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About Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city with a population of over 1.2 million people and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s and established in 1967, it replaced Karachi as Pakistan's official national capital.

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It is currently 8:44 AM in Islamabad. Islamabad uses Pakistan Standard Time and also supports Pakistan Daylight Time.