Islamabad: The City Pakistan Built for its Social Elite

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[@Elegant-Capybara]

Factboi you better stay in your lane or the 3000 Black Jets of Allah shall come for you and seize your Peruvian nose candy 🗿

[@alyan386]

@@ahmedzakikhan7639 🤮🤮🤮

[@alvenathots]

The entire video has lush green and blue hues, why would you choose a sepia-tone red and yellow graphic for the thumbnail?

[@ankursamanta1275]

at 1:44 sacular state of India and islamic republic of pakistan

[@alvenathots]

@@ankursamanta1275 Bhai tu pehley Secular ki spelling hi google ker leta!

[@meetoo594]

Not having any rail or underground metro service in a capital city seems like a huge mistake on the designers part.

[@hiteshadhikari]

The city was made for elites who would never ride a metro

[@playlistnor]

They probably didn't had the money, nor did they care, this is just a luxory for the elite, not a real city...

[@nobody_gaming5355]

Islamabad have metro system

[@tommy.O9]

We do in fact have a system like that in the form of Buses which drive on their own special lanes and bridges.

[@hiteshadhikari]

@@nobody_gaming5355 it doesnt, it has metro bus which is not metro, its a bus service

[@a1i976]

I myself living in Rawalpindi/Islamabad for almost 20 years can absolutely confirm that the segregation of classes is present. We used to live in main islamabad but due to the high living costs moving to Rawalpindi or so the new urban areas like Bahria town or DHA is far more affordable than main Islamabad. Still can’t deny that very lucky to live in such a beautiful city 😊

[@faiqsabih3215]

That's not unique to Islamabad though it happens around the world. Older residents being pushed out by transplants due to rising rents and especially the complete inability to buy/construct your own in the main city due to the bloated real-estate value.

[@adeelmalik6407]

Actually living in DHA is safer these days!

[@ttak82]

Happens in other cities as well. In Karachi, look at Lines Area (SMCHS), Neelum Colony (Clifton), Buzerta Lines (Behind Naval housing scheme at Gora Kabristan), Mehmoodabad (DHA), Korangi, SITE, Orangi Town, Baldia Town, I could go on and on. Then there's Lyari and all the Goths on the highway. All these areas house workers that serve upper and middle class residents.

[@arthas640]

​@@faiqsabih3215crazy to think that Manhatten once had affordable and even poor areas.

[@gtr2022]

where would you recommend a tourist stay when visiting Islamabad?

[@CCCP_Again]

As a resident of Islamabad, this video presents an accurate description of Islamabad for me.

[@shivaramabharadwaja2234]

You a communist?? In Pakistan?? Interesting 😊

[@GeoBlits]

@@shivaramabharadwaja2234 Broo the Indians dont even make sense anymore 💀

[@syedanas74]

@@shivaramabharadwaja2234 most communists here belong to the elite cirlce. Most that they do are psychological masturbation around ideas of social change and that is it. This has been a pattern since day one and even noted by writers like Qurat ul Ain Haider in her novel "Aag ka Darya".

[@SpeaksYourWord]

@@shivaramabharadwaja2234 A lot of us are

[@janjua376]

​@@shivaramabharadwaja2234there are groups of such ideals, none with any major influence tho, i wish our political system allowed people with different ideas to rise, atleast to sort of create a competition for capitalists to do stuff in kind of a fear? , but thats just a utopia cus capitalists=decision makers here

[@bradhemak8128]

I visited Islamabad in 2005 for a week. It felt like living in someone's curious SimCity idea. It was chill and green, very rigidly organized, but also off-putting. Like the video said, it had no center, no focus.

[@faisalarif3461]

Rawalpindi serves that purpose as it's 3rd largest metro. Both Islamabad and Rawalpindi are connected, Islamabad is like for offices and services and Rawalpindi has industries

[@masoodjalal1152]

Yep, i feel the same. The other cities are dense and not so green or organized, but they have this feel of a live city, the streets are packed, there is activity. In Islamabad, the roads are wide but you see nothing around them. It is about moving from one markaz to another. You take a bike or a car for that, it is not a walkable city by any means.

[@Popo-op9ee]

​@prestallar4339thats my idea of this country...its like a North Korea 2.0.

[@Spirit-v5z]

​@@Popo-op9ee @prestallar4339 Two Rancid Mootar Khor Lindus in agreement.

[@maquacr7014]

​@@Popo-op9eePakistan is nothing like North Korea, clown.

[@TheDeadbirdy]

I so want to visit Pakistan because of a Pakistani man that i met when was a kid. He made us traditional Pakistani food with lamb and other meats also bread and it was and still is my favorite food

[@lookintoit4537]

In south Asia, when you're told that you're having mutton, most likely you're eating goat, not sheep.

[@TheDeadbirdy]

@@lookintoit4537 They taste different unless they overdo the spices.

[@Explore_with_Basit]

@@lookintoit4537You are right in Pakistan lamb is sold as “Shinwari” while generally when ordering mutton, goat meat is served. Both are really tasty tbh bht lamb takes the crown imo.

[@aaqibqazi4434]

That's an afghan cuisine

[@TheDeadbirdy]

@@aaqibqazi4434 huh

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:25 - Chapter 1 - Conception & design 4:00 - Mid roll ads 5:30 - Back to the video 9:00 - Chapter 2 - Building islamabad 12:50 - Chapter 3 - The city of today

[@sarmadhabibkhan3036]

This has to be one of the most accurate descriptions of Islamabad's construction, its current state of affairs, its social divide, its overall significance as a capital, and the role Rawalpindi has played in its existence that I have ever seen. The fact that I've learned more about the construction of this city from this one video than any social studies or Pakistan studies books taught in our schools and colleges is a damn shame.

[@Redmalicious]

immediately in the opening of this video i can already see how much insight you have in this topic, as someone who lives in Pakitsan and visits the capital city occasionally its nice to see people abroad taking interest in what kinda shit plays out here. edit - I am genuinely surprised, this is a detailed and accurate analysis, no sugar coating or down-talking, just general facts that people who live on the ground experience and know about, even I can vouch for most of the stuff in this vid.

[@virtualinsanity4446]

I'm a resident of Islamabad and have been for 14 years. I think its a city of aging and crumbling infrastructure and rapidly rising crime rate as well as over expansion putting strain on available resources such as water.

[@ayanr3571]

Just look at India's capital. Quality of life in Islamabad is way better than Delhi. Tho I agree population increase is ruining the charm of the city.

[@davidbilla8063]

​@@ayanr3571lol Delhi's per capita income is 5 Times bigger then your countrys income. Delhi have world 5th busiest airport,4th largest metro network, world class road connectivity with its sister cities

[@Qasibr]

@@davidbilla8063 Dude it's a sh*thole. They infamously had to "hide" all the slums, by banning those people from getting out. It's sad to see a billion people live like this.

[@vikassonwane1846]

@ayanr3571 brother delhi middle class earns more than your upper class people , Delhi common people can afford a good car , good life ,home and he has money to enjoy life Whereas islamabad is only good for the elites

[@Grimm59999]

​@@ayanr3571delhi's gdp is more than ur islamabad gujarat gdp is.more than ur entire county gdp put together what are u high? on living in a fools paradise !!

