Editing Nankana Sahib (section)

==Geography==
Nankana Sahib and it surroundings were formerly a tehsil of [[Sheikhupura District]]. In May 2005, the provincial government raised the status of Nankana Sahib to a district<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/2005/05/10/nat43.htm Nankana becomes a district] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051001033405/http://www.dawn.com/2005/05/10/nat43.htm |date=2005-10-01 }}. Dawn.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-15.</ref> as a way of promoting development in the area. The present status is District Nankana Sahib has three tehsils: Nankana Sahib, Shah Kot, and Sangla Hill.  Before December 2008, District Nankana Sahib also included Safdarabad Tehsil.

There are plans to construct a {{convert|100|acre|abbr=on}} university as well as hospitals and health care facilities by the district government with mutual interest of local communities and family of Rai Bular.<ref>{{cite news | title = Nankana Sahib in Pak to be a recreational village | date = Sep 27, 2003| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-09-27/chandigarh/27206273_1_nankana-sahib-sikhs-harpal-singh-bhullar | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120726094132/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-09-27/chandigarh/27206273_1_nankana-sahib-sikhs-harpal-singh-bhullar | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 26, 2012 | work = [[The Times of India]] | access-date = 2011-10-23}}</ref>

In 2007, the Pakistan government announced a plan to set up a university on Sikh religion and culture at Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak. Chairman of Pakistan's Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), Gen (R) Zulfikar Ali Khan, said that "The international [[Baba Guru Nanak University|Guru Nanak University]] planned at Nankana Sahib would have the best architecture, curricula and research centre on Sikh religion and culture".<ref>{{cite news | title = Pak govt plans university at Nankana Sahib | date = Apr 17, 2007 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-04-17/pakistan/27871427_1_nankana-sahib-sikh-pilgrims-etpb | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120707214446/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-04-17/pakistan/27871427_1_nankana-sahib-sikh-pilgrims-etpb | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 7, 2012 | work = [[The Times of India]] | access-date = 2011-10-23 }}</ref>