Latifabad is named after the noted Sindhi Sufi poet, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. It was formed as an extension to the city of Hyderabad to occupy migrants from across the border after the 1947 partition of the Sub-Continent, along with the town of Qasimabad.

The locals that occupied the town at its inception were ethnically of a mixed population but as the city experienced its worst ethnic riots between Sindhis and Mohajirs in the 1980s, the city was divided into Sindhi occupying the town of Qasimabad and the Mohajirs settling down in Latifabad.... READ MORE