[@ShahFaisal]

I have lived in two planned cities, Islamabad and Canberra, Australia and both are eerily similar. Unorganic, lacking social life, planned separation through suburbia and thus heavily dependent on personal transport such as cars. Islamabad has of course fared much worse than Canberra over time. Its the abode of a class based society where the elite have, to a large part managed to exlude the have-nots, but as a cosnequence have seen the rise in crime and growth of surrounding slums. Future is bleak too, as there is not much geographical space left. The city can't build upwards due to the geological faultlines resulting in earthquakes. It will have (more severe and more frequent) water scarity too if the surrounding areas that feed its aquifers, are built upon. The only solution is a complicated one- devolution of power to provinces and cities so that people dont need to live in the capital city, strong population control programme, establishment of new cities along the CPEC, improving existing cities through job creation and civic services, and curtailing the rural to urban migration through similar measures.

[@imham984]

Yes I agree. I have also lived in Islamabad, Sydney (and visited Canberra) and currently in US. Pakistan has many issues like population growth. There are not enough resources for population of that size. There will be more water. Gas and electricity shortages etc. Pak can’t keep getting more foreign loans to get these services or products. If it does it will not have a way to pay off the loans. We are at our limit of foreign debt. Pak should learn from Bangladesh. In 1980s through NGOs they reduced children size per family from 7 to only 2. This has been one of the factors of Bangladesh success story. No such serious effort was made in Pak. Pak need good governance. Politics. Beaurocrats. Honesty. Hard work. Lot of things need to happen to make Pakistan more successful. Pakistan zindabad

[@mysteriousjz]

​@@imham984 And one of them is for you to stop rubbing your pride in abode of foreign countries onto others faces, be comfortable in your skin, go back and help out your country instead of being condescending.

[@qaassimmahmood548]

​@@mysteriousjzBuddy ya cant help this country by living in it. The only way is to be a 1 percentage bastard. And no good person is willing to stoop down to their level. What it really needs is to stop the neo colonization happening in this country by you know who.

[@imham984]

@@mysteriousjz why so hateful ?

[@Sa7biUK]

@@imham984 Oh don't worry, just a typical H1ndu commenting on Pakistan related videos

[@isroupdatess]

Normally nations have army to run ,but Pakistani army 🇵🇰 🪖 have a country to run.

[@xerogue]

And wherever Pakistan is mentioned pajeets come running

[@Euroasiagazzette1212]

No body takes you serious baby so chill

[@isroupdatess]

@@Euroasiagazzette1212 if no-one cared ,they why you cared ?? 😂

[@arhamsheikh9346]

​@@isroupdatessit's none of ur business so stay in ye limits.

[@Botman1234]

Isn’t Pakistan getting ready to collapy

[@mirzaabdulmoeed9168]

Another interesting fact about Islamabad: It is located just a few Kilometres East from what we call, "The Old Ancient Capital" of Taxila which was the capital of many great empires including Indus-Greek Kingdoms, Buddhist Kushan empire and also the seat of Anicent University of Taxila.

[@DOGGLOC]

I wish Indians could visit the place 😢. It's part of our heritage and we can only see it in pictures and videos.

[@mirzaabdulmoeed9168]

@@DOGGLOC It's actually part of Panjabis' and Gandharans' heritage. Sure you can visit it if you wanna see the Buddhist heritage we built but how exactly is it part of your heritage?

[@DOGGLOC]

​​@@mirzaabdulmoeed9168I'm talking about the ancient Buddhist places. They very well hold relevance in Indian history.

[@mirzaabdulmoeed9168]

@@DOGGLOC It's fine no problem. There's many things in India that are part of Pakistani history too so some of the things among us are very shared

[@Jahapanah-e-hindustan]

​@@mirzaabdulmoeed9168 yes i agree. Pakistan can be considered the inheritor of afghan sultanates & mughal empire. Meanwhile sikh empire , gandharan empires belong to indian civilization not islamic civilization of pakistan . Infact GANDHAR got martyred fighting GHAZNAWI & GHURID invasions whom pakistan considers their hero.

[@afnankhan43001]

Islamabad has the beauty of a city and the serenity of a village. A place to fall in love with despite its many shortcomings.

[@rohanpawar2166]

Chuslamabad😂

[@trilokyamohanchakra6351]

​@@rohanpawar2166that logic has more flaws than a maulana explaining ayesha being 9 looked like 18😂

[@sabtaingopinath9652]

​@@rohanpawar2166the insecure Indians comparing green islamabad with polluted Delhi 😂

[@rohanpawar2166]

@@sabtaingopinath9652 ok suicide bomber

[@thehunterwr4666]

​@@rohanpawar2166lundians nikal 😂

[@islooboyrashid5927]

I absolutely love this city, been living here all my life. I truly believe we need to stop extending Islamabad's boundaries otherwise we will not be able to see the beautiful Islamabad.

[@Allinone-p8j]

Agreed It needs to be protected. Besides Lahore and karachi should also not allow outsiders to purchase property. The cities are becoming too claustrophobic and polluted.

[@SPEARHEADGLOBAL]

Lol

[@Abuthahirsyed_]

Voice speaks....

[@muhammad4779]

@@Allinone-p8j wtf do you mean outsiders? Are pakistani citizens now going to discriminate on who can buy land in their own country.

[@Allinone-p8j]

@@muhammad4779 first and foremost, you gotta improve manner of addressing a dissent, "wtf" wouldn't make you help sound intellectually superior. The word "outsiders" employed here refers to a group of people, non-native to the metropolitan cities I mentioned in the previous comment. *The outsiders are making the cities claustrophobic and over-croweded, the cities are bursting with people which increases strain on native resources, infrastructure and contributes to heavy traffic jams, invariably causing mass frustration and leading to mental health and otherwise problems. *traffic saturation and abundant usage of vehicles contribute to pollution, public transportation burdened beyond capacity don't help either, since you can't keep expanding the cities' boundaries. *In order to accommodate more population from other cities it requires more residential areas and societies, leaving almost none spaces out for public entertainment sources: gardens, amusement parks, joy lands, libraries etc etc. Especially, gardens are destroyed to build new housing societies. *the outsiders' influx makes the natives insecure and protective of their metropolitan cultural heritage and a certain temperament commonly shared among them, hence the outsiders make them stick together strongly and resist the intermingling or association beyond necessary with the outsiders on account of feeling threatened, subconsciously (psychological underpinning). The outsiders begin to feel inferior in developed cities and try their hardest to either surpass the natives in any way possible or appear better than them, hence the competition begins, increased competition leads to further increase the wide and the natives' suffering begins because the developmental milestones achieved come to bite them in the back as they themselves can't enjoy it, for the outsiders have made the competition tougher hence an average native remains in a stagnant situation. Consequently, the natives start resenting outsiders and a country like pakistan can't afford it because of multiethnic hybrid population, it gives rise to racism and boosts crime rates. *the outsiders coming to such metropolitans don't contribute to their local cities development because if you are leaving your cities without pressurizing or demanding government to meet your requirements and give your rights, none of the politician is gonna magically start paying attention to it because the natives aren't pressurizing and protesting as they are all moving to other cities for better future prospects but the grass isn't greener on the other side, the cut throat competition taxes them too. The more population your city has the more it's gonna contribute to development and the government would feel obligated to pay heed for self-serving their agenda of increasing vote bank. Your moving out of the native cities hinders development. You lose your culture and spirit of the city you belong to meanwhile disrupting the particular temperament and culture of people living in the cities you are moving in. *Don't make pakistan a difficult place to live in. It's imperative to manage and control population of cities in order to keep development steady and enjoy better lifestyle. Not everything should be viewed from a negative lens. The implementation of not allowing the outsiders to buy properties in cities shall yield fruitful outcomes for outsiders and the locals alike, it'll exert pressure on government to provide you facilities in your local cities hence paving way for development. Apart from the related points, you should take into account our future population estimation, our country's population is gonna increase in the coming years, you need managerial measures in place before it all turns into a night-mare. Don't put burden on a few cities, we have got a lot of under developed cities begging to be developed, but the strain on 2-3 cities compels government to keep fixing the ever existing mess created by the massive population in a limited area for gaining their votes while the rest of the cities suffer from neglect. It increases polarisation and divergence in society meanwhile allowing government to embezzle tax money because at least the major cities support them, it doesn't matter whether the rest of the country does or doesn't, since true democracy has never existed in pakistan ever.

