text: The district is bounded on the northwest by Sialkot District , on the north by Kathua district of Indian occupied Kashmir , on the southeast by the contested Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district ( Republic of India ) , on the south by Amritsar district ( Republic of India ) and on the southwest by Sheikhupura District in Pakistan .
simplified: The district is bounded on the northwest by Sialkot District , on the north by India-Occupied Kashmir , on the east by Gurdaspur District ( Republic of India ) which contains the Pathankot Tehsil contiguous to Pakistan ; and internationalised on the south by Amritsar District ( Republic of India ) and Sheikhupura District to the south-west .