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Topographical map of Pakistan (showing elevation) This is a list showing the most populous cities in Pakistan as of the 2023 Census of Pakistan.City populations found in this list only refer to the population found within the city's defined limits and any adjacent cantonment, if exists (except for Gujranwala and Okara).
Karachi was and still is the largest city and economic capital of Pakistan. 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 .
Karachi (/ k ə ˈ r ɑː tʃ i /; Urdu: کراچی [kə.ɾɑː.t͡ʃiː]; Sindhi: ڪراچي ; IPA: [kəˈraːtʃi] ⓘ) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh.It is the largest city in Pakistan and 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million.
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Simple English; سنڌي; Slovenčina ... Pages in category "Cities in Pakistan" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not ...
Hyderabad's name translates literally as "Lion City"—from haydar, meaning "lion", and ābād, which is a suffix indicating a settlement. "Lion" references Ali's valour in battle, [ 7 ] so he is often referred to as Ali Haydar , roughly meaning "Ali the Lionheart", by South Asian Muslims .
The city's name has been variously recorded by early Muslim historians as Luhawar, Lūhār, and Rahwar. [34] The Iranian polymath and geographer, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, referred to the city as Luhāwar in his 11th century work, Qanun, [34] while the poet Amir Khusrow, who lived during the Delhi Sultanate period, recorded the city's name as ...
The name Islamabad means City of Islam.It is derived from two words: Islam and abad.Islam refers to the religion of Islam, Pakistan's state religion, and -abad is a Persian suffix meaning cultivated place, indicating an inhabited place or city. [19]