This article is about a city in Pakistan. For the Indian state see Gujarat.

Gujrat (Urdu: گجرات ) is a city in Pakistan located in Gujrat District in the Punjab Province.

Location

Gujrat city is situated 120 Km. north of Lahore. It is bounded on the north by Jhelum, on the south by Gujranwala, on the west by Mandi-Bahauddin, and on the east by Azad Kashmir. It is located near the Chenab river. The city is sarrounded by hundreds of villages.

Political Importance

Gujrat has produced many famous political personalities. A few of them are:

1. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister, Pakistan

2. Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Chief Minister, Punjab

3. Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtaar

4. Chaudhry Aitezaz Ahsan (MNA)

Gujrat, An agricultural city

The fields of Gujrat produce one of the best rice crop of the world. Thanks to the wonderful canal system, Gujrat is producing sugarcane, wheat, gram and wide

Industry

Gujrat is also known in the world for its clay with which Gujratis produce quality pottery since ages. Apart from agriculture and clay the city is well known due to its furniture manufacturing skills. Gujratis have mastered the skills of conditioning the wood and producing world class furniture having immaculate finish. Over last few decades Gujrat has also attained a name in export of electric fans.

Gujrat has a unique status throughout the Punjab due to some of its manufacturing capabilities and productions. There are about 1,059 cottage level and small/medium/large scale industrial units operating in the district. Jalalpur Jattan is a large town of Gujrat, where several small and large textile industrial unit have been established.

There are many other industrial units and factories engaged in manufacturing of electrical goods (Fan), Electric Motors, Earthen Utensils, Shoes, Rubber Tyre Tube, Sanitary Ware ,Rice Cleaning Mills and Furniture. The high quality furniture made here have been used in National and Provincial Assemblies.

The story of emergence of electric fan manufacturing industry in Pakistan is one of those heroic efforts made by a few enterprising individuals who, starting with nothing in early 1940s, struggled against all odds and turned this concern into a most

This is an industry on which all Pakistanis can rightly be proud of. It does not owe its success to any foreign collaboration or any from the Government, but only to its own people whose constant research for maintaining good quality and devising new methods and techniques of production have now resulted in a product which we can rightfully claim as among the best in the world.

There are now over five hundred fan manufacturing units operating in Gujrat, Gujranwala, Lahore and a few other cities. Except for a few, the rest falls into the category of cottage industry. These small units from the real backbone of this industry. They provide employment to a large number of people and all put together account of more than 90 percent of the domestic market.

Regional towns:- Madhapar

Communication

Gujrat, situated beside the grand trunk road and main railway track is directly connected with the major cities like provincial and central metropolises of the country.

Road-Links: The district has a total metalled road-length of 1019 kilometres. The district is linked with Gujranwala, Jhelum, Mandi Bahauddin districts through metalled roads.

Rail-Links: The main Peshawar-Karachi railway line passes through Gujrat district. The district is linked with Jhelum and Gujranwala districts through railway network.

New Look of Gujrat

Since the last 5 years, city has seen many new plazas, shopping malls, restaurants and marriage halls built on it. More are under construction. Few amongst them include:

1. Sarwar Gold Plaza

2. Al-Jannat Marriage Hall

3. AFC (Al-Najam Fried Chicken) restaurant

4. Qand Fishaan Sweets and Marriage Hall

5. Rehman Marriage Hall

6. State Life Tower

7. Usmania Restaurant

8. Faisal Hotel and Restuarant

9. Sufi Hotel and Restuarant

10. Family Mart shopping center

and many others.

Education Institutes

Gujrat houses dozens of schools, private and public. The city also has a university and few colleges. A list of premier education institutions in the city of Gujrat is given below:

1. Beaconhouse School System

2. The City School

3. The University of Gujrat

4. Dar-e-Arqam School

5. Moon Light School System

6. Govt. Zamindar Degree College (for boys)

7. Chenab College of Information Technology

8. Etech College of Information Technology

9. Chenab College of Commerce

10. Gujrat College of Commerce

11. Ajmeeri College of Information Technology and Commerce

12. Jinnah International public school

13. Municipal school (for boys)

14. Govt. College for Women (Fawwara Chowk)

and many other schools and colleges.

See also

• Madhapar