![]() ![]() Once notoriously bad, the new airport terminal is equipped with modern facilities for passengers. Islamabad International Airport ( IATA: ISB) is a brand new terminal opened on 3rd May 2018 replacing the old Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Rawalpindi. The arrival of the monsoon does decrease temperatures a bit, but it brings intense amounts of rainfall (586mm or 22.7 inches, fall in July and August alone). The area though does feature hot summers with the average temperature being 31.2☌ (88.2☏) in June, and in the afternoon 40☌ (104☏) can be reached. The lowest recorded temperature is -4☌ (25☏). Sparse snowfalls can occur in the surrounding hills but very rarely on the city itself. It features cool winters (mainly due to its altitude) and nighttime temperatures can drop below zero occasionally, but they usually stay between 1-3☌ (33-37☏). Islamabad features a very mild version of humid subtropical climate with abundant rainfall year-round. Also called the "twin cities", the difference in terms of atmosphere is striking: the green, calm and spacious Islamabad on the one side, the dense and noisy Rawalpindi on the other hand. Islamabad sits right next to Rawalpindi, the city that houses the Army headquarters. Choosing your guesthouse F6 & F7 may be your best bet. F6 and F7 are where most of the action happens, but the number of embassies and powerful Pakistani's dwelling in these areas means a lot of securit and concrete barriers that are largely absent elsewhere. ![]() E11, E12 and even now D12 are under construction, there is even a G13 being built up. The H and I sectors are a hotchpotch of mixed use residential, academic and industrial areas. Karachi Company and Weekly Bazaars, and tasting the local cuisines, i.e. E8, E9 are occupied by military housing complexes and are effectively out-of-bounds, G7, G8 and G9 are the heart of the city where many locals go for good bargain shopping, i.e. You'll soon notice that Islamabad is laid out on a grid system - with E7, F6, F7, G6, G7 being the oldest sectors, F8, F10, F11, G10, G11, I8 being where the 'new money' has been invested. The population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.15 million as of 2011. It also serves as a base camp for people from the south and coastal areas like Karachi visiting valleys like Swat Valley Islamabad' Eastern end is dominated by mainly Federal Government offices, Parliament House, the official residences of the President and Prime Minister along with the Diplomatic Enclave, an area next to the Parliament House dedicated to foreign embassies. However during winter season streets are considerably quiet after dark.Įven now, Islamabad remains a city where people enjoy its peaceful, calm atmosphere with a lot of greenery and nice surrounding scenery, very different from any other big city in Pakistan. A lot of international food chains have opened, and generally a great improvement in nightlife with increasing shopping areas opening till late. From it being a typical 9 to 5 city, Islamabad has become more lively with many new restaurants and hotels springing up to service this new wealth. In the last decade there have been vast changes in the city's traditional reputation. Although the majority of the population in Islamabad traditionally have been employees of the Federal Government, the wealth of the Musharraf years fuelled a boom and it is becoming an important financial and business city.
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