Daska is located in the north-west of Sialkot. It is linked with the district headquarters by two metalled roads passing through Ghunike and Sambrial. It is located at an equidistance of 24 Km from the surrounding towns of Gujranwala, Sialkot, Pasrur and Sambrial.

Daska town was founded in the times of the Mughal King Shah Jahan (1592-1666). According to the revenue record, it was originally named Shah Jahanabad. The lands of the area were owned by Das family and thus it came to be known as Daska. “Ka” denotes belonging to, it is like English preposition ‘of’, used to indicate possession, origin, association . According to another popular tradition the town is called Daska because it is located at an equidistance of Das Koh (24 Km) from all of its surrounding towns, hence it is called Daska. ‘Das’ means ten and ‘Koh’ is the indigenous unit of measuring distance. Under the British, Daska was given the status of revenue sub-district (Tehsil) in 1868. At the time of the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, the non-Muslim population emigrated to India and the Muslim population from India, immigrated to Pakistan.

Daska, like other towns of the newly-created state of Pakistan, received a substantial number of immigrants. The influx of the settlers outnumbered the outflow of non-Muslim inhabitants of Daska. The town thereafter expanded both in terms of area and population at much higher pace, further spurred by the growth of industry .From 1960 onward hundreds of industrial units/ workshops came up in different parts of the town and the town started to specialize in the manufacturing of agro-engineering equipments, woodworks and diesel engines.
 

Website of the TMA, developed by PMDFC, can be accessed at: www.tmadaska.com