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Sialkot

For the district, see Sialkot District. For other uses, see Sialkot (disambiguation).

Sialkot
سیالکوٹ
City
Clock Tower, Sialkot
Iqbal Manzil
Fatima Jinnah Park
Sialkot Gate
Garrison Masjid Sialkot
Municipal Corporation Sialkot
Municipal Corporation logo
Nicknames: 
City of Iqbal[1]
Sialkot is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Sialkot
Sialkot
Location in Pakistan
Sialkot is located in Pakistan
Sialkot
Sialkot
Sialkot (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 32°29′33″N 74°31′52″E / 32.49250°N 74.53111°E / 32.49250; 74.53111
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DivisionGujranwala
DistrictSialkot
Government
[4]
 • TypeMunicipal Corporation
 • MayorNone (Vacant)[2]
 • Deputy MayorNone (Vacant)[2]
 • Deputy CommissionerMuhammad Iqbal[3]
Area
 • City
135 km2 (52 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[5][6]
 • City
911,817
 • Rank12th, Pakistan
 • Density6,800/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
DemonymSialkoti
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Postal code
51310
Calling code052
Old nameSagala[7][8] or Sakala[9]
WebsiteMunicipal Corporation Sialkot

Sialkot (Punjabi, Urdu: سيالكوٹ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of the Sialkot District and the 12th most populous city in Pakistan.[10][5] The boundaries of Sialkot are joined by Jammu in the north east, the districts of Narowal in the southeast, Gujranwala in the southwest and Gujrat in the northwest. Sialkot is known as the city of Allama Iqbal.[11]

Sialkot is believed to be the successor city of Sagala, the capital of the Madra kingdom which was destroyed by Alexander the Great in 326 BCE. It was made capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by Menander I in the 2nd century BCE — a time during which the city greatly prospered as a major center for trade and Buddhist thought.[12] In the 6th century CE, it again become capital of the Taank Kingdom, which ruled Punjab for the next two centuries. Sialkot continued to be a major political center until it was eclipsed by Lahore around the turn of the first millennium CE.[13] Sialkot was the capital of the Punjabi Muslim ruler Jasrat Khokhar who reigned over most of Punjab and Jammu in the early 15th century.[14][15] Under the Mughal Empire, especially Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb's reign, Sialkot became known as a great centre of Islamic scholarship and thought,[16] and attracted scholars because of the widespread availability of paper in the city.[17]

Sialkot city is the birthplace of Muhammad Iqbal (the National poet of Pakistan) and Asghar Sodai (the poet behind the famous slogan ‘Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya La Ilaha Ill Allah’) who were both leading figures of the Pakistan Movement.[18][19][20][21]

The city has been noted for its entrepreneurial spirit and productive business climate which have made Sialkot an example of a small Pakistani city that has emerged as a "world-class manufacturing hub."[22] The relatively small city exported approximately $2.5 billion worth of goods in 2017, or about 10% of Pakistan's total exports.[22][23] The city has been labeled as the Football manufacturing capital of the World,[24] as it produces over 70% of all footballs manufactured in the world.[25] Sialkot is also home to the Sialkot International Airport; Pakistan's first privately owned public airport.[22][26][27]

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  2. ^ a b "Administrators' appointments planned as Punjab LG system dissolves today". The Nation (newspaper). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Sialkot DC transferred". Dawn (newspaper). 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  4. ^ "MC Sialkot: Administrative Setup". Local Government Punjab. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: PUNJAB (SIALKOT DISTRICT)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Sialkot (Punjab): Municipal Corporation – Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de.
  7. ^ Abdul Majeed Abid (28 December 2015). "Pakistan's Greek connection". The Nation. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  8. ^ Tarn, William Woodthorpe (24 June 2010). The Greeks in Bactria and India. Cambridge University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9781108009416. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  9. ^ Mushtaq Soofi (18 January 2013). "Ravi and Chenab: demons and lovers". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Pakistan City & Town Population List". Tageo.com website. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  11. ^ "JI demands Sialkot-wide holiday on Allama Iqbal's birthday". The Nation. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  12. ^ McEvilley, Thomas (2012). The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 9781581159332. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference :7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Slaje, Walter (2007). "Three Bhattas, Two Sultans, and the Kashmirian Athavaveda". In Griffiths, Arlo; Schmiedchen, Annette (eds.). The Atharvaveda and its Paippaladasakha. Historical and Philological Papers on a Vedic Tradition. Shaker Verlag. p. 342. ISBN 978-3-8322-6255-6.
  15. ^ Lal, K. S. (1958). "Jasrat Khokhar". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 21: 274–281. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44145212.
  16. ^ The Pakistan Review. Ferozsons Limited. 1968.
  17. ^ Sahay, Binode Kumar (1968). Education and learning under the great Mughals, 1526–1707 A.D. New Literature Pub. Co.
  18. ^ Bentlage, Björn; Eggert, Marion; Krämer, Hans-Martin; Reichmuth, Stefan (11 October 2016). Religious Dynamics under the Impact of Imperialism and Colonialism: A Sourcebook. BRILL. p. 267. ISBN 978-90-04-32900-3.
  19. ^ Lelyveld, David (2004), "Muhammad Iqbal", in Martin, Richard C. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World: A-L, Macmillan, p. 356, ISBN 978-0-02-865604-5, Muhammad Iqbal, South Asian poet and ideological innovator, wrote poetry in Urdu and Persian and discursive prose, primarily in English, of particular significance in the formulation of a national ethos for Pakistan.
  20. ^ Sevea, Iqbal Singh (2012), The Political Philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal: Islam and Nationalism in Late Colonial India, Cambridge University Press, pp. 14–, ISBN 978-1-107-00886-1, In 1930, he presided over the meeting of the All-India Muslim League in Allahabad. It was here that he delivered his famous address in which he outlined his vision of a cultural and political framework that would ensure the fullest development of the Muslims of India.
  21. ^ "Asghar Sodayee, The Creator Of Famous Pakistan Movement Slogan". UrduPoint. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  22. ^ a b c "Pakistan's business climate If you want it done right". The Economist. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  23. ^ Naz, Neelum. "Historical Perspective of Urban Development of Gujranwala". Dept. of Architecture, UET, Lahore. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  24. ^ "World's Football Manufacturing Capital in Pakistan Gets a Green Makeover". 25 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  25. ^ "Asian Development Bank". Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  26. ^ Mehmood, Mirza, Faisal; Ali, Jaffri, Atif; Saim, Hashmi, Muhammad (21 April 2014). An assessment of industrial employment skill gaps among university graduates: In the Gujrat-Sialkot-Gujranwala industrial cluster, Pakistan. Intl Food Policy Res Inst. p. 2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ Azhar, Annus; Adil, Shahid. "Effect of Agglomeration on Socio-Economic Outcomes: A District Level Panel study of Punjab" (PDF). Pakistan Institute of Developmental Economics. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

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