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1979 in Pakistan

21 November – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans have occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4.

1989 Pakistan International Airlines Fokker Friendship disappearance

On 25 August 1989 at 07:36, a domestic scheduled passenger flight of Pakistan International Airlines took off from Northern city of Gilgit, Pakistan on its way to the national capital Islamabad.

Abdul Aziz Mirza

Currently, Mirza is working as an executive at The Centaurus in Islamabad, overseeing and managing the construction project of a contemporary modern, luxurious master-planned community that integrates residential amenities with a world class shopping mall, a 5-star hotel, corporate and entertainment facilities.

Amir Adnan

Amir Adnan currently houses its flagship store in Karachi, with complimenting domestic stores in Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Gujranwala and Hyderabad .

Badshahi Mosque

Today, it remains the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca and the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.

Bahria College, Islamabad

Bahria College Islamabad, or BCI, is a college located in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Bhoja Air Flight 213

The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled flight from Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, to Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad, which was the airline's first evening flight in almost 12 years (Bhoja Air was earlier closed down amidst financial difficulties in the year 2000, but restarted operations in March 2012).

Budhial

A gate of Liaquat Gymnasium Islamabad has been named after him as Nawaz Gate.

Center for International Media Ethics

The fourth CIME Forum was held in Thimphu, Bhutan and fifth CIME Forum in Islamabad, Pakistan from 23 to 24 August 2013 to gather journalists from the South Asian region in a discussion on socio-economic responsibility of journalists.

Chaklala, Rawalpindi

Pakistan Television Corporation's Islamabad's centre was initially set up in Chaklala before it was shifted to its present location in Islamabad.

Chandio

According to social development societies of Sindh, there were over 10,000 Baloch residing in Islamabad, as of 2008: Chandio tribe (700), Talpur (300), Channer (450-500), Memon, Soomro, Lashari, Hattar, Qazi, Khand, Junejo, Narejo and other tribes of Sindh (8000-9000) residing in Islamabad.

Children Parliament Pakistan

The members are elected from different schools of Islamabad, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Mithi, Kohlu, Balakot, Karachi and Lahore etc.

Economy of Islamabad

According to the World Bank's Doing Business Report of 2010, Islamabad was ranked as the best place to start a business in Pakistan.

Elementary Montessori System High School

Elementary Montessori System is a high school in Islamabad, Pakistan founded in 1990.

Fighter kite

Kite fighting is common in all over Pakistan, but mainly concentrated in cities of Punjab and Sindh region including Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Karachi, Islamabad etc.

Foundation University, Islamabad

Its primary financial endowment and funding are sponsored by the Fauji Foundation, run under the auspicious of Pakistan Army.

Gulberg, Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, March 01, 2011: The Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) and Gulberg Residencia Islamabad (GRI) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for sharing electricity, Sui gas, link road and graveyard facilities in their housing schemes.

Islamabad–New Delhi hotline

According the Indian media sources, the hotline was established by the governments of India and Pakistan shortly after the end of 1971 war.

James Willstrop

In 2004, he won the Pakistan Open title in Islamabad (upsetting Amr Shabana in the quarter-finals) in his first appearance in a PSA Super Series final.

Jinnah Muslim School

Jinnah Muslim School & College is a school situated at Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Khalid Hasan

# Letters to Uncle Sam by Saadat Hasan Manto, Alhamra, Islamabad, ISBN 969-516-047-6

Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday

He regularly delivers lectures at the National Defence College, Islamabad, the Administrative Staff College of Pakistan, the Naval War College and the Air Force War College of Pakistan

Khayaban-e-Iqbal

Khayaban-e-Iqbal also known as Margalla Road is one of the major roads of Islamabad named after Muhammad Iqbal.

Khurshid Anwar Jilani

His legacy is survived by writers, military officers and entrepreneurs; son, Ahmed Javed Jilani, former president Lahore High Court Bar, son, Col(rtd) Ahmad Taufiq Jilani, Punjab Regiment (Lahore), daughter, Farzana Agha Jilani (Islamabad), son, Tauqir Jilani, (founder of VideoShack & Jilani Motoronics Co) in California, and son, Major Tahir Mahmood Jilani, a military pilot flying a Bird Dog L-19, went missing in action in 1970 over river Indus.

