Muridke

Muridke مریدکے
City
Chand Bagh School ground at night
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Coordinates: 31°48′07″N 74°15′18″E / 31.802°N 74.255°E / 31.802; 74.255
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Sheikhupura
Elevation	205 m (673 ft)
Population  (2023 census)[1]
• City	254,291
• Rank	37rd, Pakistan
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Muridke (Punjabi / Urdu: مریدکے), is a city and headquarters of Muridke Tehsil of Sheikhupura District in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan by population. Muridke is situated near the city of Lahore, at an elevation of 205 m (675 ft).^[2] It situated on the Grand Trunk Road.

In 2005, Muridke became the headquarters of the newly created Muridke Tehsil of Sheikhupura District.

Chand Bagh School is situated on the Muridke-Sheikhupura Road.

Jinnah Ideal Higher Secondary School and Al noor group of schools and colleges are other famous schools of Muridke.

• Iqbal Masih, former child slave and later activist^[3]
• Jaffar Nazir, first-class cricketer^[4]
• Bilawal Bhatti, international cricketer
• Imran Nazir, international cricketer

Markaz-e-Taiba is a large complex in Muridke that has a range of infrastructure established by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed that includes a madrasa, a religious preaching centre, residential quarters, a school, and various administrative buildings. While it presents itself as a religious and educational institution, multiple international intelligence assessments and security reports have identified it as a hub for indoctrination, militant training and terrorist recruitment. Ajmal Kasab, one of the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks (26/11) has confessed to have trained here. It is also reported that David Coleman Headley was also trained at this facility. According to various intelligence sources and investigative reports, Osama bin Laden, the former leader of Al-Qaeda, is believed to have contributed approximately PKR 10 million (roughly USD 100,000 at the time) towards the development of the complex.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Muridke was targeted by an airstrike conducted by the Indian Air Force as part of Operation Sindoor on the night between 6 and 7 May 2025. The attack was in response to the Pahalgam Massacre and India has stated that the operation aimed to strike locations associated with terrorist organizations. The primary target was Markaz-e-Taiba, a complex known to have been utilized by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based militant organization declared as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council and the banned outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD). It is said that the residents were anticipating such an event and the compound was largely vacated prior to attack.^{[7][8][11][12][13]}

31°48′07″N 74°15′18″E / 31.802°N 74.255°E / 31.802; 74.255

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