Taluka Qambar and Shahdadkot Tehsil were part of Larkana district since long before they were combined and made one district for administrative purposes. At first, it was named only Qambar but because of dissent from the people of Shahdadkot city, the name Shahdadkot was added. Today, however, the locals of Shahdadkot demand a separate district comprising Shahdadkot, Qubo Saeed Khan and Sijawal Junejo as they face difficulties in governmental work because they must go a long distance to Qambar to get the work done because most government offices are there. The district was created in the tenure of Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, who is accused of creating this district for political gains and to weaken the stronghold of the Pakistan People's Party in the area because Shahdadkot has been the electoral constituency for Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. The creation of the district benefited a family, who are the landlords of Qambar Shahdadkot. In 2005, Nawab Shabbir Khan Chandio became the first elected nazim of the newly created district.