Muridke ( Punjabi, ur, ), is a city and headquarters of Muridke Tehsil of

Sheikhupura District Sheikhupura District ( pa, ; ur, ), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Sheikhupura is the headquarters of Sheikhupura district. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population o ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. It is the 53rd largest city of Pakistan by population. Muridke is situated near the city of

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

, at an elevation of 205 m (675 ft) and is situated on the

Grand Trunk Road The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. ...

. In 2005, Muridke became the headquarters of the newly created Muridke Tehsil of

Schools

Chand Bagh School is situated on the Muridke-Sheikhupura road.

Notable people

Iqbal Masih Iqbal Masih ( pa, اقبال مسیح; 1983 – 16 April 1995) was a Christianity in Pakistan, Pakistani Christian child labourer and activist who campaigned against abusive Child labour in Pakistan, child labour in Pakistan. He was assassi ...

, former child slave and later activist * Jaffar Nazir, first-class cricketer * Bilawal Bhatti, international cricketer * Imran Nazir, international cricketer * Qaisar Abbas, international cricketer *

Mujahid Jamshed Mujahid Jamshed (born 1 December 1971, Muridke, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played four ODIs in 1997. A right-handed middle-order batsman, he was called into the squad and made his debut during the 1996–97 ODI triangular tourn ...

, international cricketer * Saba Nazir, international cricketer

References

Populated places in Sheikhupura District {{Sheikhupura-geo-stub