Apart from the National Highway there is a total of 28 kilometres metalled road. This road is not covered in the B & R record. It was not constructed by B & R, but on the personal initiative of Sadiq Umrani as provincial minister. It is a metalled road starting from Faizabad bridge (a division between Nasirabad and Jaffarabad district) to Tamboo village and Mirwah village through Tinda village - Sadiq Umrani’s hometown. The high-way stretches through the district at a length of 35 km.

 The interior of district is linked through shingle roads which come under the supervision of the B & R (C & W) Department. The condition of the shingle roads is not good. Many of them are neither flat nor covered with rounded pebbles. The roads along the Pat Feeder canal are a muddle. The roads from D.M.Jamali to Chattar, D.M.Jamali to Mirway and to Manjhoo Shori are difficult to drive on on rainy days.

There is one Excise and Taxation officer for the districts Nasirabad and Jaffarabad at Jaffarabad for the registration of private and government vehicles. The number of vehicles registered in the district is comparatively small. A large number of vehicles are registered outside the district.

The railway track, passing parallel to the highway, is 39 kilometres from the Micro post before the Notal railways station to Shahi Chowki. There are three railway stations: Notal, Mangoli and Dera Murad Jamali. The regular stop for passengers express trains is at Dera Murad Jamali. Some trains also stop at Notal. Occasionally, passenger trains stop at Mangoli for the convenience of passengers. The station has partial shelter for passengers waiting. The arrival of a train on the station is indicated by the traditional Neil Block Token instrument adapted in 1932 by the British. Poor people travelling from Nasirabad to Jacobabad (40 km) and Sukkar in the South and Sibi in the north prefer trains to buses because of the lower fare, possibility of travelling without buying a ticket, and space available for luggage.

The railway track in the district comes under the Sukkar Railways Division.

Nasirabad has a place for helicopter landings, but there is no regular airway service. The nearest airport is in Jacobabad (35 km).

TV broadcast comes through the TV booster in Shikarpur. No radio station or TV station exists in the district, however, radios are a major source of entertainment. TV sets are commonly indicated by the antennas, even in remote villages where there is electricity. The number of TV dish antennas is growing. The use of dish antenna is becoming common in restaurants. No record exists on the number of the TV sets in the district, but the number is growing rapidly.

There is one telephone sub-division for the two districts of Nasirabad and Jaffarabad at D.M.Jamali. For the micro, there are three micro repeaters with a tower of 60 metres at D.M.Jamali, Belpat, and Lindsay. The telephone system through VHF facilitates working connection manual exchanges (OTC) at Chattar, Puleji, Kot Hameed, Kot Mengal and Tamboo. Dera Murad Jamali is linked to the direct dialling system.

The main post office is located in D.M. Jamali. There are 13 extra-departmental branches at the villages of Chattar, Azizabad, Doulatgari, Goth Abdul Hameed, Goth Abdul Majeed, Poulaji, Juma Khan Umrani, Goth Sad Khan, Mir Hassan, Manjo Shuri, Goth Mahtab Shah, Kot Mengal and Imdad Hussain Khosa. Those who take care of them are not regular post office employees. An extra-departmental branch may be held e.g. in a shop, someone's house or store. The hours of business of extra departmental branches are irregular, nonetheless, they cater to the need for postal services in remote areas. They are occasionally visited by the post office supervisor. Those who take care of the branch are paid 590 Rs. a month. The branches provide postal service, stamps and registration and they deliver mail.

The postal department in Nasirabad district comes under the Superintendent of Post Offices at Sibi.

The only courier service in the district is provided by SMS.

The total number of banks in the district is four: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Habib Bank, United Bank Limited (UBL) and Agricultural Bank of Pakistan (ADBP). They are all located in D.M. Jamali. ADBP and NBP are government owned banks. ADBP is designed to give farmers loans for agricultural purpose. Government transactions are usually done through NBP. In D.M. Jamali there is also a National Saving Centre. Most people do not keep their money in banks.

Electricity is distributed from Giddu and gas from Sui. There are grids at Usta Mohammad, Dera Murad Jamali and Rojhan Jamali. There are two transformers in Nasirabad of 6 MVA and 5 MVA. Usta Mohammed has the largest capacity. The one at Usta Mohammad supplies to the area around Tamboo. A new grid at Jhall Magsi can provide electricity to parts of the district in the future. Nasirabad and Jaffarabad come under one Electricity Sub-Division at D.M.Jamali.

In the period from January 1992 to November 1996, a total of thirty-one villages were electrified by WAPDA. Considering the number of household connections in relation to the average household size, ten percent of the population is supplied with electricity.

Gas supply in Nasirabad district is limited to Dera Murad Jamali town. Gas supply to four other villages has been sanctioned, but only one of them, Jumma Khan Umrani village, has actually been connected so far. Tinda and Tamboo are connected to the gas line in Usta Mohammad in Jaffarabad, as a special preference for Sadiq Umrani as PPP provincial minister. The villagers demand for gas as a condition to give their votes in elections.

There is only one rest house, the one of the Irrigation Department at D. M. Jamali, available for tourists and visitors. Other government rest house are not available for this purpose. There is a nice furnished rest house in the WAPDA colony, which is only to lodge special guests at the request from upper authorities. There is a temporary officer mess for the Frontier Corps (FC) in Chinese Camp. There is no rest house in any other part of the district. There are a few hotels in D. M. Jamali, but they are not very comfortable.

The economic infrastructure and communications development in the district need expansion. There is no metalled road in the area except the one made by the MPA fund in Tamboo and the National Highway. The shingle roads are in bad condition and are impassable in flood and rainy season. The district is not big and the network of roads is well knit around.

 The communication system has improved with the expansion of the telephone system and electricity. Gas is needed by people for fuel purpose, but its expansion is very slow.

 Many people find trains the cheapest source of transport, particularly those with luggage. Travelling without a valid ticket to intermediate stations happens quite frequent.

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