Farooqabad (Urdu: فارُوق آباد), which was known as Chuhar Kana until 1983, is a city in Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan.

With the advent of an Islamization push by a military government of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the city experienced a period of transformation.

[3] The rechristening of Chuhar Kana as Farooqabad in 1983 encapsulates this transition, effectively realigning the city's historical narrative.

[3] In recent times, 'Sikh Yatrees' (Sikh visitors) regularly come to visit their sacred sites, like Sucha Sauda in the Farooqabad area, from all over the world.

[4] This city has long remained the house of a large number of people belonging to the Sikh religion prior to the Partition of India.