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- West Punjab was a former province of Pakistan which existed from 1947 to 1955 The province covered an area of 160,622 km², including much of the current Punjab province and the Islamabad Capital Territory, but excluding the former princely state of Bahawalpur The capital was the city of Lahore and the province was composed of four divisions The province was bordered by the Indian states of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir to the east, the princely state of Bahawalpur to the south, the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh to the southwest, the North-West Frontier Province to the northwest, and Azad Kashmir to the northeast
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