08/10/11 ~ Sheikhupura

Punjab Highway Patrolling Police

Punjab Highway Patrolling Police was operational since August 2003. Crime Rate espatially on roads reduses to 75%. Posts are:- Khanpur(Lhr Skp Rd),herdew(Skp Grw Rd),Sekham(Skp Mdk Rd) Sau Moria (Mdk Grw Rd),Farooq abad(Skp Sgd Rd),Bhikhi(Skp Fsl Rd) Kala shah Kaku(Lhr Mdk Rd), Ali Abad(Fsl Rd) and Bhaghodial(Nrw Mdk Rd) covering the district sheikhupura.

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Sheikhpura stadium

Sheikhpura stadium in Pakistan was first used as a Test match venue on 17 October 1996 This was followed by another test exactly a year later- between Pakistan and South Africa. It is yet another multi-use stadium in Pakistan. It holds the capacity for 15000 spectators and legendary cricketer like Wasim Akram has scored his highest Test score at this venue. There is also a small hockey stadium, a public park, a gymnasium, electronic scoreboard, and stadium shopping centre in the neighbouring spots. The Hockey Stadium was named after a great Hockey Player Saeed Anwar Malik, who played 3 Olympics for Pakistan. The first one-day international at the Sheikhupura Stadium was played on November 22nd, 1998. It was played between Pakistan and Zimbabwe, which the former won comfortably. Pakistani Pacers like Aaqib Javed, Mohammad Asif and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan have played most of the domestic matches at this venue

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Nankana Sahib

Nankana Sahib (Shahmukhi: ننکانہ صاحب, Gurmukhi: ਨਨਕਾਣਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ), earlier known as Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is named after the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak Dev, the central figure in Sikhism who was born here, so it is a city of high historic and religious value and is a popular pilgrimage site for Sikhs from all over the world.. It is located about 80 kilometers south west of Lahore and about 75 kilometres east of Faisalabad, with a population of approximately 60,000. It is also the capital of Nankana Sahib District and Tehsil.

The Janam Asthan Gurdwara Nankana Sahib was rebuilt in the year 1819-20 A.D. By Sher-e-Panjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh The Sikh Emperor of Panjab,Jammu & Kashmir, Peshawar, Kangra and Hazara.

Again in the 1930s and 40's The Sikhs added More Buildings and more Architectural Design.

The area around Nankana Sahib was formerly a tehsil of Sheikhupura District. In May 2005, the provincial government decided to raise the status of Nankana Sahib to that of a district as a way of promoting development in the area.