<P> Nankana Sahib and it surroundings were formerly a tehsil of Sheikhupura District . In May 2005, the provincial government raised the status of Nankana Sahib to a district as a way of promoting development in the area . The present status is District Nankana Sahib has three tehsils: Nankana Sahib, Shah Kot, and Sangla Hill . Before December 2008, District Nankana Sahib also included Safdarabad Tehsil . </P> <P> There are plans to construct a 100 acres (40 ha) university as well as hospitals and health care facilities by the district government with mutual interest of local communities and family of Rai Bular . </P> <P> In 2007, the Pakistan government announced a plan to set up a university on Sikh religion and culture at Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak . Chairman of Pakistan's Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), Gen (R) Zulfikar Ali Khan, said that "The international Guru Nanak University planned at Nankana Sahib would have the best architecture, curricula and research centre on Sikh religion and culture", . </P> <Ul> <Li> Madina Mosque </Li> <Li> Gurdwara Janam Asthan </Li> <Li> Residency of Baba Guru Nanak </Li> </Ul>

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