[@umerghaffar4686]

Islamabad should have been a far better city than it is currently. My biggest turn-off at Islamabad is its extremely car-centric design. I say extremely because the urban planners had the option to design the city to include all forms of transportation like cycles, foot traffic, bus lanes/routes, trams and overground and underground metros. There should have been and should be a greater concentration on incentivizing use of mix-used apartment buildings. In the US, a car centric country, 60% of trips are made under 6km. If Islamabad develops mix-use apartment buildings in each of the districts it will reduce traffic on the highways greatly and the fuel expenses which is a contentious concern in all of Pakistan. Keep in mind Pakistan’s population since 1960 has multiplied by 6! So apartment buildings, which utilize lands more effectively, will only increase in demand. As for the earthquakes, we have the technology for that now. Japan gets 5 earthquakes a day and few major ones in a year but it is still standing due to innovations in engineering technology.

[@temptemp4174]

It's just a little America. Americans would probably be ok to live there as it's a grid pattern city with big roads where everyone drives big gas guzzling cars to drive to shopping malls. But that's the thing, it was designed by foreign architects and that's what they knew best.

[@umerghaffar4686]

@@temptemp4174 agreed! But it is high time we develop our own communities and take responsibility for them instead of hiring foreigners to do it for us

[@Mussafir_dunia]

It's never too late, Isb is a new city whereas cities like Paris and London for example are old but still have all the infrastructures you're speaking about, it's on us to change it!

[@falconmclenny7284]

Your entire argument is based on the premise cars are a bad thing.. they aren't.

[@gangamjr]

​@@falconmclenny7284 Found the American

[@Abdul-Baseer]

I love Islamabad. Although i would back this video up because when I moved to Islamabad for Higher Education, I had to own a motorbike because the bus service was on very limited routes and Taxis ( later on replaced with Uber,Careem etc) were too expensive for my own commuting needs. However, there has been a big activity on expansion of Metro buses which has been very helpful, it requires huge amount of investments for metro or rail systems, because even after the flattening of its Land, terrains have gradul slopes over hard stony earth surfaces. The only viable intercity public transport is through road driven vehicles. I.e A metrobus track which has its own fenced route and is built alongside main roads of the City. But as they say, nothing is perfect and Islamabad has been visually pleasing interms of nature and greenery for me. But is definitely not so good for bringing traditional families along for permanent settlements, its simply too expensive.

[@bakatronix]

It's a pretty good take but some things to add. Islamabad is one of the easiest cities to traverse when you're in the core areas. For example if you're in what is the 'master plan' the place is an absolute breeze but as you extend into the outwards areas it becomes cumbersome. The city itself has extension colonies which are very much financed by the diaspora. Connecting them to the core city and travelling between it problematic. Now Islamabad's population growth is due to it's desirability but also due to instability in the areas around it. For example the afghan war had a flux of refugees and depending on their economic strata would take the posh areas or one of the slums. This occurred again during the war in SWAT and Waziristan. In addition, the crime in other cities makes Islamabad a much more ideal city to move and raise your families. Now what the city is... is boring. But thankfully now there are 3 generations of residents who are born there and call it home. And it's they who have really tried to gentrify certain areas. For the longest time no one was actually from Islamabad and people went out of town on holidays to their villages, etc. It's still somewhat like that though. I've lived all over the world and this city is my favorite in the world - mainly because I identify as a resident but also because it's a nice lush place, the temperature is great and there's so much greenery that it would make most places envious. However, the traffic is getting worse because no one finds it fashionable to take public transport and also there's a huge dearth of it. The options that we have suck.

[@muhammadhabiburrehman2939]

Are you native Pakistani ?

[@RasheedahNizam]

What I find most annoying is how many people there worked abroad in London, Paris or NYC and relied on public transportation for a decade only to return home and insist on buying a luxury car and sitting in traffic. We see how little regard there is for the pedestrian based on how sidewalks are an afterthought, if they exist at all. Anyway, Islamabad is still an overall good place to live.

[@bakatronix]

@@RasheedahNizam yep it's pretty bad. I've given up riding my bike and forget the whole notion if you're a woman. It's worse

[@reez1728]

​@@bakatronixThe whole country is a shithole which is at the verge of failing. A city here and there doesnt make any difference.

[@bakatronix]

@@muhammadhabiburrehman2939 Wakandan refugee

[@romaizdabeer713]

As a Pakistani who has lived in all the major cities of my country, I have to say that the Islamabad of today is leaps and bounds better (and more beautiful) than any other city in the country, excluding Lahore. However, the problems of expensive property and no city center does ring true. I am keen to see how the city will evolve in the future now that it has essentially infused Rawalpindi into it in all but name.

[@aaronnrodgers]

The thing with Islamabad also rings true for many new cities india has built. It's almost a south Asian standard. And trust me, we have many many cities with this style of planning. It's absolutely terrible

[@agrajyadav2951]

​@@aaronnrodgersno

[@kiwuuspurr1927]

@@aaronnrodgers which cities is india building right now?

[@aaronnrodgers]

@@saewha chandigarh, noida, Gandhinagar, naya Raipur, GIFT city, Dholera Sir City and new areas of Delhi, Navi Mumbai and more

[@arjun-j2g9o]

@@saewha india is a poor country compared great super power pakistan so no cities compared to super power pakistan and india begs for money in all countries whereas pakistan gives charity to other countries 😆😁🤣

[@TheKalaxis]

Any chance of a companion video on Brasilia? I bet building a new city in Brazil had some interesting and unique challenges.

[@SkuLLetjaH]

He made it on Sideprojects 3 years ago!

[@michaela7759]

​@@SkuLLetjaHTrue. Procure que tem.

[@Cheka__]

No.

[@TheKalaxis]

@@SkuLLetjaH Oh yeah totally forgot about that 🤣

[@Darknamja]

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[@lord_of_love_and_thunder]

One positive aspect of Islamabad is that unlike a lot of other planned cities (Brasilia, Chandigarh), it is located in proximity to a much larger organic metro city. The city acts like a rich, organized suburb of a thriving metro, plus capital of the country. It is similar to Gujarat’s Gandhinagar and Assam’s Dispur in this regard.

[@alipires8041]

You surely haven't been to Islamabad . It's a thriving metropolis now . Beautiful and having a huge middle class

[@SheksgemWhepdo]

It's a dead city, I've been there.

