Faisalabad, formerly Lyallpur, city in north-east Pakistan, in the Rechna Doab region of the Punjab. The city was founded in the 1890s by Sir Charles James Lyall, chief commissioner of the central provinces. Faisalabad is called Manchester of Pakistan.It is having a lot of Textile and other mills. It is famous for its eight bazars.

Faisalabad (Formerly Lyallpur) is a road and railway junction, which lies in an area watered by the Lower Chenab Canal. Cotton, wheat, vegetables, and fruits are grown there. The city is also an industrial centre with railway-repair yards, engineering works, and mills that process sugar, flour, and oil seed. Produce includes super phosphates, cotton and silk textiles, hosiery, dyes, agricultural equipment, and ghee (clarified butter). Faisalabad is the site of the University of Agriculture, founded in 1909.