(1998 pop. 529,000). Soon after Pakistan achieved independence in 1947, the idea of the national capital of Islamabad was conceived by President Ayub Khan (1907–1974). Karachi had been contemplated as the capital because it was Pakistan's...

Islamabad (help·info) (Urdu: اسلام آباد) is the capital of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the north of the country, within the Islamabad Capital Territory, the area has historically been a part of the crossroads of...

SECURITY in the Pakistani capital was stepped up today as the death toll from a suicide attack outside a court where the country's suspended chief judge was due to speak rose to 16. More than 60 people were being treated for injuries after...

"THIS LETTER? No, I cannot send it to my officer. It is improper," said the clerk at the federal ministry for works in Islamabad. "What is improper about it?" I asked him. "You say, 'Dear sir', and then you go straight to...

A suicide attacker detonated a bomb in a parking area at the international airport that serves Pakistan's capital late Tuesday, wounding at least two police and killing himself, officials said.A security official stopped the bomber, who was on foot, said Mohammed Farooq, a police official...

Police thwarted a suspected suicide attacker at the airport serving Pakistan's capital late Tuesday after a shootout and blast that killed the attacker and wounded three security officials, officials said.The attacker opened fire with a pistol on police who challenged him as he walked in...