[@stephenphillips4609]

I'm told the site of Islamabad was chosen because it was on the site of / near to Ayub Khan's home village. The couple of times I visited, it struck me as a beautiful suburb in search of a city. Compared to Karachi, Faisalabad and Lahore, it has almost no population, it had very little in the way of a city centre When you're used to ten million residents, 2 million doesn't seem like very many.

[@jimbocho660]

This site was chosen because it is close to Taxila, a capital of the ancient Gandaharan civilization.

[@bakatronix]

Ayub Khan's village is a couple of hours away (At the time). There are more important areas in it's proximity.

[@wajiwaji-jy9km]

You can say that about lahore and Karachi but faisalabad metropolitan isn't that big compared to Islamabad, Islamabad metropolitan has a population of is 3.1 million while faisalabad has 3.2 million as of 2017, and population of Islamabad is growing fast so it might have already passed the population of faisalabad and become 3rd biggest population Centre of Pakistan, although you have to consider the fact that Islamabad metropolitan is Islamabad Rawalpindi combined metropolitan, so it's basically the population of both cities, but at the end, Islamabad and Rawalpindi acts as a single city, it's like one house in Islamabad and the house next to it is in Rawalpindi, even the metro bus service is connected in both cities, it's just like Islamabad is new part of city, and Rawalpindi is old town

[@UmarWazir]

The strongest reason was to keep the levers of government near the military. Made martial laws easier to enforce.

[@FreedomForKashmir]

Islamabad is just GORGEOUS. Amazing terrain and astonishingly beautiful during rain ... It's a place to raise kids, write fairy tales and no less than a paradise just look at 12:20

[@AyushGuptaAyushgupta]

Burhan wani ko kaise mara 😂😂😂

[@abhishek2026]

sab allah ka rehmo karam. @@AyushGuptaAyushgupta

[@SATWIKRAJ-x3b]

Tere dp maai Jo hai uska g mar Diya gya 😂😂

[@FreedomForKashmir]

@@AyushGuptaAyushgupta Lagta ha Abhinandan Bhool gyay Tea Was Fantastic Bhool gyay ... Kesa sabaq sikhaya Tum gaoo mutrr peenay waloon ko Aur Kulbhushan Yadav yaad ha ??

[@seanmarshall5463]

They may have made many questionable decisions along the way, but the decision to employ as many people as possible, and get as many common laborers involved as they could probably helped the people to see the capital as “a triumph of the people” if you will. Like a massive public works project of national pride. Great idea really.

[@aluisious]

I can't name one capital city in the world that holds a candle to Tokyo. Tokyo is a CITY. It's interesting, genuine, and powerful.

[@nunyabiznesse6917]

No, it's a town

[@badluck5647]

It's basically a country in size and economic output

[@bobfg3130]

​@@nunyabiznesse6917 You don't know what a town is. Learn English.

[@SkunkApe407]

A candle, you say? I take it you've never heard of the US firebombing raids on Tokyo? We held a blowtorch to that city. Too soon?

[@user-us3xi7se5b]

Not Japan: 😴😪🤮🤢🥵🤬👿👎😨😱 Japan:😍🤩😜🤗👍💫🌈🔥

[@zainulabideen6218]

I have lived in Islamabad for about two years. It is very beautiful but it feels the city lacks a soul. I have lived my entire life in Karachi and with all its difficulties, I'm happy to move back.

[@ehtashamhaider203]

You are habitual of experiencing sacked corpses in the city, extortion or ransom cases and paan spits on walls. Islamabad does lack these 💔

[@GTH4121]

Islamabad is a hybrid and artificial city, while other cities like Karachi, Lahore, etc. are quite old and have their own respective heritages. This makes them lively compared to an artificial city like Islamabad.

[@ehtashamhaider203]

@@Dorydreory Yeah there's no Heera Mandi and khota karahi in Islamabad, it might be depressing for an average Lahori. Also, you have to wear a helmet on bike and stop at signals, quite a headache no?

[@TravelwithWayfarer]

@@Dorydreory Same, i am from Lahore, and i have been to islamabad, its grean clean city but feels like no soul, u dont enjoy the city, pretty artificial city, no culture, everyone minding their own business. and it sleeps at 8. boring

[@skyemperor2357]

​@@DorydreorySame I am a lahori but shifted to Islamabad a few years back. The city definitely does not have a soul. People are distant, uncaring, hard to make friends here and even then the friendships here don't seem as genuine or fun as in Lahore. It's like even the people here are artificial. Islamabad is all beauty and wealth but no soul.

[@hanzofunai4238]

You missed informing that the entire Islamabad's development was financed from leeching money from what is today Bangladesh which was then known as East Pakistan. East Pakistan was the only major revenue earning part of the country but was left impoverished because of the exploitation from Punjabi Army and Punjabi Politicians. Fun fact - Pakistan has never recovered economically since Bangladesh was severed from it. Sindh/Karachi is the new East Pakistan for the Punjabi Army and Politicians

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

Are you really sure that Pakistan hasnt recovered economically from an even that occured about 5 Decades Back? Tell me How Long did it Take Bangladesh to its self Start Making some Progress?

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

Because by that Logic Bangladesh should have started making giant strides immediately, but the ground reality proves it was not the case. Make your life better & Mind your own business, make your own country better.

[@hamzaghazi]

Such retarded comment, my family invested heavy sums of money into East Pakistan. We employed thousands of workers, grandfathers company still exists today in Bangladesh stolen by your government. To say we stole from you is a massive lie and lies about the contribution west Pakistanis made during are short time as united east and west nation.

[@RK-cj4oc]

​@@mohammedhassanakbari6722Bangladesh would have made great strides straight away had Pakistan not shed so much blood and damage in the country.

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

@@RK-cj4oc So why did it take up to 4 Decades?

[@ALHEALY9110]

Ooh! Do Canberra Australia! It’s a really interesting planned Capital City. 😎

[@ryanswalwell5520]

🇦🇺

[@amaansaeed23]

Nah Pyongyang is better

[@demdox]

Canberra sucks more than Islamabad does. Like it literally feels like a graveyard

[@LHGaming25]

​@@demdox Yet PakiChods running in droves to live in Australia, Britain, Canada and some dying on boats to Greece You are not fooling anyone the whole world knows your Auqat Begging bowl of the world

[@nasirabbas8360]

Islamabad is love such a beautiful city..

[@whitewhite4462]

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[@vikassonwane1846]

As an Indian I'm impressed by islamabad beauty, But That's unfortunate the city is only for the elites people common man can't have a good life there Shame on pakisthani establishment

[@thehunterwr4666]

I agree, but india has tons of issues aswell

[@SPEARHEADGLOBAL]

@@thehunterwr4666nor the comment niether the video is about india! India has problems and solutions! All pakistan has is problems and some more problems

[@faiqsabih3215]

it's not only for the elites, most of the elites live in Lahore and Karachi anyways. Islamabad is only used as a scapegoat despite being one of the handful of places which are net tax contributors

[@NativeBharatiye]

​@@thehunterwr4666 but india's problems are 100 times lesser than Pakistan 😂. I live in a remote village in one of the poorest state by per capita income in India. Even then roads, transportation, education affordability & lifestyle is better than Islamabad itself . Even if you compare our homes they all look like homes of Pak elites in Pakistan. If a person is homeless, government provides free home on wife/ mother/ daughter 's name. Those homes are "Pakka Ghar". If a poor person can't afford food , the government gives free food & monthly ration.😂 In short you can't compete Islamabad with my small village 😂, Just think if my village is like this. How better lifestyle 😉 of Indian cities will be ? Please don't compare india 🇮🇳 with Pakistan, if you don't want to be insulted, bcoz both are as different as a rat & an elephant or cheetah 😅.

