Punjab Pakistan

Punjab province of Pakistan the second largest. Capital and largest city of Lahore, which was the historic capital of the entire region of Punjab. Other major cities are Multan, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Jhelum and Rawalpindi. Undivided Punjab is home to six rivers, five of which flow through the Pakistani Punjab. From west to east are: the Indus, Jhelum, Beas, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej. Nearly 60% of the population of Pakistan in Punjab. It is the only province that touches all other provinces, but also surrounds the federal enclave of the national capital by Islamabad.This geographical position and influence a large multiethnic population GOP views on national affairs and induces in Punjab a conscience Pakistan acute problems of other major jurisdictions.

The province is a fertile region mainly along river valleys, while sparse deserts can be found near the border of Rajasthan and Sulaiman Range. The region contains the deserts of Thar and Cholistan. Indus and its many tributaries traverse the Punjab from north to south.

The landscape is one of the irrigated land and more heavily in the channels can be found throughout the province. Weather extremes are notable from the south warm and dry in the hills north of cool. The foothills of the Himalayas are at the north end too.