Editing Islamabad (section)

=== Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area ===
{{main|Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area}}
When the master plan for Islamabad was drawn up in 1960, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, along with the adjoining areas, was to be integrated to form a large [[metropolitan area]] called Islamabad/Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area. The area would consist of the developing Islamabad, the old colonial cantonment city of Rawalpindi, and Margalla Hills National Park, including surrounding rural areas.<ref name="Dulyapak">{{cite book|title=Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-9048199198|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEyjMx7EV8IC&pg=PA1041|author=Dulyapak Preecharushh|edition=1st|editor=Stanley D. Brunn|page=1041|chapter=Myanmar's New Capital City of Naypyidaw|date=6 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="Isocarp">{{cite web|author=Muhammad|title=Planning of Islamabad and Rawalpindi|url=http://www.isocarp.net/Data/case_studies/720.pdf|access-date=28 August 2009|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404210301/https://www.isocarp.net/Data/case_studies/720.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Islamabad city is part of the [[Islamabad Capital Territory]], while [[Rawalpindi]] is part of [[Rawalpindi District]], which is part of province of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]].<ref name="USgov_pub">{{Cite journal|last=Sheikh|first=Iqbal M.|author2=Van S. Williams|author3=S. Qamer Raza|author4=Kanwar S.A. Khan|title=Environmental Geology of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi Area, Northern Pakistan|journal=Regional Studies of the Potwar Plateau Area, Northern Pakistan|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/2078/B2078_chapter_G.pdf|access-date=28 August 2009|archive-date=20 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020155628/https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/2078/B2078_chapter_G.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Initially, it was proposed that the three areas would be connected by four major highways: Murree Highway, [[Islamabad Highway]], Soan Highway, and Capital Highway. However, to date only two highways have been constructed: [[Kashmir Highway]] (the former Murree Highway) and Islamabad Highway.<ref name="Isocarp"/> Plans of constructing Margalla Avenue are also underway.<ref>{{cite web|title=Margalla Avenue to benefit commuters of KPK, traffic on Kashmir Highway|url=http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/city/islamabad/102558-margalla-avenue-to-benefit-commuters-of-kpk-traffic-on-kashmir-highway-chairman-cda.html|work=OnePakistan|access-date=7 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113900/http://pakistan.onepakistan.com.pk/news/city/islamabad/102558-margalla-avenue-to-benefit-commuters-of-kpk-traffic-on-kashmir-highway-chairman-cda.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Islamabad is the hub all the governmental activities while Rawalpindi is the centre of all industrial, commercial, and military activities. The two cities are considered sister cities and are highly interdependent.<ref name="Dulyapak"/>

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File:Icons of Islamabad.jpg|Aerial view of [[The Centaurus]]
File:Pak Secretariat buildings,Islamabad by Usman Ghani.jpg|[[Pakistan Secretariat]]
File:Crescent and Star Monument.jpg|Star and Crescent Monument near the start of [[Shakarparian]]
File:Glorious Sunset in Islamabad.jpg|Sunset over the [[Lake View Park]]
File:Blue Area, Islamabad.png|Blue Area, the commercial hub of the city.
File:Constitution Avenue.jpg|[[Constitution Avenue (Islamabad)|Constitution Avenue]]
File:Said Pur Village.jpg|[[Saidpur, Islamabad|Saidpur Village]]
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