Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: With over 2 million citizens, Islamabad, the city of greenery and mountains, offers a scenic view from the Pakistan Monument and also called Shakerparian, and is located at Zero Point.
The site exhibits a museum with a flower-shaped tourist attraction. People from all across Pakistan and tourists from abroad visit the place and enjoy its unique exquisiteness.
The population of the city started as public life, not before late 1963. The village life of the city has been gradually absorbing its urban settings now, after 60 years.
Pakistan Monument explains Islamabad’s historical significance
At the very monument, various boards explain the very specific historical significance of the location, that Islamabad, was a planned city, where it contained only a few villages and two popular shrines of Bari Imam Sarkar and Golra Shareef.
In 1959 and 1960, initial approvals of Islamabad were granted. The dates are also written on the brief history boards at the monument. Spread out over 9.6 square kilometers of land, its plateau is 500-600 meters above sea level, while the highest hill is at 1,600 meters in elevation.
