Faisalabad

Faisalabad was formerly named Lyallpur. Faisalabad is the prevalent industrial and metropolitan city of Pakistan. Faisalabad is pretty diverse with rich culture and traditions. The culture of Faisalabad is quite miscellaneous because it is an industrial city and people from all over Pakistan come to work here, The reason Faisalabad is called Manchester of Pakistan because it’s the leading textile capital of Pakistan and all the industries here associated to textiles and same is Manchester, so these cities are also named as Twin cities.

Location:

Neighboring cities of Faisalabad are Toba Tek Singh, Jhang, Gojra, and Chiniot. Chenab River flows concerning 30 km to the north-west while the River Ravi meanders about 40 km south-east of the city. The junior Chenab canal is the major resource for irrigation, its 155 km away from Lahore.

Linguistic:

Punjabi is the local language of the area. Urdu and English and many other local languages are also spoken and understood by most of the people.

 Significant Places:

Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower), Lyallpur Museum, Faisalabad Railway Station, Sindbad Amusement Park Faisalabad, Iqbal Cricket Stadium, Faisalabad Arts Council, Chenab Club.

Economy:

Faisalabad has a muscular industrial base includes textiles, jewelry, home furniture, and pharmaceuticals, assisted by the growing transport network which consists of newly-built motorway and highways linking to Lahore, Multan, Sargodha and Islamabad/Rawalpindi. Faisalabad is one of the three deliberate structured cities of the country. The eight bazaars of the city each contain special types of markets and supplies. The textile industry of Faisalabad produces additional 70% of the textile export of Pakistan, which contributes 68% in entire exports from Pakistan. This makes Faisalabad share in total exports from Pakistan to be more than 45%.

Property Developments:

Faisalabad Airport, Amusement park other important Housing Societies of Faisalabad are Manawala, People’s Colony, Nanakpur, Sammanabad, Setelite Town, Chak Jhumra, Amin Town, Faisal Town, Madina Town, Abdullahpur Faisalabad, Citi Housing Scheme Faisalabad, and many other.