Also called the "twin cities", the difference in terms of atmosphere is striking: the green, calm and spacious Islamabad on the one side, the dense and noisy Rawalpindi on the other hand. Islamabad sits right next to Rawalpindi, the city that houses the Army headquarters. Choosing your guesthouse F6 & F7 may be your best bet. F6 and F7 are where most of the action happens, but the number of embassies and powerful Pakistani's dwelling in these areas means a lot of securit and concrete barriers that are largely absent elsewhere. E11, E12 and even now D12 are under construction, there is even a G13 being built up. The H and I sectors are a hotchpotch of mixed use residential, academic and industrial areas. Karachi Company and Weekly Bazaars, and tasting the local cuisines, i.e. E8, E9 are occupied by military housing complexes and are effectively out-of-bounds, G7, G8 and G9 are the heart of the city where many locals go for good bargain shopping, i.e. You'll soon notice that Islamabad is laid out on a grid system - with E7, F6, F7, G6, G7 being the oldest sectors, F8, F10, F11, G10, G11, I8 being where the 'new money' has been invested. The population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.15 million as of 2011. It also serves as a base camp for people from the south and coastal areas like Karachi visiting valleys like Swat Valley Islamabad' Eastern end is dominated by mainly Federal Government offices, Parliament House, the official residences of the President and Prime Minister along with the Diplomatic Enclave, an area next to the Parliament House dedicated to foreign embassies. However during winter season streets are considerably quiet after dark.Įven now, Islamabad remains a city where people enjoy its peaceful, calm atmosphere with a lot of greenery and nice surrounding scenery, very different from any other big city in Pakistan. A lot of international food chains have opened, and generally a great improvement in nightlife with increasing shopping areas opening till late. From it being a typical 9 to 5 city, Islamabad has become more lively with many new restaurants and hotels springing up to service this new wealth. In the last decade there have been vast changes in the city's traditional reputation. The petition moved by the petitioner contended that the Monal Group of Companies employed 650 employees and as a result of the high court order, the employees and their families were suffering.Although the majority of the population in Islamabad traditionally have been employees of the Federal Government, the wealth of the Musharraf years fuelled a boom and it is becoming an important financial and business city. Represented by senior counsel Makhdoom Ali Khan, the petition pleaded before the court that the high court while exercising suo motu powers had ordered the CDA chairman and the Islamabad Wild Life Management Board (IWMB) to take over the possession of the Monal Restaurant and seal the premises when none of the parties had sought such a direction and thus seriously prejudicing the fundamental rights of the petitioner. While postponing further proceedings for the next week, the court also issued notices to the federal government as well as other respondents including Capital Development Authority (CDA), Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad, Remount Veterinary and Farms (RVF) Directorate through Secretary Defence and Director General RVF General Headquarters (GHQ). ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered maintaining status quo on an appeal moved by the Monal Group of Companies against Jan 11 Islamabad High Court judgment of sealing and taking over possession of the Monal Restaurant, situated at the picturesque Margalla Hills.Ī three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan which had taken up the appeal however ignored the request to grant stay against the high court order with an observation that the court cannot undo the IHC order at this stage.
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