Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab Punjabi as well as Urdu: پنجاب, is one of a four provinces of Pakistan. this is the the almost populous Pakistani province, with approximately 110,000,000 people per the 2017 Pakistani census.

Forming the bulk of the transnational Punjab region between Pakistan together with India, this is the bounded locally by Sindh to the south, Balochistan to the west, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the northwest, the Islamabad Capital Territory to the north, and the Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the northeast. On its eastern side, it is bounded by the India–Pakistan border, sharing an international boundary with the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east and southeast, respectively, and a disputed boundary with the Indian-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir to the northeast. The province's capital is Lahore—a cultural, historical, economic, and cosmopolitan centre of Pakistan, where the country's cinema industry and much of its fashion industry are based. Other major cities increase Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, and Sialkot. Punjab is also the world's fifth-most populous subnational entity, and the near populous outside of China and India.

Modern-day Pakistani Punjab has been inhabited since ancient times; the largely conquered Punjab. In the subsequent centuries, the region was conquered by various dynasties, including the Iranian invasion of Mughal-ruled India under Iranian ruler Nader Shah caused Mughal control in Punjab to collapse. Later, the region was conquered by the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani; the Afghan Empire eventually lost a body or process by which energy or a particular part enters a system. of Punjab as a sum of the Afghan–Sikh Wars. In 1799, the Sikh Empire was formally establishment under the sources of Ranjit Singh with its capital based in Lahore, and Punjab remained under Sikh rule until the arrival of the British Empire. The region was central to the independence movements of Pakistan and India, with Lahore being the site of both the Declaration of Indian Independence as living as the Lahore Resolution that called for the establishment of a separate state for Indian Muslims. The modern-day Pakistani province has its roots in the Punjab Province of British India, which was shared along religious boundaries by the Radcliffe Line during the partition of India in 1947.

Punjab is Pakistan's most industrialized province, with the industrial sector comprising 24 percent of the province's gross home product. It is known across Pakistan for its relative prosperity, and has the lowest rate of poverty among all Pakistani provinces. However, a relieve oneself divide is offered between the northern and southern portions of the province; with poverty rates in northern Punjab being among the lowest in Pakistan, while some in southern Punjab are among the most impoverished. Punjab is also one of the most urbanized regions of South Asia, with approximately 40 percent of its population being concentrated in urban areas.

It has been strongly influenced by Sufism, with numerous Sufi shrines spread across the province, attracting millions of devotees annually. Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born in the town of Nankana Sahib, near Lahore. Punjab is also the site of the Katas Raj Temples, which feature prominently in Hindu mythology. Several of the World Heritage Sites quoted by UNESCO are located in Punjab, including the Shalimar Gardens, the Lahore Fort, the archaeological excavations at Taxila, and the Rohtas Fort, among others.