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Built as a planned city in the 1960s and established in 1967, it replaced Karachi as Pakistan's national capital.
Jun 27, 2024 · Islamabad, city, capital of Pakistan, on the Potwar Plateau, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Rawalpindi, the former interim capital. The city’s site was chosen in 1959 after Karachi was found unsuitable as the capital.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 30, 2019 · Learn about the history, economy, demographics, and culture of Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan since 1967. Find out why it is the best city to start a business in Pakistan and how it ranks among other cities in the country.
- Ferdinand Bada
Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد, abode of Islam) is the Federal capital city of Pakistan. The city is on the Pothohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. Islamabad Town is also a town in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area and the ninth-largest in Asia.
Islamabad is the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city with a population of over 1.2 million people and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory.
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT; Urdu: وفاقی دارالحکومت, romanized: Vafāqī Dār-alhakūmat) is the only federal territory of Pakistan that is centred around Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
