The City of Sialkot

Sialkot is situated in the northern part of the Punjab Pakistan. It lies close to snow covered peaks of Jammu and Kashmir near the river Chenab. Sialkot is located about 110 km north of Lahore and about 330 km South East of Capital Islamabad.

A cornered city of Pakistan, yet Sialkot is one of the most important city and a hub business and industrial activities for a population of 3 million people. Most of the population belongs to adjacent small towns and villages. Sialkot is also known as city of Iqbal (being birth place of poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal, who also gave Muslims of subcontinent a vision for a separate country). Sialkot is well known for its industry such as sporting goods, Leather garments, accessories,knitwear, surgical & beauty care manufactures musical instruments and several other manufactures with an export up to $1 bn. It has its own Dry port and a near completion Sialkot international airport with the longest runway of Pakistan.