List of capitals in Pakistan

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This is a list of capital cities of Pakistan and its current and former provinces, territories, and states.

National capital

Pakistani Armed Forces which is in Rawalpindi. During this process, Rawalpindi was the interim capital.[1] It is believed the name of Islamabad was influenced from the Mughal name of the Bengali port city of Chittagong which was Islamabad.[2] However it's also believed that the name was inspired by the alternate name of the Kashmiri city of Anantnag
which also called Islamabad by the local Kashmiris.

In 1962, Dhaka was made the legislative capital of the country due to East Pakistan's high population.[3]

The reasons for relocating the capital from Karachi are that it would reflect the diversity of the Pakistani people, it would be separated from the business and commercial activity of Karachi, and also it would be easily accessible from all parts of the country.[4] The move to Islamabad was not completed until the late 1960s and for some years several government ministries were based in nearby Rawalpindi.

Regional capitals

The capitals of the provinces and territories of Pakistan have remained the same since the 1970s when the current administrative structure was established. All four provincial capitals are the largest cities of their respective provinces. Pakistan has a total population of 207,774,520 according to the 2017 census estimate.[5]

Subdivision[6] Status Capital[7] Population
(1998 census)[8]		 Population
(2017 estimate)[9]
Balochistan
 Province Quetta 565,137 12,335,129
Islamabad Capital Territory Federal Territory Islamabad 529,180 2,003,368
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Peshawar 3,690,135 31,349,742
Punjab
 Province Lahore 5,143,495 91,379,615
Sindh Province Karachi 9,339,023 55,245,497
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Location of Capitals

Former provincial capitals

See also

References

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  2. ^ Muslehuddin, ATM (2012). "Arabic". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ Pakistan Affairs. Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan. 1968. p. 19.
  4. ^ "History of Islamabad". Capital Development Authority. Archived from the original on 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
    linked from "Visit Islamabad: Islamabad the beautiful". Capital Development Authority. Archived from the original on 2014-10-12.
  5. ^ Population shoots up by 47 percent since 1998
  6. ^ "The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  7. ^ Gwillim Law. "Pakistan Provinces". Statoids.com. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  8. ^ "Population size and growth of major cities". Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  9. ^ Stefan Helders. "Pakistan - largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2008-01-03.

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