Updating Islamabad
ISLAMABAD is growing rapidly. Its planning, however, remains stuck in bureaucratic limbo. Despite years of discussion and attempts to constitute a commission tasked with updating the capital’s master plan, the process has scarcely moved forward. The delay is difficult to justify. While the federal government and the Capital Development Authority deserve credit for pursuing major development projects, physical expansion without a coherent long-term vision risks creating problems that will be far more difficult and........
