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204 civilians injured. The siege of Lal Masjid (Urdu: لال مسجد محاصرہ; code-named Operation Sunrise[4][5][6]) was an armed confrontation in July 2007 between Islamic fundamentalist militants and the government of Pakistan, led by president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Shaukat Aziz. The focal points of the operation were the ...
Climate of Islamabad. The climate of Islamabad is a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification) with four seasons: a pleasant Spring (March–April), a hot Summer (May–August), a warm dry Autumn (September—October), and a cold Winter (November—February). The hottest month is June, where average highs routinely exceed 37 °C ...
Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, which is also the country's industrial center, is more humid than Islamabad but gets less rain, but still possesses a tropical climate. Only June, July, August and September average more than 70 millimeters of rain in the Karachi area; the remaining months are rather dry.
Islamabad (/ ɪ z ˈ l ɑː m ə b æ d /; [7] Urdu: اسلامآباد, romanized: Islāmābād, listen ⓘ; transl. 'City of Islam') is the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. [8] It is the country's ninth-most populous city with a population of over 1.2 million people [ 5 ] [ 9 ] and is federally administered by the ...
One such cloud burst took the twin cities by surprise also known as the 2001 Islamabad cloud burst, brought historic flash floods in the stream of "Nullah Lai" and brought tragic scenes to the city. This 100-year storm dropped Pakistan's highest 24-hour rainfall ever reported in the neighboring city of Islamabad accumulating to an astounding ...
The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT; Urdu: وفاقی دارالحکومت, romanized: Vafāqī Dār-alhakūmat) is the only federal territory of Pakistan that is centred around Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, located on the northern edge of the Pothohar Plateau and at the foot of the Margalla Hills in the northwestern area of the Punjab region.
130,000 m 2; 1,400,000 sq ft. The Faisal Mosque (Urdu: فیصل مسجد, romanized: faisal masjid) is the national mosque of Pakistan, located in the capital city, Islamabad. [1][2] It is the fifth-largest mosque in the world, the largest mosque outside the Middle East, and the largest within South Asia, located on the foothills of Margalla ...
Islamabad is located at 33.6844°N 73.0479°E at the edge of the Pothohar Plateau at the foot of the Margalla Hills in Islamabad Capital Territory. Its elevation is 507 metres (1,663 ft), the highest being 1,584 m (5,196 ft). The modern capital and the ancient Gakhar city of Rawalpindi stand side by side and are commonly referred to as twin cities.