Punjab, Pakistan

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Punjab, Pakistan is a populous and agriculturally rich province in eastern Pakistan, known for its cultural heritage, Punjabi language, and role as the country’s political and economic heartland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative unit
province of Pakistan
bordersCountry India
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
surface form: Pakistan-administered Kashmir (Azad Kashmir)
bordersIndianState Punjab
surface form: Punjab, India

Rajasthan
bordersProvince Balochistan, Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sindh
bordersRegion Azad Jammu and Kashmir
bordersTerritory Islamabad
surface form: Islamabad Capital Territory
capital Lahore
ceremonialHead Governor of Punjab
containsCity Bahawalpur
Faisalabad
Gujranwala
Lahore
Multan
Rawalpindi
Sargodha
Sialkot
country Pakistan
dominantEthnicGroup Punjabi people
surface form: Punjabis
economicSector agriculture
manufacturing
services
etymology name derived from Persian words for "five" and "waters"
executiveHead Chief Minister of Punjab
formedAsProvinceOfPakistan 1947
governmentType provincial government within federal parliamentary republic
hasBorderCrossing Wagah border with India
hasCulturalFestival Basant (in Lahore and other cities)
Urs of Sufi saints
hasLegislativeBodySeat Lahore
hasSymbol provincial emblem of Punjab, Pakistan
historicallyPartOf British India
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire

Sikh Empire
historicalRegionOf Punjab
surface form: Punjab region
hosts many of Pakistan’s industrial centers
Lahore
surface form: provincial capital Lahore
judicialBody Lahore High Court
knownFor Punjabi culture
Sufi shrines
being Pakistan’s most populous province
cultural heritage
fertile agricultural land
high agricultural output
role as economic heartland of Pakistan
role as political heartland of Pakistan
largestCity Lahore
legislature Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
locatedIn eastern Pakistan
majorCrop cotton
rice
sugarcane
wheat
majorLanguage Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
majorRiver Chenab River
Indus River
Jhelum River
Ravi River
Sutlej River
namedAfter Punjab
surface form: Punjab region
officialLanguage Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
regionalLanguage Punjabi
religionMajority Islam
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
utcOffset +05:00
vehicleRegistrationCode Punjab

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Punjabi cinema region Punjab, Pakistan
Doabi dialect primaryState Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Majhi dialect usedIn Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Pakistani Punjab
Jhelum River flowsThrough Punjab, Pakistan
Shahmukhi script region Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab region (Pakistan)
Shahmukhi script usedIn Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab province, Pakistan
Pakistan Standard Time observedInRegion Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab (Pakistan)
Rawal Lake region Punjab, Pakistan
ISO 3166-2:PK identifies Punjab, Pakistan
Rawalpindi locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
Potohar Plateau locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
Allama Muhammad Iqbal deathPlace Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Potohari spokenIn Punjab, Pakistan
Faiz Ahmed Faiz placeOfDeath Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Seraiki spokenIn Punjab, Pakistan
Lahore Resolution adoptedIn Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Hazara Division borders Punjab, Pakistan
Liaquat Ali Khan placeOfDeath Punjab, Pakistan
KPK borders Punjab, Pakistan
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Punjab (Pakistan)
KP borderWith Punjab, Pakistan
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Punjab (Pakistan)
Shakarparian Parade Ground region Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab (federal territory region)
Aiwan-e-Sadr region Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab region of Pakistan
Bannu Division borderingRegion Punjab, Pakistan
Radcliffe Line affectsRegion Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab (Pakistan)
Ravi flowsThrough Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Pakistani province of Punjab
Benazir Bhutto deathPlace Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Hafeez Jalandhari placeOfBirth Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Hafeez Jalandhari placeOfDeath Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Majha locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Khetrani spokenInRegion Punjab, Pakistan
Derawali spokenIn Punjab, Pakistan
Murree locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
Civil Services Academy Lahore province Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Lahore locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
Lahore capitalOf Punjab, Pakistan
Guddu Barrage locatedNearBorderWith Punjab, Pakistan
Multani spokenIn Punjab, Pakistan
Jatki spokenIn Punjab, Pakistan
Provinces of Pakistan includes Punjab, Pakistan
Lahnda spokenIn Punjab, Pakistan
Government College, Lahore locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
Bhagat Singh Memorial, Hussainiwala locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Ranjit Sagar Dam locatedInState Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Ranjit Sagar Dam benefitsState Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Thein Dam locatedInState Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor beneficiaryRegion Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Museum, Khatkar Kalan locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab
Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Lahore locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Punjab