[@varoonnone7159]

When Islamabad was built, Pakistan still had 12% Hindus. It didn't stop it from building "The city of Islam" If India had built "Hindupur", all hell would have broken loose

[@javerialaghari4361]

In those 12% ,10% of them were living in Bangladesh. And only 2% were in west Pakistan When you are writing about something then first get full and proper information

[@varoonnone7159]

@@javerialaghari4361 What difference does it make ? East Pakistani Hindus were Pakistanis too In 1971, during the Bangladeshi war for independence, the Pakistani army gave orders to its soldiers to paint yellow "H"s on the houses of hindus so as to better identify the women to be raped and the families to be slaughtered 2.4 million bengali hindus died in the worse industrial genocide since the holocaust Your answer gives a clue as to why such a massacre took place. You've got a despicable mentality

[@javerialaghari4361]

@@varoonnone7159 I replied to your above question and when you felt ashamed so you just changed the question!! Your second question is same as your above one . Both tells how you people are brainwashed by your political islamophobic media

[@ShafqatjahanTabassum]

​@@varoonnone7159source of your claim ?? Also look at India first the operation polo and many other similar operation killed millions of muslims in india if you want i can cite it

[@ShafqatjahanTabassum]

​@@varoonnone7159you cab read it in britannica encylooedia or wikipedia about ooeration polo

[@221b-l3t]

I had to look it up. 58% literacy rate. Damn. I heard a lot of stuff already about Pakistan (some of the worst from Pakistanis themselves, who no longer live there)... seems like a borderline failed state. I don't know anyone who left and has plans to ever return. If you're not from some important family you may as well not exist. Even simple things like collecting taxes is beyond the capability of the government. You'd think that's the one thing a government at least gets right.

[@Darkest_matter]

You know it's bad when a lot of the population don't even have a bank account

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

pakistan is a failed state in denial with nukes.

[@ashleighgray4291]

capitalism is working guys i swear!!!!

[@hellothere1656]

It's 62.8% nowadays. Still got to respect the rapid development in some areas. South Asia in general has seen millions of people getting out of poverty in such a fairly short period of time.

[@hiteshadhikari]

​@@ashleighgray4291pakistan isnt capitalistic, its mil ruled capitalism for army generals

[@alexaa928]

0:10: 📚 The video explores the history and development of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city. 4:12: 💻 Squarespace is an all-in-one website platform that makes it easy to create and customize personal websites. 8:00: 🏢 The construction of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city, ignored the natural landscape and was overseen by foreign architects and planners. 12:11: 🏢 Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, was built from the ground up and has become a modern cosmopolitan city. 15:53: 🏙 Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, reflects the challenges faced by the country with a growing population and income inequality. Recap by Tammy AI

[@neji-hyuga-]

​@ant1_lgbtbut helpful

[@rizwanmumtaz4285]

Once i was stopped by traffic police in Islamabad , the officer approach me and first thing he says in English "Do you know the reason why we have stopped you",, i was like waittt,,, am i still in Pakistan,, or watching Hollywood movies,, i am pure desi looking ,, this one thing i have experienced living in islamad is this the only thing that keeping this alive is merit on government institutes compared to other cities

[@safarnamafoodtravel912]

Thx for explaining Sir 🙏. Islamabad is a beautiful city ☺️

[@faazk]

Islamabad exists only because the Head of State (military personnel, unfortunately) at that time wanted his office closer to his home, and including some internal racism, Islamabad was born; A egoistic product of one particular group. Otherwise, Karachi had all the logical reasoning and means of being the capital, especially since the founder of Pakistan, M.A. Jinnah, assigned it to be one.

[@rizwankhan-pc7ee]

You never lived in Islamabad I think for a day. I lived dubai, Lahore , Islamabad, Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan and I can say Islamabad is one of the best city in all of them.

[@harrisejaz280]

I've been watching Simon for years, quite a surprise to see my city featured :)

[@raotalha6076]

Traffic is not not as much as you described, although Kashmir Highway and Express way (two main roads) are full of traffic in morning and evening yet traffic is still very smooth, no traffic jam at all. There a few choking points but that's because of construction to widen the road e.g. near Gulberg and Rawat.

[@danielmitchell5814]

Born and raised in islamabad, we witnessed whole Pakistan cursing Islamabad, now whole Pakistan is dreaming to live in Islamabad 😂😂😂😂

[@nofilkhan6743]

Of course, everyone wants to live in Islamabad. When your city steals taxes from the entire nation, spending them on local city management while it adds no real value to the pakistani economy ( housing corrupt politicians and incompetent bureaucrats) , while other cities which actually run the country cry for adequate funds.

[@footballworld2023]

Great piece of work pal, keep it up

[@WizzardJC]

I had an ancient great uncle when I was younger who had been born and grew up in the British Raj in Whats now Pakistan. He said it was the most beautiful place he’d ever seen, and had nothing but harsh words for the partition, apparently it was like hell to see people who in many cases had lived in relitive harmony for years killing each other in the street, he only just managed to get out alive but lots of his friends lost their lives, RIP uncle Alfred, P.s it was always funny to see him speaking to a Pakistani in their language l, they were always v surprised, I think it’s Urdu but it’s been 30 years since I spoke to him at least so don’t take my word on it lol

[@aeymed]

Islamabad is one of the most beautiful, peaceful and nature filled cities. Living there is so worth it. I love my Islamabad

[@Glyph69]

Fk islamabad bunch of wealthy and elitist live there who prey on the taxes of people and you're probably one of those animals

[@Shrimpspiration]

Islamabad is a beautiful city. The city, and its elite exist 10km outside Pakistan.

[@janjua376]

💀

[@HarishK-vh1ct]

Never knew Islamabad(beautiful city I must add) and Rawalpindi are so close to each other. In Indian media, they use Islamabad whenever Pak Govt is being referred and Rawalpindi when they refer Pak Army. You learn something new everyday😀

[@yildiz12321]

Sending my love to Pakistani brothers and sisters from Türkiye 😍

[@Zeczam]

Merhaba

[@kingofbithynia]

They made a good job 👏🏻 congratulations Pakistan

[@tjofrasse]

Idea for a megaprojects video: The Kiruna mine, worlds largest iron ore mine!

[@deadLock047]

1:33 : Hats off mate. Thanks for using correct Map of INDIA

[@drtk9300]

Islamabad is only a microcosm of the rest of Pakistan, and it will go where the rest of Pakistan goes. Keeping Pakistan in a perpetual state of war and instability does not help. In the 80;s Islamabad was like Spain, with a similar economy and an educated workforce, but then most of them ran away to foreign shores. It is still a beautiful city and, rare for Pakistan, where most things work most of the time. I moved here a year ago from North America. I like it here!

[@TaufiqueJoarder]

It is said that the financing of the city was largely managed by the money siphoned out of the then East Pakistan, present day Bangladesh. This allegedly contributed to the breaking of Pakistan, giving rise to a new state of Bangladesh.

