the name of the North-South Gas Pipeline Project to "Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline". Geography Kasur is bordered to the north by Lahore, by India to the south and east, it also has borders with Okara and Nankana Sahab district, the city is adjacent to the border of Ganda Singh Wala, a border with its own flag-lowering ceremony. Ecoregion Kasur is situated in a subtropical thorn woodland biome (Northwestern thorn scrub forests) and in the Deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion according to the World Wide Fund for Nature's map of ecological regions in the world. Climate Kasur has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh). Kasur has extremes of climate; the summer season begins from April and continues till September. June is the hottest month. The mean maximum and minimum temperature for this month are about and respectively. The winter seasons lasts from November to February. January is the coldest month. The mean maximum and minimum temperatures for the coldest month are and respectively. Rainfall towards the end of June monsoon conditions appear and during the following two and a half months the rainy season alternates with sultry weather. The winter rain falls during January, February and March ranging from to . Water logging and salinity has effected a large area of the district making the underground water brackish. Demography The population of Kasur is 382,000 as of 2020. The principal tribes residing here include the Rajput, Jats, Arains, Dogars, Ansari, Sheikh, Pashtuns etc. Among them there are also a concentration of Kashmiris who had migrated earlier, during partition. There are also Moeens or artisans; they include Christians, blacksmiths (Lohar), carpenters (Tarkhan), ceramicists (Kumhar), barbers, weavers etc. Religion The population in Kasur is predominantly Muslim with some small Christian and Hindu minorities. In a census conducted by the Office of the Census Commissioner in 1951, the result was that 96% of the population of Kasur was Muslim with 0.004 being Hindu minorities and 0.034 being Christian minorities. Notable people Aseff Ahmad Ali, former Foreign Minister Naveed Anwar, 21st Leader of Saskatchewan Liberal Party Bawa Lal Dayal, 14th-century saint Irshad Ahmed Haqqani, journalist, writer Noor Jehan, singer and actress Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan former speaker Punjab assembly Ahmad Raza Khan Kasuri, former member of National Assembly of Pakistan Fauzia Kasuri, a Pakistani politician and women's activist Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, former Foreign Minister Mahmud Ali Kasuri, a Pakistani politician, lawyer and human