- Title: CITYSHOTS: Welcome to Pakistan's leafy capital Islamabad
- Date: 1st September 2022
- Summary: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (JULY 2022) (REUTERS) CITY OF ISLAMABAD WITH MARGALLA HILLS IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS OF BANKS AND STOCK EXCHANGE VARIOUS OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE (RIGHT) NEXT TO PARLIAMENT HOUSE, WITH MARGALLA HILLS IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL FLAG FLYING ATOP PARLIAMENT HOUSE KORANIC VERSE INSCRIBED ON FACADE OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE VEHICLES DRIVING PAST PARLIAMENT HOUSE VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC ON MAIN ROAD VARIOUS OF ROOF OF PAKISTAN MONUMENT MUSEUM SEEN AMONG TREES PEOPLE WALKING OUTSIDE MUSEUM VISITORS INSIDE MUSEUM STATUES OF PAKISTAN'S FOUNDER, MOHAMMAD ALI JINNAH, AND HIS SISTER FATIMA JINNAH, SEATED ON BENCH VICTORS WALKING PAST STATUES OF JINNAH AND HIS SISTER CAMEL MUNCHING DECORATED CAMEL AND ITS HANDLER OUTSIDE MUSEUM VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC VARIOUS OF LARGE CLOCK IN PARK PEOPLE IN PARK GUARD STANDING IN FRONT OF SIGN, READING (English): "MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS" MAN WAVING TO GUARD WHILE WALKING PAST PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL FLAG OUTSIDE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE EXTERIOR OF SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN SYMBOL OF SUPREME COURT SIGN, READING (Urdu and English): "SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN" PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC OUTSIDE FAISAL MOSQUE MINARET OF FAISAL MOSQUE VARIOUS OF WORSHIPPERS PRAYING INSIDE MOSQUE PEOPLE WALKING IN COURTYARD AT MOSQUE PEOPLE WALKING PAST POOL AT REAR OF MOSQUE TRAFFIC PEOPLE ENTERING CENTAURUS MALL SHOPPERS PASSING THROUGH SECURITY SCANNER BEFORE ENTERING MALL VARIOUS OF PEOPLE INSIDE MALL SHOP OWNER AND STAFF AT CARPET RETAIL SHOP DESIGN ON CARPET VARIOUS OF SHOP OWNER FLIPPING THROUGH PIECES OF CARPET SAMPLE DOWNTOWN MARKET STAFF WORKING IN KITCHEN OF LOCAL EATERY VARIOUS OF MAN PREPARING SAJJI, A LOCAL CHICKEN DISH CHARCOAL BURNING CUSTOMERS BUYING FOOD AT SNACKS STALL LOCAL PASTRY, CALLED SAMOSAS, BEING DEEP FRIED PEOPLE COOKING SNACKS MAN'S FACE WHILE COOKING SNACKS VARIOUS OF JALEBIS, A TYPE OF LOCAL SWEET SNACK, BEING PREPARED COOKED JALEBIS BEING STACKED MOTORCYCLE DRIVING THROUGH LOCAL MARKET VARIOUS OF ROADSIDE COBBLER POLISHING MENDED SHOE COBBLER'S FACE VEHICLES DRIVING PAST PRIME MINISTER'S SECRETARIAT PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL FLAG FLYING OVER PRIME MINISTER'S SECRETARIAT SUN SETTING (MUTE) TIME-LAPSE OF SUN SETTING BEHIND MARGALLA HILLS LANDSCAPE SEEN AT DUSK FAISAL MOSQUE AT DUSK VARIOUS OF BUILDINGS SEEN AT DUSK CRESCENT MOON ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (JULY 2022) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) (MUTE) TIME-LAPSE OF NIGHT SETTING IN AGAINST LIGHTS FROM STREETS, BUILDINGS AND TRAFFIC VARIOUS OF LIT BUILDINGS AND STREETS PEOPLE IN NIGHT MARKET VARIOUS OF MAN FRYING FLAT BREAD OUTSIDE ROADSIDE EATERY VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DINING AT ROADSIDE EATERY PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH MARKET MIDDLE EASTERN DISH CALLED SHAWARMA SLOW ROASTING ON VERTICAL ROTISSERIE / PITA BREAD BEING WARMED UP MAN WARMING UP PITA BREAD VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC THROUGH MARKET
- Embargoed: 15th September 2022 06:17
- Keywords: Faisal Mosque Islamabad Margalla Hills Pakistan Pakistan Monument Museum Parliament House Presidential Palace cityshots daily life food markets snacks
- Location: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
- City: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001813312082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Welcome to Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital located at the foot of the Margalla Hills, a hill range which forms part of the Himalayan foothills.
Designed by Doxiadis Associates, a renowned Greek firm of architects and town planners, Islamabad has an area of around 906 square kilometres (305 square miles) and holds a unique blend of classic and modern buildings against a backdrop of lush greenery.
One of the most prominent landmarks in Islamabad, which means City of Islam, is Faisal Mosque, which has a capacity to hold 10,000 worshippers.
After Pakistan gained independence in 1947, the southern port city of Karachi was chosen as its provisional national capital.
However, Islamabad was chosen to be the nation's capital in the 1960s as it was deemed safer by being inland.
The city was also more easily accessible from all parts of the country as compared to Karachi.
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