Narowal

Narowal is a historic city on the western bank of the Ravi River in Punjab, Pakistan, and the capital of Narowal District in the Gujranwala division. Tradition says it was founded by a Jat named Baba Naro Bajwa, and by the sixteenth century it was a small village of labourers around his farmhouse. Its modern growth dates from the railway link built by the British between eastern and western Punjab; after partition in 1947 the line to the east was cut, and Narowal later became a tehsil of Sialkot district before being made a district in 1992. The 2023 census counted 130,692 residents, mostly Punjabi speakers and about 98 percent Muslim. The economy rests on agriculture, rice in particular, together with football manufacturing and handicrafts, and several university campuses are located there. Nearby lies the Sikh shrine Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur.