Editing Sialkot (section)

====Post-independence====
After independence in 1947 the [[Hindu]] and Sikh minorities migrated to India, while Muslim refugees from India settled in Sialkot. The city had suffered significant losses as a result of communal rioting that erupted because of Partition.<ref name="anwar"/> 80% of Sialkot's industry had been destroyed or abandoned, and the working capital fell by an estimated 90%.<ref name="anwar"/> The city was further stressed by the arrival of 200,000 migrants, mostly from [[Jammu]],<ref name="anwar"/> who had arrived in the city.<ref name="anwar"/>

Following the demise of industry in the city, the government of [[West Pakistan]] prioritised the re-establishment of Punjab's decimated industrial base.<ref name="anwar"/> The province lead infrastructure projects in the area, and allotted abandoned properties to newly arrived refugees.<ref name="anwar"/> Local entrepreneurs also rose to fill the vacuum created by the departure of Hindu and Sikh businessmen.<ref name="anwar"/> By the 1960s, the provincial government laid extensive new roadways in the district, and connected it to trunk roads to link the region to the seaport in [[Karachi]].<ref name="anwar"/>

During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], when Pakistani troops arrived in Kashmir, the Indian Army counterattacked in the Sialkot Sector. The Pakistan Army successfully defended the city and the people of Sialkot came out in full force to support the troops.<ref name="Book">K Conboy, "Elite Forces of India and Pakistan" {{ISBN|1-85532-209-9}}, page 9</ref> In 1966, [[Government of Pakistan]] awarded a special flag of [[Hilal-e-Istaqlal]] to Sialkot, along with [[Lahore]] and [[Sargodha]] in Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]for showing severe resistance in front of enemy as these cities were target of enemy's advances.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commemorating Sept 1965: Nation celebrates Defence Day with fervour|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/601035/commemorating-sept-1965-nation-celebrates-defence-day-with-fervour|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|date=7 September 2013}}</ref> Every year on [[Defence Day]], this flag is hoisted in these cities as a symbol of recognition of the will, courage and perseverance of the dwellers of these cities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Defence Day celebrated with renewed pledges|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/56110/defence-day-celebrated-with-renewed-pledges|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=7 September 2002}}</ref> The armoured battles in the Sialkot sector like the [[Battle of Chawinda]] were the most intense since the [[Second World War]].<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060503042035/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Books/Synopsis.html The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965]'', Synopsis. Retrieved 26 May 2008 at the [[Internet Archive]]</ref>