SHEKHUPURA

also spelled Sheikhupura, city, Punjab province, eastern Pakistan. In the town centre stands a fort of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (completed 1619) that also served as the 19th-century residence of one of Ranjit Singh's queens; outside the city, the massive Hiran Minar tower overlooks the countryside. Shekhupura is connected by road and rail with Lahore (25 miles southeast) and various other cities. It is an industrial centre that makes food products and textiles. The city is in a section of alluvial plain known as the Bar tract, which is irrigated by the Chenab Canal system. Pop. (1981) 141,168.