Garhi Habibullah is a town and union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in Mansehra Tehsil and lies to the east of district capital Mansehra, towards the Kashmir frontier (near to Muzaffarabad the capital of Azad Kashmir). It was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. It is named after (Ex-Chief Of Swati) Habibullah Khan. Its old name was Garhi Saadat Khan came from the town's founder who was ruler of Pakhli (1762-1780) and nominal Chief Of Swati Pashtun Tribe. Sources Imperial Gazzetter Of India (Topic: Pakhli Sarkar of Swatis) Mountstuart Elphinstone (1843): An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul Raverty H.G (1888): Notes on Baluchistan and Afghanistan Hazara Gazetteer 1883 and 1907 Prof. Akhtar: Tajik Swati aur Mamlikat e Gabar Roshan Khan: Tazkira Rehmat Khan: Tareekh e Hafiz Sher Bahadur Khan Panni.: Tareekh e Hazara The Pathans References Union councils of Mansehra District Populated places in Mansehra District