Sialkot

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GEOGRAPHY

North latitude 32°30′ and 74°31′ East

longitude at an altitude of 256 m above

sea level, Sialkot is bounded on the north

by Jammu, north-west by Gujarat, on the

west by Gujranwala and on the south

by Narowal. The Chenab river flows to

the north of Sialkot. There are three small

seasonal streams flowing through the city,

Aik, Bher and Palkhu.

Sialkot

Greek historical state before 327 BC

(Sagala )

The most powerful tribes in Sialkot. (160-

135 BC) Shun and Dall

part of the Muslim Sultanate of

Delhi ( Sultan Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad

Ghauri  in 1185)

Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1797 to 1810,)

Anglo-Sikh War (1849)

HISTORY

Demographics facts Country PakistanProvince PunjabGovernment - District Coordination

Officer Mujahid SherdilTime zone PST (UTC+5)Postal code 51310Calling code 052urban population Over 25.82%Per capita income highest in all over

Pakistan

Demographics facts

Area -  Total42 km2 (16.2 sq mi)

Elevation 256 m (840 ft)

Population  (2010) - Total791,000 

Density 1,160/km2 (3,004.4/sq mi) District

Council Number of Tehsils 4

Number of Union councils 106

Literacy rate urban areas, it is 73% and in

rural areas, it is 54%.

Demographics facts

language Punjabi

Major clans Ghuman,  Cheema, 

Jatt , Arain, Rajput, Chughtai, Awan, Kakazai, Butt, S

harif,Sheikh, Gujar, Khatana, Pathan

Mughal and Qureshi

Employment in the agriculture sector is only

19.5% and 32% in elementary occupations

Electricity and water 95% of the population have

electricity and 96% have the water facility.

Government Sialkot District Government is headed by the

District Administrator Deputy Administrator is also Speaker of the District Council The District Administrator is elected by

the Administrators of the Union Councils and Union Councilors

The city is managed by the Tehsil Municipal Administration which is headed by a Tehsil Administrator. The Sialkot Cantonment is managed by Sialkot Cantonment Board

climate

Humid subtropical climate 

Chilly during winters hot and humid during summers

Plain and fertile Land

Rain falls during the Monsoon season in summer which often

results in flooding the average annual rain fall is about 1000 mm

Sialkot has one of the most modern weather forecasting and

flood warning centers in the country,

ECONOMY

Sialkot is the third largest economic hub in Punjab

Linked with the Lahore Stock Exchange through its Sialkot branch

The State Bank of Pakistan and the Export Promotion Bureau of

Pakistan have branch offices in Sialkot

Sialkot is Pakistan's second largest source of foreign exchange

earnings

Awarded the annual National Exports Award by the Federation of

Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry from past decades

Sialkot has an Industrial Estate and an Export Processing Zone

Another Export Processing Zone is planned along the Sialkot

Lahore Motorway

INDUSTRIES Leather Tanneries, 

Leather Garments,

Musical Instruments, 

Surgical and Dental Instruments, 

Sportswear  includes Martial Arts wear, Gloves,

Badges, Seat and Walking Sticks, Cutlery, Hunting

Knives, Air Guns and Shotguns. wooden and steel

furniture

Rubber products, cooking utensils, bicycles, their

tires and tubes and shoes

Notable Residents of Sialkot

politicians

Jawed Iqbal Muhammad Farooq   Mumtaz Hamid Rao  Gulzari Lal Nanda Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah  Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi 

 

Khawaja Muhammad Safdar 

Khawaja Muhammad Asif Chaudhry Amir Hussain  Minister Rehman Malik Ferdous ashiq awan  

journalists, writers and poets

 Syed Mir Hasan Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Faiz Ahmed Faiz Zafar Ali Khan Sir Muhammad

Zafarullah Khan Syed Hameed Shah 

Amjad Islam Amjad  Professor Rajinder Singh

Bedi Narendra Kohli Zulfikar Ghose Kuldip Nayyar Khalid Hasan Hamid Mir

Cricket legends

Ijaz Butt, (Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board)

Zaheer Abbas Ijaz Ahmed Shoaib Malik

Mansoor Amjad  Zahid Fazal  Abdur Rehman Jawaid Iqbal (Hong

Kong National Cricket player)

Hokey players

Shahnaz Sheikh Manzoor Hussain Nasir Ali  Asif Bajwa Tariq Sheikh 

Zahid Sheikh, Muhammad Waqas

Sharif Mahmood Hussain  Maqsood Hussain Munir Bhatti   Kamran Ashraf 

Actors/singers

Waheed Murad Rajendra Kumar  A. K. Hangalwere  Ghulam Ali Ustad Allah Rakha

Important Sites

shrine of Hazrat Imam Ali sahib

Sialkot Fort shrine of the Muslim

saint, Per Muradia Shah birth place of

Dr. Muhammad Iqbal famous square of the

city is the Iqbal Chowk Marala Head works Clock tower Sialkot Chamber of

Commerce & Industry 

parks

Khayaban-e-Iqbal Park, Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park on Parsur Road Garrison Park on Kashmir Road

TRANSPORT

Sialkot International AirportSialkot Cantonment AirportSialkot Dry PortSialkot JunctionDaewoo Express Public transport

Educational Institutions

Convent of gases and merry Army public school LGS City Schools Murray College 8 Degree Colleges for Women 5 Degree Colleges for Men 2 Cadet Colleges Private school and colleges

Sports

Cricket Hockey Golf

Radio stations

FM 104FM 101

Television

STV (Sialkot television)

Daily Taqat

Roznama Sialkot

Magazine Sialkot

Express

Newspapers

Infrastructure

The district has 15,078 acres (61.02 km2) of forest, 12,295 km of metalloid roads, 12 grid stations, 45 telephone exchanges and 3229 industrial units

Agriculture

• major crops and fruit wheat, rice, citrus and guava • average annual production over the period 1998-

2001 was 453, 242, 6 and 11 thousand Metric Tons, respectively.

• There are 14 flour mills, 57 rice husking units, one sugar mill, one vegetable ghee unit and one fruit juice unit already working in the district. However, there exist good prospects for rice bran oil, rice husk briquettes, maize products, dal mills, etc.

Livestock

Cattles Punjab Development Statistics for the year 2000, the population of cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats was 195, 471, 42 and 137 thousand heads respectively.

Poultry954 broiler, 134 layer and 9 breeding poultry farms, having a rearing capacity of 11150, 747 and 63 thousand birds respectively. The annual availability of hides and skins is estimated at 536 thousand pieces. In the district of Sialkot there are 92 tanneries, 244 leather garments/products manufacturing units, and more than 900 leather sports goods manufacturing units. There exists a scope for dairy farms, animal/poultry feed, and cattle/sheep/goat fattening farms.

Hotels

• Hotel one • International food chains• Kfc• Macdonald’s• Subway• Taj hotel• Eat more

Hospitals

Alama iqbal hospitalMission hospitalSardar begum hospital

CMHPrivate hospital & clinics

BAZAARS Sadar bazaar Main bazar Ilama iqbal chock (Drama vala chock) Lahi bazaar Khatika vala bazar Chock shahedan