Quaid-e-Azam Business Park Sheikhupura
Quaid-e-Azam Business Park Sheikhupura is an industrial park in Pakistan, spread over 1536 acres of land located on the M-2 Lahore-Islamabad Motorway near Sheikhupura. It has been designated as a special economic zone by the Pakistani government.
The park is operated by the Punjab Industrial Estate Development and Management Company.
History
The business park had initially been named the Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park; the name was changed in November 2019.In 2020, the Chief Minister of Punjab, Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar said that the Quaid-e-Azam Business Park in Sheikhupura will go a long way in boosting industrialization in Pakistan and it would create approximately half million jobs while a labour colony will also be built in the Quaid-e-Azam Business Park at the land of 200 acres.
In March 2020, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was scheduled to inaugurate the business park, but this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company claimed that more than 300 national and multinational companies had shown interest in establishing industrial units in the business park. Quaid-e-Azam Business Park Sheikhupura was officially launched on 18th July 2020.
In 2024, a delegation of industrialists met with the provincial Minister, Chaudhry Shafay Hussain. They were keen to set up a factory at the Quaid-e-Azam Business Park.
Twelve industries are nominated as preferred industries for this industrial area: manufacturing services, auto parts, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, light engineering, plastics, information technology, electronics, food and beverages, logistics, mobile manufacturing and warehousing.