Editing Islamabad Capital Territory (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Islamabad map.png|thumb|The five zones and sectors of Islamabad]]
The Islamabad Capital Territory is composed of eight types of areas: administrative, commercial, diplomatic, educational, green, industrial, residential, and rural.

===Zones===
[[File:Islamabad Zones.svg|thumb|Map showing the five zones of the Islamabad Capital Territory]]
The territory is divided into five zones in two groups:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hikepk.com/provinces/federal-territory|title=Federal Territory|website=HIKEPK|access-date=3 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Capital Development Authority |url=https://www.cda.gov.pk/housing/unauthorised_schemes.asp |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=www.cda.gov.pk}}</ref>
*Zone I: for urban development and federal government institutions
*Zone II: for urban development
*Zone III: for rural development
*Zone IV: for rural development
*Zone V: for rural development

Zone I consists mainly of all the developed residential sectors, while Zone II consists of the under-developed residential sectors. Each residential sector is identified by a letter of the alphabet and a number, and covers an area of approximately 4 square kilometres. The sectors are lettered from A to I, and each sector is divided into four numbered sub-sectors.<ref name="S. Hull">{{cite book|title=Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520272156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZqVvQN9PTwC&pg=PA50|author=Matthew S. Hull|edition=1st|access-date=4 July 2012|page=50|date=5 June 2012}}</ref> Zone IV is the largest in area.

===Sectors===
{{main|Sectors of Islamabad}}
Series A, B, and C are still underdeveloped. The D series has seven sectors (D-11 to D-17), of which only sector D-12 is completely developed. This series is located at the foot of Margalla Hills.<ref name="Islamabad.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.theislamabad.com/|title=The Idea of Islamabad|publisher=TheIslamabad.com|access-date=10 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910064024/http://www.theislamabad.com/|archive-date=10 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The E Sectors are named from E-7 to E-17. Many foreigners and diplomatic personnel are housed in these sectors.<ref name="Islamabad.com"/> In the revised Master Plan of the city, CDA has decided to develop a park on the pattern of [[Fatima Jinnah Park]] in sector E-14. Sectors E-8 and E-9 contain the campuses of [[Bahria University]], [[Air University (Pakistan)|Air University]], and the [[National Defence University, Islamabad|National Defence University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Official website|author=Bahria University|url=http://bci.edu.pk/index.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301122834/http://www.bci.edu.pk/index.aspx|archive-date=1 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Official website|author=Air University|url=http://www.au.edu.pk/#}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Official website|author=National Defence University|url=http://www.ndu.edu.pk/}}</ref> The F and G series contains the most developed sectors. F series contains sectors F-5 to F-17; some sectors are still under-developed. F-5 is an important sector for the software industry in Islamabad, as the two software technology parks are located here. The entire F-9 sector is covered with Fatima Jinnah Park. The [[The Centaurus (building)|Centaurus complex]] will be one of the major landmarks of the F-8 sector.<ref name="Islamabad.com"/> G sectors are numbered G-5 through G-17. Some important places include the Jinnah Convention Center and [[Serena Hotels|Serena Hotel]] in G-5, the [[Lal Masjid, Islamabad|Red Mosque]] in G-6, and the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, the largest medical complex in the capital, located in G-8.<ref name="Islamabad.com"/>

The H sectors are numbered H-8 through H-17. The H sectors are mostly dedicated to educational and health institutions. [[National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan|National University of Sciences and Technology]] covers a major portion of sector H-12.<ref name="Islamabad.com"/> The I sectors are numbered from I-8 to I-18. With the exception of I-8, which is a well-developed residential area, these sectors are primarily part of the industrial zone. Currently two sub-sectors of I-9 and one sub-sector of [[I-10, Islamabad|I-10]] are used as industrial areas. CDA is planning to set up Islamabad Railway Station in Sector I-18 and Industrial City in sector I-17.<ref name="Islamabad.com"/> Zone III consists primarily of the Margalla Hills and [[Margalla Hills National Park]]. [[Rawal Lake]] is in this zone. Zone IV and V consist of Islamabad Park, and rural areas of the city. The [[Soan River]] flows into the city through Zone V.