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Sheikhupura is an industrial city of "The Rice Valley" of Subcontinent and capital of Sheikhupura District in the province of Punjab about 40 km northwest of Lahore in Pakistan. It is the 16th largest city of pakistan. It is commonly known locally as Qila Sheikhupura, because of the fort (Urdu: qila) in the city, constructed by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.The name of the town and its fort was changed by him to Sheikhupura from earlier Virkgarh, deriving from a nickname of Jahangir, who was known as Sheikhu by his father Akbar the Great.The city is the headquarters of Sheikhupura District.

Industry: A variety of important industrial units are operating in district Sheikhupura including fertilizer, chemicals, polyester fibre/yarn and rayon yarn, tractor and motor cycle assembling, electric domestic appliances, tyres and tubes (trucks, buses, cars and light vehicles), jute products, ceramics, electrical goods, pharmaceutical, cotton/woolen textile, etc. Paper and paper board industry is also concentrated in district Sheikhupura.

Demand Based Industries District Sheikhupura is one of the major industrially developed districts of the country. It possesses requisite physical/social infrastructure facilities and developed industrial base. Therefore, in view of overall provincial/national requirements and export potential, there exists good prospects for pharmaceutical, cosmetics, disposable syringes, glass ampoules, artificial leather, fibre glass, boilers, pumps and compressors, ball bearing, generators, foundry and forging, automobile transmission, etc. List of Identified Projects The following industrial units have been identified for investment in district Sheikhupura: Auto Parts, Artificial Leather, Automobile Transmission, Corn Oil, Cosmetics, Furniture, Fertilizer, Fibre Glass, Foundry and Forging Leather Products, Packaging Unit, Pharmaceutical and Wood Pulp for Paper Industry.