Sialkot

Sialkot

   Sialkot is located in the map of Pakistan in the province Punjab. Sialkot is an important industrial city of Pakistan as it is renowned for its export and manufactures of sports goods, surgical instruments, textile goods, leather goods, musical instruments and other stuff. People of Sialkot are well aware of their good and bad, they are up to date and striving to build their city according to modern world requirements. Climate of Sialkot is temperate i.e. it becomes hot in summer and it becomes cold during winter, heavy rainfall occurs during the season of monsoon. Sialkot has the most advanced weather forecast system, which is assisted internationally. Sialkot is the twelfth largest city of Pakistan. Sialkot is an important city of Pakistan according to its economical values. LSE has a branch in Sialkot, which is named as Sialkot Trading Floor. EPB (Export Promotion Bureau) and State Bank of Pakistan are also located in Sialkot due to its economical importance. Sialkot is known as the city of poets: such as Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and Amjad Islam Amjad was born in Sialkot. Sialkot also gave birth to number of writers such as: Rajinder Singh Bedi, Narendra Kohli, Zulfikar Ghose, Umera Ahmad and others. Sialkot International Airport, which is constructed by private sector of Sialkot city. This airport is the first private airport of Pakistan, which is administrated by private sector “SIAL”. Sialkot Dr Port is the first dry port of Asia, which is administrated by the Sialkot dry port trust. Another modern trnsport pathway in the shape of Sialkot Lahore Motorway is under construction in Sialkot. Important and famous educational institutes are :  campus of Fatima Jinnah Women University, a campus of Virtual University of Pakistan, Murray College and others it alsp has a medical college named as Sailkot Medical College, a poly technique institute and other important educational institutes. University of Engineering Science and Technology Sialkot (UEST) is under construction in collaboration with Royal Institute of technology, Sweden. 

Govt. of Sialkot