Multan is located in the province Punjab. Multan is the capital city of the district Multan. Multan is a home town of the prime minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani. According to the 1998 census the total population of Multan was more than 3.8 million. It is the sixth largest city of Pakistan. Multan is very important city because it is the geographic center of the Pakistan. It is located at the bank of River Chenab. Multan is renowned as a "City of Saints". It has so many shrines, Masjids, markets and tombs. The people of Multan are very hospitable and kind heart. Multan has a significant history as Alexendaer the great visited Multan in 5th century while Multan was vanquished with the Sindh by Muhammad bin Qasim the great vanquisher of Muslim world. Multan had been the place where lots of wars fought because of its geographical position. In the southern Punjab Multan is located with its proud history, it is the center of Pakistan according to its geographical position. Land of Multan is an ideal land for agriculture and crop production, because so many canals cross the Multan and provide plenty of water for agriculture. Multan has all the four rich colors of the season i.e it is very warm and hot in the summer while it becomes very cold during winter season. Multan is very famous for its citrus and mango farms. Saraiki speaking people are in majority in Multan and Saraiki is the largest spoken language of Multan. The major religion of Multan is Islam as Pakistan is a Muslim country. Multan also contains Baloch, Pashtun, Punjabi, Afghan, Muhajirs and Persian communities. Multan gave birth to so many famous people such as Ahmed Shah Abdali who was the founder of Afghanistan. Multan is not lagged behind any other city of Pakistan in its literature heritage such as it gave birth to so many well recognized and famous poets and writers such as Aslam Yousafi, Asad Multani, Qateel Jaffery, Haider Gardezi, Aasi Karnali, Aslam Ansari, Sharif Bukhari, Dr. Shozab Kazmi, Iqbal Arshad, Arshad Multani, Hazeen Sidiqi, Anwar Jamal, Razi-ud-Din Razi, Ghazala Khakwani, Riffat Abbass, Hafeez Ullah Khan, Mazhar Kaleem etc. Multan is an industrially important city as it is a house of cosmetics, fertilizers, glass manufacturing, cotton production and processing, large textile units, flour mills, oil mills, sugar mills and large scale powder production products industries. Multan is connected to the Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad and other cities of Pakistan through its Railways and airport.
Multan has its own official Television station (PTV) that was established few years ago. Multan has lots of quality educational institutes that are affiliated with the Punjab University and the University of Multan is very famous University of Multan and it was founded in 1975. Multan has so many gardens, parks, hospitals etc. Multan has a rich culture and is very popular for its art and craft products such as embroidery work, painted pottery, wood furniture and wooden products, earthenware, camel-skin ware, surgical instruments and carpets. Multan is also very popular for its different kinds of mangoes.
As Multan is an ideal land for crop production so Multan is very rich in the growth of wheat, cotton, sugarcane, rice, maize, tobacco, millet, lentils, oil seeds etc. More importantly the famous refinery of Pakistan that is Pak-Arab refinery is located in Multan.
Famous educational institutes of Multan are: Baha-ud-din Zakariya University, University of Multan, Nishter Medical College, Government College, G.C College, Government Islamia High School, La Salle High School, Multan Public School, Jinnah HighsBloomfield Hall, Nishat High School and Beacon House, Institute for Engineering and Technology called N.F.C. I.E.T, I.C.C.
