| 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: | 175,170 |
| Total Type: | City |
| Population Rank: | 50th, Pakistan |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 217 |
| Leader Title: | MNA(s) |
| Leader Name: | Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar (NA-69 (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 (pa|{{nq|ڈسکا; ur|{{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.
Daska is ethnically diverse and is home to many different tribes, ethnic Kashmiris and the Rajputs are dominant in the urban area, with a large amount of Pashtuns overwhelmingly from the Kakazai tribe are significant in the urban and rural area having migrated centuries ago. Several Gujjar and Jatt tribes are dominant in the rural areas. Others smaller groups such as the Awan, Arain Khokhars, and Gakhars, there are also found while there is also a large amount of the ethnic Mewati speaking people from Haryana having migrated there during the partition of India.
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 originally built to be a Hindu temple.[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 Pakistan Army.[8]