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In 1958, the capital of Pakistan was moved from Karachi to Rawalpindi. The foreign embassies in Karachi moved to the newly developed capital Islamabad , near Rawalpindi. There are Consulates and Honorary Consulates as Diplomatic missions in the actual Federal Capital of Pakistan, Karachi.
The Netherlands maintains an embassy in Islamabad and two honorary consulates in the cities of Karachi and Lahore. Wouter Plomp is the current ambassador of Netherlands to Pakistan. [5] Pakistan, on the other hand, operates an embassy in The Hague. Shujjat Ali Rathore is the ambassador of Pakistan to the Netherlands
Jinnah International Airport is situated near the highly populated areas of Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Malir. It is easily accessible through Shahrah-e-Faisal Road from any part of the city. The airport has a heptagon carpark which can accommodate more than 3000 vehicles. Buses, mini buses and taxis are also available to the airport.
Visa-free from December 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. [57] [58] 24-hour visa-free transit through any international airports of China, allows domestic travel through different airports. [Note 1] 72-hour visa-free transit through Changsha, Guilin and Harbin airports, or Beihai port.
Originally known as Lahore International Airport, it was renamed after the visionary poet and philosopher Dr. Allama Iqbal, one of the pioneers that led to the creation of Pakistan. The airport has three terminals: the Allama Iqbal terminal, the Hajj terminal and a cargo terminal. The airport is about 15 km from the centre of the city. [2]
Drigh Road Junction Railway Station (Urdu: ڈرگ روڈ ریلوے اسٹیشن , Sindhi: ڊرگ روڊ ريلوي اسٽيشن) is a railway station in Karachi, Pakistan, near the Jinnah International Airport. It is situated near Drigh Road Flyover on Sharah-e-Faisal. [1]
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Pakistan, excluding honorary consulates. [1] As the fifth-most populous country [2] and the second-most populous country in the Muslim world, [3] Pakistan has an extensive and large diplomatic network around the world.
The ground floor of the hotel once accommodated the offices of Pan American and KLM. [5] [4] The hotel introduced a music and dance floor to Karachi and housed the nightclub "Summer". [5] [4] Due to economic challenges following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, half of the hotel was converted into office spaces.