Country: Pakistan

Area: 205,344 square kilometers

Population: approximately 127.69 million (2023 census)

Punjab Province is located in eastern Pakistan. Its capital, Lahore, is Pakistan's second-largest city.

Punjab Province is Pakistan's most populous province and has the country's largest provincial economy. It contributes about 54.2 percent of the country's GDP, according to official Punjab government data. Its major industries include textiles, food processing, machinery, and chemicals.

The province has fertile plains and an extensive irrigation system. It is a major agricultural region known for wheat, cotton, rice, and sugarcane, and is often called Pakistan's breadbasket.

Zhejiang province and Pakistan's Punjab Province signed a memorandum of understanding to establish friendly exchange relations in Hangzhou on May 23, 2026.