List of twin towns and sister cities in Pakistan

Following is a list of sister cities and twin towns of Pakistani cities.

Lahore

• Amol, Iran (2010)[1]
• Bogotá, Colombia[1]
• Bukhara, Uzbekistan[2]
• Chicago, United States (2007)[3]
• Córdoba, Spain (1994)[4]
• Dushanbe, Tajikistan[2]
• Fez, Morocco (1994)[4]
• Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (2006)[4]
• Hounslow, England, United Kingdom[5]
• Isfahan, Iran (2004)[4]
• Istanbul, Turkey (1975)[4]
• Samarkand, Uzbekistan (1995)[4]
• Sariwon, North Korea (1988)[4]
• Xi'an, China (1992)[4]

Karachi

• Houston, United States (2009)[6]
• Mashad, Iran (2012)[7]
• Port Louis, Mauritius (2007)[8]
• Shanghai, China (1984)[9]
• Ürümqi, China (2019)[10]

Islamabad

• Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[11]
• Amman, Jordan[12][13]
• Ankara, Turkey[14]
• Beijing, China[15]
• Jakarta, Indonesia[16]
• Madrid, Spain[12][13]
• Minsk, Belarus[17]
• Seoul, South Korea[12][13]

Gwadar

• Puyang, China (2019)[10]

Multan

• Konya, Turkey[18]
• Rasht, Iran[19]
• Shihezi, China[20]
• Xi’an, China (2019)[10]

Sahiwal

• Rochdale, England, United Kingdom (1998)[21]

Skardu

• Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy[22]

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22. Italy offers to upgrade Skardu airport – The Express Tribune