| Official Name: | Daska |
| Daska | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Coordinates: | 32.3333°N 95°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Pakistan Punjab#Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gujranwala |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sialkot |
| Subdivision Type4: | Tehsil |
| Subdivision Name4: | Daska |
| Population Total: | 175,464 |
| Total Type: | City |
| Population Rank: | 50th, Pakistan |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 217 |
| Leader Title: | MNA(s) |
| Leader Name: | Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar (NA-75 (Sialkot-IV)) |
| Leader Title1: | MPA(s) |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Number of towns |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 1 |
| Area Code: | 052 |
| Area Code Type: | Calling code |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Postal Code |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 51010 |
Daska (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{nq|ڈسکا; Urdu: {{Nastaliq|ڈسکہ), is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Daska Tehsil, one of four tehsils of Sialkot District.
Punjabi tribes such as Rajputs and Arain also ethnic Kashmiris are prominent in the urban area and several Jatt & Gujjar tribes are in the majority in rural areas there are also ethnic Pashtuns spread throughout the region having mostly migrated centuries ago during Afghan rule and are mostly of the Kakazai, Niazi and Burki tribes and to which still hold onto a significant portion of the land in Sialkot District. During the partition there was a significant migration wave of ethnic Pahari and Dogri speaking Muslims from the Jammu Region of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, today these people have been absorbed into the wider Punjabi community.
Almost all the Sikhs and Hindus fled during the partition of India to eastern Punjab and Delhi while muslims from eastern Punjab especially from cities like Pathankot, Amritsar and Ludhiana settled in Daska making almost the entire towns population Muslim with a Christian minority remaining.
Daska was founded during the reign of Shah Jahan, and was initially named Shah Jahanabad, according to Mughal revenue records.[2] It was later renamed Daska as it is das ("ten") koh (Mughal unit of distance) from Sialkot, Pasrur, Gujranwala, and Wazirabad.[3] During the Afghan Durrani invasion of the 18th century, Daska was ruined, and its inhabitants were forced to seek shelter in the nearby mudfort of Kot Daska.[4] Daska was later repopulated during the Sikh era.[5] Daska was captured by Ranjit Singh in 1802 and made part of the Sikh Empire.[6]
In 1929, Daska was the site of Hindu-Sikh riots when Akali Sikhs attempted to seize control of Gurdwara Sant Wayaram Singh. The local Hindu community claimed it was built to be a dharamsala.[7]
In August 1947, 5,000 refugees from surrounding areas gathered at Daska Camp for two weeks before being escorted to the Indian border by the Pakistani Military.[8]