Islamabad, Pakistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Islamabad, Pakistan Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,733,285,259 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Islamabad
(redirected from Islamabad, Pakistan)

    Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.02 sec.

Islamabad

Capital of Pakistan from 1967 (replacing Karachi), in the Potwar district, at the foot of the Margala Hills, at the head of navigation of the Jhelum River and immediately northwest of Rawalpindi; population (1998) 529,200, (2007 calc) 834,400. The city was designed by Constantinos Doxiadis in the 1960s, and its Arabic name means ‘city of peace’. The Federal Capital Territory of Islamabad has an area of 907 sq km/350 sq mi and a population (1998 est) of 799,100. Islamabad is the centre of an agricultural region in the Vale of Kashmir.

Landmarks include the Shahrazad Hotel and National Assembly building (designed by US architect Louis I Kahn). Islamabad is the home of two universities: Quaid-i-Azam University (1965) and Allama Iqbal Open University (1974), the largest in Pakistan. Other notable buildings include the folk and heritage museum and the shrine of Bari Imam. The territory also includes a national park which is the home of the Atomic Research Institute, the National Health Centre, and an Olympic village

The city is divided into eight largely self-contained districts, each with a specific function; government buildings are in the centre, surrounded by commercial, residential, educational, industrial, and green zones.



How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
?Sign in SSL protected
Email:
Password:
Register

? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
At midnight on Jan, 31, 2002, Begg heard a knock at the door of his home in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram, and Kandahar by Sarhan, Hanaan / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
THE AUTHOR of this extensively researched and methodically argued book is a senior professor in the Department of International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
KASHMIR DISPUTE: An International Law Perspective by WIRSING, ROBERT G. / Pacific Affairs
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on 3 March informed (S/1995/179) the Council that the parties had agreed to extend their cease-fire, after negotiations conducted by Under-Secretary-General Aldo Ajello with the Russian Federation officials in Moscow (24-27 February), the Government of Tajikistan in Dushanbe (28 February-1 March) and the Tajik opposition in Islamabad, Pakistan (2-4 March).
Extension of observer mission endorsed by Council by UN Chronicle
More results
 
Hutchinson browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.