List of capitals in Pakistan
Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan on 14 August 1967, exactly 20 years after the country's independence. Previously, Rawalpindi was the capital, designated in 1958. The first capital of Pakistan was the coastal city of Karachi, which was selected by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. 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 in the north of Pakistan, near the general headquarters of the Pakistani Armed Forces at Rawalpindi.
Buffer Zone, Karachi
Buffer Zone () is one of the neighbourhoods of North Nazimabad Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, namely it's UC9. The Government of Pakistan reserved this land in 1950s as "Buffer Zone" from Urban sprawl in Karachi for future construction of Government offices and residential neighborhood for bureaucrats but in early 1960 the capital of Pakistan was transferred from Karachi to newly built Islamabad and this land was sold to land developers. This is where the Pakistani cricket star Sarfraz Ahmed lives.