Islamabad

Islamabad
  • Country: Pakistan
  • City: Islamabad
  • Population: 1,232,000
  • Area: 907 km2
Kamran Lashari

Mayor: Kamran Lashari

Kamran Lashari is a Pakistani retired civil servant of the Pakistan Administrative Service who served in BPS-22 grade at the top bureaucratic offices including as Petroleum Secretary of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Sindh. Lashari is best known for his five-year stint as chairman of the Capital Development Authority during the government of Pervez Musharraf. After retirement from active civil service, Lashari remained president of the Lahore Gymkhana and director general of the Walled City of Lahore Authority.

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. The city is notable for its high standards of living safety, cleanliness, abundant greenery and architecture.