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IslamabadThe city was built during the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital. A Greek firm of architects, Doxiadis Associates, drew up a master plan, triangular in shape based on a grid system with its apex towards the Margalla Hills. Rawalpindi is considered its sister city due to the close proximity of the two cities.
This city was built for several reasons: The development of the country was focused on Karachi and President Ayub Khan wanted it to be equally distributed, Karachi was vulnerable to be attacked from the sea; on the other hand, Islamabad is safely surrounded by the mountains. The climate in Islamabad is favourable compared to Karachi. It was also closer to the GHQ which was, and still is in Rawalpindi
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