The town is famous for the IIUI Schools Okara Campus, which is a school system run by the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI).
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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.
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.
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 currently houses its flagship store in Karachi, with complimenting domestic stores in Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Gujranwala and Hyderabad .
He is recipient of award, by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, as best teacher, awarded fellowship by the University Science Malaysia, also earned meritorious professorship at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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.
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).
A gate of Liaquat Gymnasium Islamabad has been named after him as Nawaz Gate.
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.
Pakistan Television Corporation's Islamabad's centre was initially set up in Chaklala before it was shifted to its present location in Islamabad.
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.
The members are elected from different schools of Islamabad, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Mithi, Kohlu, Balakot, Karachi and Lahore etc.
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 is a high school in Islamabad, Pakistan founded in 1990.
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.
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.
At certain Malaysian institutions such as the International Islamic University, wearing of the tudung is mandatory; however for non-Muslim students this usually amounts to a loosely worn piece of cloth draped over the back of the head.
According the Indian media sources, the hotline was established by the governments of India and Pakistan shortly after the end of 1971 war.
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 & College is a school situated at Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
# Letters to Uncle Sam by Saadat Hasan Manto, Alhamra, Islamabad, ISBN 969-516-047-6
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 also known as Margalla Road is one of the major roads of Islamabad named after Muhammad Iqbal.
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.
The KLP road (Karachi-Lahore-Peshawar Road) is the longest highway in Pakistan between Karachi to Lahore to Rawalpindi and Islamabad to Peshawar.
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.
In 2006, the PAEC started work another nuclear fuel fabrication plant — Pakistan Nuclear Power Fuel Complex — located 175 kilometers south near Islamabad.
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.
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.
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.
It became the first multi-campus university of Pakistan with campuses in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Lahore.
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Later on campuses were set up in the capital city of Pakistan (Islamabad), Peshawar and Faisalabad also.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Its population is around 1000 many of its inhabitants have moved to Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
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.
2 September:- Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi was injured in a brazen attack in Islamabad on Wednesday.
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.
Ash-har Quraishi, broadcast journalist; formerly CNN's bureau chief in Islamabad.
Later on, the bat was sent around Pakistan, including the cities of Hyderabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Peshawar.