Sialkot (Urdu/Punjabi: سیالکوٹ ) is the major export city in the northern Punjab province of Pakistan, located 135 kilometer north-west of Lahore and only a few kilometers from Jammu comprising a population of approximately 6,00,000. It is one of the major industrial centers of Pakistan. Sialkot 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. The Sialkot International Airport, Limited (SIAL) and the Sialkot Dry Port serve the Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat region. A university of Engineering Sciences and Technlogy is being set up in Sialkot (on the Sialkot-Eimanabad road) by the Government of Pakistan with Swedish collaboration. A Medical College is also being established in the city. In addition, a Polytechnic Institute and a Paramedic Institute are already functional in Sialkot.
1 History
2 Sights
3 Head Works Marala
4 Sialkot-Lahore Motorway
5 Sialkot-Rawalpindi RailCar Train Service to Lahore
6 Brief Description
7 Climate and General Soil Conditions
8 District at a Glance
