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Contents 1 History 2 Islam-is-bad 3 Too many pictures 4 Islamabad History 5 Forested area. 6 Correction Needed 7 Rewording 8 Economy 9 Lal Masjid Controversy 10 History

[edit] History

This article is lacking a history section. For the ignorant reader (such as myself), Islamabad presents a number of questions, such as: is it an artificial city, why was such a small city made capital of Pakistan, what is the relationship with Rawalpindi, etc. The current article answers none of these questions. --LarsMarius 22:38, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Islam-is-bad

I dont believe the name came from this

اسلام آباد

Salam guys! I changed the name of the Pic from "Parliament House" to "Secretariat", because that's what it is. Also, added a night pic of the actual Parliament House. Waqas.usman 12:54, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Finished fixing the grammar and spelling. Megane 16:06, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Too many pictures

__earth 14:06, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

I think showing pictures is a good idea, with all the bad repo Isloo is receiving. After all pics show Islamabad they dont show Gujranwala digitalSurgeon 09:42, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

There are some really good pics added now, however, some people are removing them and vandilising them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.179.165.128 (talk) 21:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Islamabad History

Islamabad, city (1998 pop. 524,500), capital of Pakistan, NE Pakistan, just NE of Rawalpindi, the former interim capital. Construction of Islamabad [city of Islam] as the capital, replacing Karachi, began in 1960. There are light manufacturing industries. Points of interest include Pakistan House, the home of the president; the national assembly building; the National Univ.; the Grand National Mosque; and the botanical gardens. The nearby Murree Hills serve as a summer resort as well as summer headquarters for many diplomatic missions. Also near the city are the historical ruins of Taxila.

Malik Muhammad Irshad

[edit] Forested area.

Hi this article contains an inaccuracy. It is claimed that Islamabad was built on heavily forested land but that is incorrect. Islamabad was built on a what can be described as scrub land. Three million seeds were sown (not that the majority of them became actual trees) to create the green effect of today. Trees good!

[edit] Correction Needed

• First please change the awful main picture to a high resolution one...possibly with a entire view of the city from Damin-e-Koh.
• Second, please correct the spelling of Islamabad at the top of the picture.

[edit] Rewording

The "Tourism and Sightseeing" part reads vaguely like a travel brochure to Islamabad. I don't know enough to rewrite this section, but someone needs to.--TelevisedRevolution 07:51, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Economy

It would be really helpful to have a section on the economy and industries of Islamabad in this piece. Karachi has a section which might serve to inspire any budding economists here, and even has a separate article on the Economy of Karachi! NB I have also added the Wikiproject Pakistan template to this article. -- TinaSparkle 22:07, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lal Masjid Controversy

I dont think this section should be part of Islamabad, it can come somewhere under article Lal Masjid.

Saqib —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.2.163.77 (talk) 09:24, 15 February 2007 (UTC).

Yes, the issue has nothing to do with the description of the city itself. It should be removed. 450w 07:08, 26 February 2007 (UTC) 450w

[edit] History

I've removed the "danyal" tribe part from the history. It's about the history of the city, not some tribe for godssake! Also, I've added a couple of citations in the History section. Akeeq 08:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC)