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Our Host, Zenith Irfan exploring Allama Iqbal’s city, Sialkot.
She will bring you some unhidden facts as she soars through this historical city on her bike.

Sialkot is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital city of the Sialkot District. It is Pakistan's 13th most populous city and is located in northeast Punjab—one of Pakistan's most industrialized regions. Along with the nearby cities of Gujranwala and Gujrat, Sialkot forms part of the so-called "Golden Triangle" of industrial cities with export-oriented economies. Through exports, Sialkot-based industries are obtaining foreign exchange to more than $2.5 billion annually to strengthen the national exchequer.

Sialkot is believed to be the site of ancient Sagala, a city razed by Alexander the Great in 326 BCE, and then made capital of the Indo-Greek kingdom by Menander I in the 2nd century BCE—a time during which the city greatly prospered as a major center for trade and Buddhist thought. Sialkot continued to be a major political center until it was eclipsed by Lahore around the turn of the first millennium. The city rose again in prominence during the British era and is now one of Pakistan's most important industrial centers.

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