Islamabad, a capital in search of its identity – Yahoo! India News
slamabad, July 22 (IANS/EFE) Fifty years after its founding, Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, has established itself as a modern city, but it continues to grow with no clear direction or identity, away from realities of the country and vulnerable to its problems.
Designed in 1960 by Greek architect Constantinos Dioxadis, Islamabad, or ‘the place where Islam lives’, was founded at a strategically secure zone with a pleasant climate, surrounded by lakes and hills not far from the Himalayas.
Since then, the city has developed into a centre of frantic political and diplomatic activities, though it remains deprived of any form of cultural life and economic boom.
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