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Pasrur (Punjabi and ), is a historical city of
Sialkot District Sialkot District ( Punjabi and ), is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the northeast of the province. The city of Sialkot is the capital of the district. The Sialkot Cantonment was established in 1852 ...
in the
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province of
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. It is the capital of
Pasrur Tehsil Pasrur () is a tehsil of the Sialkot District in Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Pasrur serves as its capital and namesake.Narowal Narowal ( Punjabi / ; ) is a historic a city located on the western bank of river Ravi in Punjab Pakistan. It was found by a Jat named Baba Naro Bajwa many centuries ago. The city is the capital of district Narowal, and a part of the Guj ...
,
Sialkot Sialkot (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of the Sialkot District and the List of most populous cities in Pakistan, 12th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined ...
,
Daska Daska (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, serving as the headquarters of the Daska Tehsil, one of the four tehsils of Sialkot District. Demographics Population According to 2023 census, Daska had a population of 228,626. Punjabis fo ...
and
Gujranwala Gujranwala is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, fourth most-populous city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Located in northern-central Punjab's Rachna Doab, it serves as the headquarters of its Gujranwala District, epony ...
. The
Pasrur railway station Pasrur Railway Station (, ) is located in Pasrur city, Sialkot district of Punjab province, Pakistan. There are two functional and three nonfuntional railway tracks at this railway station. There are two trains named as Allama iqbal express and ...
has a railway track also passing through the city which connecting Parsrur and
Sialkot Sialkot (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of the Sialkot District and the List of most populous cities in Pakistan, 12th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined ...
to Lahore via Narowal Junction. Other important places in Pasrur Tehsil are Badyana,
Chawinda Chawinda () is a city located near village Sehna wali in Pasrur Tehsil, Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan. The town sits at an altitude of , close to the border with Jammu and Kashmir. Chawinda was the site of a key tank battle during the In ...
, Chaubara, Kingra, Sabz Peer, Chichharwali and Dhodha. It was founded during the reign of Mughal emperor
Babur Babur (; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also ...
by a Jatt called Chaudhry Matika Bajwa. Nearby are the remains of a bridge built by Shah Daula.Pasrūr Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 23
/ref> During the
2025 India–Pakistan conflict The 2025 India–Pakistan conflict was a brief armed conflict between India and Pakistan that began on 7 May 2025, after India launched missile strikes on Pakistan, in a military campaign codenamed Operation Sindoor. India said that the operat ...
, as a part of Operation Sindoor, India claimed it had conducted air and missile strikes on Pakistani military radar installations in Pasrur on 10 May 2025.


British era

During
British rule The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or dire ...
, Pasrur became the headquarters of Pasrur Tehsil. The town (which lies 18 miles south of the district capital Sialkot) lies on the Sialkot to
Amritsar Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...
road. The population in 1901 was 8,335. The trade of Pasrur became very decayed, partly through the opening of the North-Western Railway and partly on account of the
octroi Octroi (; , to grant, authorize; Lat. ''auctor'') is a local tax collected on various articles brought into a district for consumption. Antiquity The word itself is of French origin. Octroi taxes have a respectable antiquity, being known in R ...
duties which diverted trade to the neighboring village of Saukin Wind. Hand-printed cotton stuff were the only manufacture of importance. The municipality was created in 1867. The income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 7,900, and the expenditure Rs. 7,800. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 8,000, chiefly from
octroi Octroi (; , to grant, authorize; Lat. ''auctor'') is a local tax collected on various articles brought into a district for consumption. Antiquity The word itself is of French origin. Octroi taxes have a respectable antiquity, being known in R ...
; and the expenditure was Rs. 6,900. The town had an Anglo-vernacular high school maintained by the district board, and a government dispensary.


Demographics


See also

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List of cities in Pakistan by population This is a list showing the most populous cities in Pakistan as of the 2023 Census of Pakistan. City populations found in this list only refer to the population found within the city's defined limits and any adjacent cantonment, if exists (except ...
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List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population The following list sorts all the cities in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab with a population of more than 100,000 according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, 2023 Census. As of 1 March 2023, 81 cities fulfill this criterion and a ...


References

{{Sialkot District Cities and towns in Sialkot District