Sukkur is situated in Sindh Province on the left bank of the Indus River at a distance 489 km from Karachi on National Highway N-5. It is considered as the Gate of Sindh. It is an important railway junction in Pakistan Railway as well as in the British time. Sukkur is also famous for one of the largest military cantonments of Pakistan Army in the town of Pano Aqil.
