Developments in Islamabad
Capital Development Authority prepared PC-I of the project in 2008 with a spirit to protect the green image of the Margalla Hills National Park.
It facilitates the travelers heading towards Islamabad from the northern parts of the country to reach the heart of the city within 10 minutes.
It also facilitates those who have to commute daily from areas like Taxila, Wah Cantt, Hasan Abdal, Haripur to various parts of the federal capital.
Work on Bhara Kahu bypass started in late 2022 and is scheduled to be completed in August 2023.
People who wanted to go towards Murree and its surrounding areas for tourism faced hours of traffic jams.
It replaced the former Benazir Bhutto International Airport, which was incorporated into the Noor Khan Air Base.
It was inaugurated on 4 June 2015 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif becoming the second fully functional BRT service in Pakistan after the BRTS in Lahore.
Blue and Green Lines were started in 2022 on dedicated routes by Shehbaz Sharif.
The Centaurus is a mixed-use residential, commercial, and business purpose complex located in Blue Area of Islamabad.
The complex is designed by WS Atkins PLC, whose portfolio includes the Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, and the Bahrain World Trade Center in Bahrain.
[8] The building consists of 24 floors plus four basement levels and includes a parking facility for 400 cars.
It would connect IJP Road to sector E-10 and have a great interchange at the intersection of Kashmir Highway.
Extension of Blue Area is underway with many high-rise buildings under construction between sectors G-8 and F-8, G-9 and F-9 Park.
[10] Located in DHA Phase-5, it offers a luxurious villa-community spanning over an area of 100 acres (6 km2).
[11] This mixed-use development (residential, commercial, leisure, and retail) consists of three projects valued at Rs.
The Canyon views upon completion will include swimming pools, gymnasium, sports amenities, running track, tennis court, open spaces for picnics and barbecues, retail outlets, restaurants, schools, and a mosque.
One Constitution Avenue project is located at the southern end of the Constitution Avenue on a 13.5-acre (55,000 sq m) site (6.75 hectares)[12] and is connected to two major roads of the city (Srinagar Highway to the northwest and Murree Road to the southwest).
Twin towers are linked together by means of a bridge at the 20th floor, aligned with the axis of the Constitution Avenue.
Other features of the project include retail and food courts, banquet and multistory carpark.
Smart city feature housing project offers Residential & commercial plots & categorized by different General & Executive Blocks.
There are no second thoughts about the fact that this housing society project has been providing a lot more than people’s expectations.
[13] The other blocks of Blue World City have their unique features and are also quite popular among the investors.
The expressway will boost tourism and help open up massive investment and commercial opportunities for the region’s local and international tourist industries.
Islamabad Capital Territory is subdivided into five zones, and the development work is in progress for the following residential and commercial projects; Consists of the Margalla Hills National Park In 1985, Capital Development Authority declared several outlying areas of Islamabad as 'model villages' to ease the housing problem.
