[1] The first capital of Pakistan was the coastal city of Karachi in Sindh, which was selected by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
It remained the seat of government until 1959, when the military president, Ayub Khan, decided to build a new capital, Islamabad in the north of Pakistan, near the general headquarters of the Pakistani Armed Forces which is in Rawalpindi.
In 1962, Dhaka was made the legislative capital of the country due to East Pakistan's high population.
[4] The move to Islamabad was not completed until the late 1960s and for some years several government ministries were based in nearby Rawalpindi.
The capitals of the provinces and territories of Pakistan have remained the same since the 1970s when the current administrative structure was established.