Islamabad - Wikipedia Islamabad[c] is the capital city of Pakistan It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1 1 million; and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory — with a metropolitan population of over 2 3 million
Islamabad | Pakistan, City, Population, Map, Meaning | Britannica 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
Islamabad – Travel guide at Wikivoyage Today, Islamabad is considered by some as one of the most extensively and successfully planned cities in South Asia The city is home to many migrants from other regions of Pakistan and has a modern culture that is not so dissimilar to other internationalised cities
Islamabad Guidebook 2026 – The Capital City - Discovering Pakistan Islamabad is one of the youngest capital cities in South Asia Built to replace Karachi as the federal capital in 1960, it was strategically chosen for its central location, proximity to Rawalpindi (military headquarters), and safe distance from coastal threats
Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad Islamabad is administrated by the Pakistani Federal Government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory It is the ninth larger city in Pakistan, while the larger Islamabad Rawalpindi metropolitan area is the country’s third largest with a population of about 4 1 million people
Islamabad offers to host US-Iran climbdown effort - DAWN. COM ISLAMABAD: A day after a proposal was floated to hold Iran-US talks in the nation’s capital, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif formally pitched Islamabad as a potential venue for negotiations