The Sialkot Cricket Team are known as the Sialkot Stallions. They are National Champions and have won The Quaid – I - Azam Trophy during the 2008-2009 season and were also national champions in 2005-2006 when thy won The Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Golden League. Sialkot was runners-up in 2006-2007 and also won The ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup in 2005-2006 and 2006–2007 and RBS Twenty-20 Cup 2007-2008 and then 2008-2009 to complete a title hat-trick. The team's home ground is Jinnah Stadium.
Famous Personality of Sialkot
Imam Ali-ul-Haq (R.A.)
Sialkot city of Pakistan is also renowned for famous personalities. One of them is Imam Ali-ul-Haq (R.A.). Also known as Imam Sahib, the majority of Sialkot population is converted to Islam during 13th century A.D by Imam Ali-ul-Haq (RA).
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a great poet, philosopher and politician. He is commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal, Allama meaning "Scholar".
After studying in Cambridge, Munich and Heidelberg, Iqbal instead of establishing law practice, concentrated primarily on writing scholarly works on politics, economics, history, philosophy and religion. He is best known for his poetic works, including Asrar-e-Khudi, Rumuz-e-Bekhudi, and Bang-e-Dara.
Iqbal was a strong proponent of the political and spiritual revival of Islamic civilization across the world. He delivered a series of famous lectures which were published as "The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam". One of the most prominent leaders of the All India Muslim League, Iqbal encouraged the creation of a "state in North Western India for Muslims" in his 1930 presidential address. Iqbal encouraged and worked closely with Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and he is known as Muffakir-e-Pakistan ("The Thinker of Pakistan"), Shair-e-Mashriq ("The Poet of the East"), and Hakeem-ul-Ummat ("The Sage of Ummah"). He is officially recognized as the national poet of Pakistan.
In 1933, after returning from a trip to Spain and Afghanistan, Iqbal suffered from a mysterious throat illness. He spent his final years helping Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan to establish the Dar ul Islam Trust Institute at Jamalpur estate near Pathankot. Iqbal ceased practicing law in 1934 and he was granted pension by the Nawab of Bhopal. Iqbal died in Lahore in 1938. His tomb is located in Hazuri Bagh, the enclosed garden between the entrance of the Badshahi Mosque and the Lahore Fort, and official guards are maintained there by the Government of Pakistan.
Iqbal is commemorated widely in Pakistan, where he is regarded as the ideological founder of the state. His Tarana-e-Hind is a song that is widely used in India as a patriotic song speaking of communal harmony. His birthday (9th November) is annually commemorated in Pakistan as Iqbal Day, a national holiday. Iqbal is the namesake of many public institutions, including the Allama Iqbal Medical College, Allama Iqbal Open University and the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore. Government and public organizations have sponsored the establishment of colleges and schools dedicated to Iqbal, and have established the Iqbal Academy to research, teach and preserve the works, literature and philosophy of Iqbal.
After studying in Cambridge, Munich and Heidelberg, Iqbal instead of establishing law practice, concentrated primarily on writing scholarly works on politics, economics, history, philosophy and religion. He is best known for his poetic works, including Asrar-e-Khudi, Rumuz-e-Bekhudi, and Bang-e-Dara.
Iqbal was a strong proponent of the political and spiritual revival of Islamic civilization across the world. He delivered a series of famous lectures which were published as "The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam". One of the most prominent leaders of the All India Muslim League, Iqbal encouraged the creation of a "state in North Western India for Muslims" in his 1930 presidential address. Iqbal encouraged and worked closely with Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and he is known as Muffakir-e-Pakistan ("The Thinker of Pakistan"), Shair-e-Mashriq ("The Poet of the East"), and Hakeem-ul-Ummat ("The Sage of Ummah"). He is officially recognized as the national poet of Pakistan.
In 1933, after returning from a trip to Spain and Afghanistan, Iqbal suffered from a mysterious throat illness. He spent his final years helping Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan to establish the Dar ul Islam Trust Institute at Jamalpur estate near Pathankot. Iqbal ceased practicing law in 1934 and he was granted pension by the Nawab of Bhopal. Iqbal died in Lahore in 1938. His tomb is located in Hazuri Bagh, the enclosed garden between the entrance of the Badshahi Mosque and the Lahore Fort, and official guards are maintained there by the Government of Pakistan.
Iqbal is commemorated widely in Pakistan, where he is regarded as the ideological founder of the state. His Tarana-e-Hind is a song that is widely used in India as a patriotic song speaking of communal harmony. His birthday (9th November) is annually commemorated in Pakistan as Iqbal Day, a national holiday. Iqbal is the namesake of many public institutions, including the Allama Iqbal Medical College, Allama Iqbal Open University and the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore. Government and public organizations have sponsored the establishment of colleges and schools dedicated to Iqbal, and have established the Iqbal Academy to research, teach and preserve the works, literature and philosophy of Iqbal.
Dr. Muhammad Iqbal the great eastern poet, Muslim philosopher and scholar was also born in Sialkot city of Pakistan. Also called Allama Iqbal, he paved a way for creation independent Muslim state, Pakistan by inviting Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (R.A.) from London to Pakistan in order to struggle for Muslim homeland.
The famous poets like Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and Amjad Islam Amjad (also a lyricist) were also born in Sialkot city of Pakistan. Asghar Sodai who wrote national anthem "Pakistan Ka Matlab Kiya" is also considered as a famous Urdu poet from Sialkot city of Pakistan.
The famous Sialkot convention of all India Muslim league was organized by Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Malhi a native to Sialkot. A good physician, mystic poet, scholar who contributed in Urdu and Persian poetry and a great devotee of Hazrat Mohammad (P.B.U.H), named Dr. Qamar Tabish also belongs from Sialkot.
Famous Journalists like Kuldip Nayyer and Hamid Mir belongs to Sialkot too. Political figures like Khawaja Asif who is significant PML (N) figure, Rehman Malik who is Minister of Interior Affairs of Pakistan and Chaudhry Amir Hussian who served as former Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan are also famous personalities of Sialkot.
Famous Pakistani Cricketers like Zaheer Abbas, Zahid Fazal, Ejaz Ahmed and current Pakistani Cricket Team Captain Shoaib Malik are also gems of Sialkot. Stars from Pakistani Hockey Team named Asif Bajwa, Kamran Ashraf and Shenaz Sheikh also famous personalities of Sialkot.
The famous poets like Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and Amjad Islam Amjad (also a lyricist) were also born in Sialkot city of Pakistan. Asghar Sodai who wrote national anthem "Pakistan Ka Matlab Kiya" is also considered as a famous Urdu poet from Sialkot city of Pakistan.
The famous Sialkot convention of all India Muslim league was organized by Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Malhi a native to Sialkot. A good physician, mystic poet, scholar who contributed in Urdu and Persian poetry and a great devotee of Hazrat Mohammad (P.B.U.H), named Dr. Qamar Tabish also belongs from Sialkot.
Famous Journalists like Kuldip Nayyer and Hamid Mir belongs to Sialkot too. Political figures like Khawaja Asif who is significant PML (N) figure, Rehman Malik who is Minister of Interior Affairs of Pakistan and Chaudhry Amir Hussian who served as former Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan are also famous personalities of Sialkot.
Famous Pakistani Cricketers like Zaheer Abbas, Zahid Fazal, Ejaz Ahmed and current Pakistani Cricket Team Captain Shoaib Malik are also gems of Sialkot. Stars from Pakistani Hockey Team named Asif Bajwa, Kamran Ashraf and Shenaz Sheikh also famous personalities of Sialkot.
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