[@msr7373]

@@fuerhanwrajpuire1894Bengal contributed 70% of Pakistan’s revenue hence it was their money which was lavishly spent on west Pakistan’s development during 50s and 60s. Second it’s easy to name Urdu and Punjabi for everything but even Sindhis , potoharis and many others had their role in separation of Bangladesh. It was Bhutto (a Sindhi) who started the constitutional crises after 1970 elections by deliberately detaining the transfer of power process as he knew that he had no chance to become the PM of Pakistan and thus convincing yahya (a potohari) to not transfer the power to him. Tikka khan Niazi all belonged from Pashtun potohari regions . So stop putting the blame on Urdu or Punjabis , project Bangladesh had participants from every part of Pakistan. Sindhis can’t play the victim card esp when PPP has destroyed Sindh and rest of Pakistan

[@ZanzibarMapping]

@prestallar4339 No it is true about 60-70% of all earnings came from East Pakistan (Bengal) and only about 30-40% were spent on Bengal

[@ZanzibarMapping]

@@fuerhanwrajpuire1894 Only 30-40% of Pakistani money was spent on Bengal . In history of Pakistan Bengali citizens were considered as 2nd class citizens first class being rest of Pakistan and we know this from the Bhola Cyclone in 1970 where the international community came to help Bengal before the Pakistani regime did.

[@Zeczam]

Bangladesh parliament building was built by Ayub Khan

[@Bronanarival]

Im from Islamabad,slums are everywhere, crime and corruption is rapid, Islamabad is losing its pristine image 😢

[@amaansaeed23]

No your wrong Islamabad has a lower crime then the average crime rate in Pakistan and Pakistan has a lower crime rate then usa,UK,Sweden,Brazil .it's slums are probably lowest in all of Pakistan

[@nodehead9475]

​@@amaansaeed23suar kabhi propoganda ke alawa bhi kuch padh liya kar terrorist ki country ha chutiye teri

[@noproble]

​@@amaansaeed23bapre ye average hai to actual crime kitna hoga

[@amaansaeed23]

@@noproble yeah actually crime ji hamara UK,usa,India,Sweden,Brazil say kam

[@bruhno1545]

@@noproble bro look at delhis crime rate and then blabber

[@Mustafa70116]

2003-2005 Islamabad was sustainable. After the Earthquake it was downhill from there

[@safiullah3441]

I have lived in Islamabad and it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Its bad to give it a title of social elite. Its a beautiful modern city with aot of greenery. Clean and vast roads and no traffic jams.

[@SPEARHEADGLOBAL]

How many cities have u visited around the world?

[@thewayiam30vamshi90]

Sad you are not living there

[@satyanveshi6050]

Sir, It is based on cold hard facts that Islamabad is a city of mostly elites, not on personal feelings.

[@safiullah3441]

@@satyanveshi6050 you are from india who has never lived here and know nothing. Half of my family lives in islamabad and dozens of friends. They arent elite. Its hard for you understand these things give your nationality and the hatred you are taught but please.

[@___DarkSide___]

You really need to learn the definition of a a proper city. The city was designed on a suburb pattern, and thats what it really is.. a gaint beautiful suburb. The misguided obsession of Pakistani elites (like middle easterns ones) with the US style designed cities is the main point. The car centric strict Zonal city design is an artificial design. The US city infrastructure are crumbling, the europeans identified this in early in 70s and 80s, and started revamping the city designs, to remove (yes REMOVE) wide lane roads from inner cities and convert it into public spaces. To make the cities functional for all. and the result has been massive success in operation of cities. (google european cities pictures from 70s and now, you will see what I am talking about). The amount of govt expenditure on the city if spent on Pindi, KArachi, Quetta or Peshawar would have turned those cities around with a more natural design intact. (I excluded Lahore from this, as Lahore unlike other metros did get bigger cut from resources pie.). Its sad to see that one of the most sought after living places in the whole country are the soulless Car centric Bahria Town developments. God I hate those! Bahria town and Islamabad have wider roads than the speed limit free Autobahns (Motor ways) of Germany. This should give you the idea that there is something wrong that your city roads have more lanes than the rich Industrious Car manufacturing giant of the world, where the cars are much affordable, theres higher car ownership, but less usage, and only slightly lower population density than Pakistan, (239 sqkm vs 312 sqkm). And the cities are more functional, and less segregated than in Pakistan and USA.

[@parinazkhan2954]

Pakistan did not have a capital city when it gained independence. Karachi proved to be inadequate so planned city of Islamabad was created close to Rawalpindi city and Taxila an ancient capital city.

[@andybrooke1961]

It’s going to be interesting to see what Indonesia does as they also build a brand new capital

[@razaalee9477]

I lived in isb for four years during my university and it was a soulless city. Silent. People sleep early restaurants get closed early. Plus there's longer Fall and winter compared to the rest of the country so the gloomy season is longer. I now live in Karachi and the traffic is hell but this city is always doing some sort of fun. People moving around something going on. There are both kinds of people in this world. Some will vibe with isb some with khi

[@KanishQQuotes]

A writer from East Pakistan (Bangladesh) claimed that when he first saw the beautiful city of Islamabad, the streets smelled of jute. Jute was the only profitable export from Pakistan done by east Pakistan

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

Well you can grow jute now as well in other parts of the world, and Bangladesh has its self gone far ahead to leave jute behind even it is not just reliant upon textile & garment sector alone, rather they have taken measures in economic diversification. So even for Bangladesh being over reliant on Jute or textile Sector Alone is now a Thing of the Past.

[@KanishQQuotes]

@@mohammedhassanakbari6722 my point was that the fancy city was made by the earnings from east Pakistan

[@sabtaingopinath9652]

​@@KanishQQuotessure it was😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks for the free money then.

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

​@@KanishQQuotes Then why dont you make Dacca more fancy than Islamabad or even Dehli 4 that Matter? Leave us all behind. In fact make all the Cities of Bangladesh fancier than any in Pakistan or India, even the Villages.

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

Go Ahead - No1 is Stopping U.

[@sidneynatzukajr6099]

The similarities between Islamabad and Brasilia are shocking

[@alihussain8532]

Its shocking because you are living in shell,

[@andrewduff2048]

As an American when I heard that just 20% of Pakistan’s population has 50% of the nation’s wealth I thought “That’s pretty good. In the U.S. you can just take a few minutes and count the people that control 50% of the nation’s wealth.”

[@Blackbirdz2000]

yeah but only if u compare these two........in hindsight Capitalism is the real problem.

[@donkey459]

​@@Blackbirdz2000I agree with you communism worked great in the Soviet Union and it never collapsed oh wait a minute. . . .

[@WizardOz-qt9tw]

⁠​⁠@@donkey459what an ignorant comment, maybe communism haven’t worked well but we know socialism has, I mean just look at Venezuela it never went through a political and economic crisis, oh wait…..

[@Blackbirdz2000]

@@donkey459 CHINA! 800 million people taken out of poverty in the last 30 years! THATS the barometer to measure for success to test a system.

[@bunyipdragon9499]

​@@Blackbirdz2000the people are controlled under a communist system but the elite knew they had to open their doors to capitalism(only a couple of decades ago) to compete. Without capitalism china wouldn't be who they are now. To a degree the lives of the people have improved but they must still bow and behave to their masters - or else!!