KLP road

The KLP road (Karachi-Lahore-Peshawar Road) is the longest highway in Pakistan between Karachi to Lahore to Rawalpindi and Islamabad to Peshawar.

Kot Najeebullah

It is one of the oldest economic centres of Haripur District, located 12 km away from the city of Haripur and 65 km from Islamabad.

Kundian Nuclear Fuel Complex

In 2006, the PAEC started work another nuclear fuel fabrication plant — Pakistan Nuclear Power Fuel Complex — located 175 kilometers south near Islamabad.

Mukhtaran Bibi

On 12 June 2005 Mukhtaran was abruptly asked by the government to travel to Lahore to meet with provincial assembly member Shagufta Anwar, and then go to Islamabad to meet with Presidential advisor, Nilofer Bakhtiar.

Murree Expressway - N75

The Murree Expressway (N-75), also known as the Islamabad-Murree Expressway or the Islamabad-Murree-Muzaffarabad Expressway is a four-lane expressway connecting Islamabad to Murree, Punjab and onwards to Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Murree Tehsil

Between Dhanyals, they have seven or eight offshoots of the tribe living in Hazara, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Bagh Azad Kashmir, Sialkot, Chakwal, Multan and other parts of Pakistan.

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

It became the first multi-campus university of Pakistan with campuses in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Lahore.

Later on campuses were set up in the capital city of Pakistan (Islamabad), Peshawar and Faisalabad also.

North Korea–Pakistan relations

Pakistan has an Embassy in Pyongyang while North Korea maintains an Embassy in Islamabad, a vast Consulate-General in Karachi, and consulates in other cities of Pakistan.

Orakzai

Due to limited resources and fertile land, many Orakzai have settled in Pakistan's major urban centres such as Hangu, Thall, Parachinar, Tirah, Peshawar, Attock, (Nowshera-Amangarh) Islamabad,Battagram-Allai, Wazirabad, Lahore, Abbottabad and Karachi.

Pakistan International School, Al-Khobar

It is a K-12 educational institution with a certified curriculum (Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad) that has been gradually upgraded over the years.

Pakistan School and College

It is an independent co-education school.The PSCK is recognized by the ministry of private education, Kuwait.The school is affiliated with Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad-Pakistan.

Presidency of Hamid Karzai

In December 2007, Karzai and his delegates travelled to Islamabad, Pakistan, for a usual meeting with Pervez Musharraf on trade ties and intelligence sharing between the two Islamic states.

Qazi Mohammad Obaidullah Alvi

His career as journalist played mostly in Islamabad and Karachi and he delivered lectures in Al Rashid University Karachi, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad and Kabul University Afghanistan.

Saad Mohseni

Mohseni was born on 23 April 1966 in London, United Kingdom, where his father, Yassin Mohseni, was serving as an Afghan diplomat who throughout a 25 year career served in Kabul, Washington DC, London, Islamabad and Tokyo.

Sajji

Regional varieties are found with subtle differences in flavouring notably in the urban centres of Karachi, Islamabad or Lahore, uses chicken instead of lamb, and is roasted until it is medium or well-done.

Sarabjit Singh

The Indian External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh took up Sarabjit Singh's case with the Pakistan High Commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan and urged him to convey Delhi's hope that Islamabad would treat the matter as a humanitarian issue.

Sial, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Its population is around 1000 many of its inhabitants have moved to Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.

Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani

The bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday September 20, 2008 was followed the next day by an article in the Pakistani newspaper The News International written by journalist Ansar Abbasi in which an account is presented of Alam Gillani being present outside the Marriott several days preceding the attack, witnessing, and protesting, a serious security breach.

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2009

2 September:- Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was injured in a brazen attack in Islamabad on Wednesday.

Transport in Lahore

In addition to the historic Grand Trunk Road (G.T. Road), motorways connecting all major cities (Islamabad, Multan, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, etc.) have been built.

Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center

Ash-har Quraishi, broadcast journalist; formerly CNN's bureau chief in Islamabad.

World's biggest cricket bat

Later on, the bat was sent around Pakistan, including the cities of Hyderabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Peshawar.


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