Sialkot travel guide

Sialkot (Urdu/Punjabi:) is a city situated in the north-east of the Punjab province in Pakistan at the feet of the snow-covered peaks of Kashmir near the Chenab river. Formerly, Sialkot has been the winter-capital of the State of Kashmir. The city is about north-west of Lahore and only a few kilometres from Jammu. Its diverse district population of 3,500,000 mainly consists of Punjabis with a significant number of migrant Kashmiris and Pashtuns from the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas as well as Afghan refugees. It is one of the major industrial centres of Pakistan and is well-known for its manufacture and export of surgical instruments, musical instruments, sports goods, leather goods, textile products and other light manufactures. A Pakistan Army base (Sialkot Cantonment) is situated adjacent to the city. Considerable development has been taking place in this district and its people are well known for their entrepreneurial qualities. The Sialkot International Airport, Limited (SIAL) and the Sialkot Dry Port serve the Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat region. A University of Engineering Science and Technology Sialkot is being set up in Sialkot by the Government of Pakistan in collaboration with the Government of Sweden. A new Sialkot Lahore Motorway is also under construction. (...) more....