[@HozyfaBNasir]

Very good analysis. Islamabad is, without a doubt, an epitome of modern planned development and a beautiful city, it does serve only the wealthy. The road network is built in a way that only a car is the way to move around, in a low income country, where cars are, sort of, luxury, the public transport is very scarce, the roads are designed fast traffic only, so if you have a motorbike or a bike, no car is gonna give you space. From my personal experience, drivers get offended if you're on a bike or a motorbike and want to change lanes, they will just accelerate so you cannot change your lane. Housing is super expensive, unless you were born in a rich family, living in Islamabad is a utopian idea. the overall feel of the city is pretty cold, you won't see any liveliness, other than fast cars, a city without a soul.

[@Jhon.johnny]

Advantage of 1.4 billion indian population is : they're everywhere...even in this comment section spamming ever now and then ...

[@exploreandlearn4808]

And having only one job of bashing Pakistan

[@LHGaming25]

Same like pakis under Videos related to Modi & India

[@aryanhassan4659]

😂😂

[@Docta123]

​@@exploreandlearn4808you do that job yourself We don't give a fuck about you guys

[@googleyahoomorzilla]

@@exploreandlearn4808cry

[@ally4commerce]

Loved this!

[@harivardhan2500]

Correction...We split into a secular state of India and Muslim state of Pakistan

[@hellothere1656]

Pakistan was secular until 1955 when it changed its constitution.

[@Ashannon888]

Sadly India seems to be trying to become a religious Hindu state.

[@badluck5647]

Not if Modi has his way where non-Hindis become second-class citizens

[@drickkarmokar8750]

@@badluck5647 only muslim tho

[@badluck5647]

@@drickkarmokar8750 The Hindu majority also has a history of mistreating the Sikhs population and other minorities

[@truth_seekerwhatever7697]

Islamabad city was originally designed for less than 100,000 people working in Ministries, diplomats and Government departments. It was not designed for very limited commercial or business activities. The original design of Islamabad was made when there was united Pakistan. The importance and prominence of Islamabad started for local Pakistanis to migrate from other cities during the Afghan war of 1979-1991. Afghan refugees , foreign NGOs, secret missions to support Afghan war started the growth of Islamabad’s population, plus overseas Pakistanis found ideal place to invest and retire in this city. That is why all rezoning and redesign of Islamabad gave hotchpotch landscape.

[@FRISHR]

They should have named the city "Islamagood"

[@BarlasofIndus]

"abad" means "to dwell/settlement"

[@donoftheapes1795]

Islamabad is Pakistan's safest, cleanest, and most quiet city, which are all reasons as to why the city may seem dull or boring. The rest of the major cities, Karachi, Peshawar, Lahore etc, are considered sprawling or lively and whatnot, but at the same time very congested, polluted and dangerous. That's not to say that Islamabad is astray from the rest of the country, poverty is rampant and increasing with beggers on every corner and slums growing in size, increasingly high temperatures all year-round as winters become shorter and warmer, and increasing pollution as a result of the aforementioned increase in poverty, since poorer citizens will care less about the environment, and of course climate change. Your final statement, and the video as a whole, are excellent outlooks from an outsider.

[@xeeshan2105]

Even our staunch enemies admit the beauty of Islamabad

[@Judah_889]

Yea as a indian I agree. But India's capital is Delhi because delhi is one of the oldest habited and a continuous capital City of United Hindostan. Orelse in Southern India, There's so many cities like Islamabad and they also have metro railways. But india can't change it and delhi is messed up because it was always messed up and was never destroyed in any war. I mean the delhi as a city was built from Mauryan empire to guptas to Delhi sultanate to rajputs to Mughals to British India to republic of India. And it was continuous habitat. So even if we try to transform delhi like Islamabad, then it's simply impossible till ww3 breaks out and delhi gets destroyed like Berlin or Paris in WW2. Then Delhi can start from new beginning

[@sirgg3847]

a city built with looted money from bangladesh still a sht city

[@jai_tulunad]

Even indias 2nd tire cities are more beautiful than this

[@yogesh41048]

Beauty of Islamabad??? What exactly Islamabad offers?? Just 2 million people lives in that city....India has created many tier 2 cities beautiful than that....

[@whysoserious7553]

Lol come out of pakistani madrasas 😂😂

[@leeharuchiyo351]

i live in islamabad, and from my standing, the reason why islamabad looks like it has no centre is because of the number of housing societies. these societies in itself are entire cities, complete with hospitals, schools, malls, etc. i live in one of the newest of these societies in islamabad, so our malls and hospitals are under construction but the others are very well developed. because of these societies, its very hard to have a proper metro system. the metro runs in main islamabad and rawalpindi, but you're out if luck if you live in any of the societies. the title of this video is actually very accurate, the city is basically only government officials. i have multiple friends who have families in politics, so they have to be escorted around in 10 black cars whenever they go out. i have friends who are governor's children, from military families, and basically every high ranking posts in the country. my next door neighbour is the most corrupt president in pakistan's history's sister. a few streets over is the top judge of the province im from. this city is only for retired people or government officials and literally no one else.

[@Theactualstoic]

Lmao there is no metro in islamabad you pakistanis are great liars, you only have metro bus

[@skyblueo]

So many of the problems discussed here sound familiar to any American regarding sprawl, car dependency, extreme income inequality, a lack of housing for workers, aka the missing middle. It's interesting to me that these critiques of a developing nation's capital can map onto so many North American regions. I can take the part of your script about workers not being able to afford to live where they work and use it to describe Aspen, Colorado. Kinda makes you think.

[@faiqsabih3215]

They followed the American model especially Suburbia when making Islamabad

[@SandiegoRockstar]

Somebody needs to build a densley packed city right next to Islamamad and a train service that takes you from it to Islamabad's major commercial areas.

[@aaronnrodgers]

This is the exact problem with indian planned cities too. Chandigarh was built roughly during the same time as islamabad, and has much if the same design language. Since then India ahs built many cities and neighborhoods in existing cities using this same idea. But they all feel cold and lifeless. And theyre all built for the scale of a car. Not people, so theyre terribly unwalkable, and building efficient public transit is a pain. The delhi metro extends into the city of noida as well, but its instantly apparent that its a much more useful thing in delhi, which is walkable and makes ot easy to get to and from stations, as opposed to noida, where you exit a subway station a super wide arterial road, where crossing the road is an olympic sport and you almost always need last mile connectivity.

[@jyotichoudhary9163]

I think it takes time for new cities to synthesize their own culture, something unique about itself, and that time doesn't fit into the lifespan of a human being

[@Sneakoz]

Exactly how i would describe Islamabad. BORING. There's nothing to do and it feels like someone copy and pasted an American suburb over a wide area. Having lived here all 17 years of my existence nothing exciting ever takes place.

[@faizan_ukk]

Thank you for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@armadhillo]

Can you also talk about Chandigarh? It is also a planned city in the same area with a similar metro population.

[@omerfrq5845]

14:07 , I agree, as someone who lives in Islamabad there really aren't any good jobs here. I was only able to find a well playing remote job in Lahore

[@imham984]

Missing my former home city of Islamabad of 1970s-1980s when it was a much smaller place 🇵🇰 🇺🇸

[@ahmedsuleman7334]

But we Pakistanis do not want americans in our country, we love Russia 🇵🇰🇷🇺

[@imham984]

@@ahmedsuleman7334 I am Pakistani too

[@janjua376]

​@@ahmedsuleman7334russian chahie suleman ko 💘

[@ahmedsuleman7334]

@@imham984 Then why is american flag in your comment ?

[@imham984]

@@ahmedsuleman7334 I am Pakistani American. 👍

[@PS-ej2xn]

It's a reward to good Muslims for exemplifying Islam in Pakistan.

[@Euroasiagazzette1212]

The idea of a new planned Capital city "Islamabad" was excellent and logical. With the influx of mass migrantion from India into Karachi it was smart approach to shift towards a new planned capital where management can be easy. I will give you example of indian capital Delhi which is mess of poverty rugs and dirt due to uncontrolled urbanization and expansions

[@anuragrai6330]

Wtf , people are migrating to karachi from India 😂😂😂.

[@ranadeepkundu5357]

@@anuragrai6330 he is talking about muhajirs, basically those who went to pakistan during partition.

[@footballworld2023]

​@@anuragrai6330yes most of Karachi comprised of migrants from India (mainly from UP) also known as Urdu speaking/Muhajir community

[@cuteprincess7118]

pakistan was made for the elites who were called jamindars who used have large scale of lands . It was decided by jawaharlal nehru that in India after independence there will be land reforms so all the wealty muslims went to pakistan because jinnah had made them believe that there lands would not be taken.

[@Euroasiagazzette1212]

@@cuteprincess7118 when a cow urine is overdosed then it happens. So in your saying Nehro decided the land reforms before indian creation when British were ruiling... Whereas till 1952 Mount Baiton was India's Viceroy...

[@sultanniazi2394]

As a islamabite Spot on. Brilliant. Love ur analysis. The most ills of the whole nation in one city.

[@voyagertechnologies]

It was absolutely possible to reshape Karachi and make it 100x times better suited for a capital as it already ticked many boxes. Alot of re-development till date has fixed 70% of the issues, thus proving that it can be fixed easily. The real reason Islamabad was made to take control from a certain province and it was a slow and steady plan to steal Karachi's economical powers. Nowadays, alot of economical activity has been shifted to Lahore instead of Karachi. E.g About 40-50% of containers that land in Karachi port, are transported and opened at Lahore, Electronic & appliances markets have completely shifted to Lahore. This was never the case. We can simply label this as greed and corruption. Plus the military gets a no-objection city to spend their hard earned black money in the name of national safety.

[@abdullahmirza7606]

What fixes in karachi are you talking about? Have you even been to the city? It's an absolute mess

[@FreedomForKashmir]

stop crying ,.... Karachi is a mess, a mess that no one can fix. better to keep capital away from that mess. Secondly Capital cities are never built in Industrial cities due to many problems like corruption and protests that can hamper the working of the capital city

[@chiragjindal9456]

Make a video on Chandigarh.

[@lmaobro4912]

I totally agree with everything u said. I live about 80 km away from islamabad and travel there frequently. Islamabad looks serene and beautiful but it has no culture , it lacks its owm vibe. Ive been to bangkok, amman, NYC and a few other major cities around the world, and also to every major city in pakistan, they all have a distinct vibe that makes u fall in love with them, its sadly not true for islamabad, probably because of its lack of indeginous people.

[@asha8443]

If Pakistan cared enough for equity between the different ethnic groups, they would have picked a site closer to where Sind, bulchistan and Punjab meet geographically rather put it deep inside Punjab where Islamabad lies.

[@abcdefu6040]

It’s close to kpk, takes about 3 hours to go from Islamabad to Peshawar. While it’s true that pakistan doesn’t care about ethnic equity among different provinces, the reason for making Islamabad far from other provinces is because they lie in the peripheries. And if the enemy attacks and takes control of the federal city, they can declare power over the whole country. So it’s much safer to have it in the centre rather than peripheral regions- provinces.

[@Avicerox]

Its not even deep inside Pakistan, its literally on the border between Punjab and KPK and touches Azad Kashmir to the North, it was built with location in mind and not petty ethnic play. Get out of your victim complex.

[@WTF_whatthefootball]

*me a middle class child with both parents working more than one jobs living in Islamabad: hmmm interesting.

[@s.mabbasali8790]

I find Astana as the most beautiful and well architected city!

[@markralph4739]

I have been there a couple of times. Beautiful city. But the northern areas of pakistan; gosh, lord must have left a part of paradise on earth.

[@arshadali1441]

Islamabad is the oldest City it's old name is Taxila. It's the bith place of oldest university of world and it's where wheel was invented

[@nilotpolshankarison5438]

And it is a Hindu University with Professor like Chanakya( author of Arthashastra) and then Islam came and destroyed all the glory of this golden period and led Pakistan to dark age of today

[@SPEARHEADGLOBAL]

Taxila has nothing to do with invaders and islamabad!

[@v-corps]

​​@@nilotpolshankarison5438🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️sanghi bhakt spotted. "Hinduism" did not even exist back then. The word "Hindu" comes from Persian and was popularised to you by Persianate Muslim dynasties. Taxila was destroyed by Huns (who were Polytheists) in the 5th century. Islam came in the 7th century. The most prosperous era for the subcontinent was under Islamic Mughal rule. The Mughal Empire at its peak had 25% of the world economy and had proto-industrialization. Today millions of Indians (majority Hindus) make their living in Islamic Gulf countries. Remittances from the Gulf contribute significantly to India's economy.

[@babykami5690]

Amazing city and amazing country one of the best in asia and world. ❤

[@OwaisChaudhary-tw4wu]

❤ from Pakistan 😊

[@bobfg3130]

Saudi Arabia has a gift for Pakistan: sky high oil prices.

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

It loves to give that Gift to everyone, especially the West whenever the West really needs Oil, like right now!

[@induchopra3014]

Chandigarh was made in India. It is beautiful. Quite a fun city with a young hep crowd. Very happening city. Seat of art and culture.

[@hampazu]

My neighbours shifted to Islamabad and came back to Karachi after 4 months or so saying that Islamabad is boring and they just didn't enjoy life there. I thought they were crazy transporting all of their furniture and goods 1400kms to and from Islamabad but this video made me understand them.

[@faiqsabih3215]

It might be boring but karachi has been a shithole in recent decades

[@slowknife2873]

Yes I guess your neighbors polluted and over populated cities over a calm and peaceful city like Islamabad

[@naveedali1406]

I live in Islamabad ❤

[@slowknife2873]

Speaking of planned cities, here's a Fun fact: Pakistan is home to the worlds first planned city called Mohenjo-Daro which is 4,500 years old!

[@niranjansrinivasan4042]

Sure buddy, shamelessly take pride in Indian civilization overrun by a bunch of people who demanded a country just because Muslims were majority there.

[@Mariya-us6tr]

"...the powerful energy of a thriving city are missing..." This is so on point and the fact and it is bcz of the poor planning rather no planning is distressing.

[@qulzam685]

First thing you do when you reach Islamabad? Leave for Lahore!

[@mashoodhassan5556]

Brilliant video.

[@mzanpure]

Pakistan is the only Army in the world that has a Country.

[@Ayx_GeopoliticsReport]

Although i do agree of what u said of karachi, it is still my favourite city.

[@m.aryaanamiri2755]

how?It is genuinly the worst city on the planet.

[@vaisha1i]

Sounds similar to Pyongyang or Seoul in recent times