Economic history of Pakistan canals, dams and power stations, began Pakistan's space programme. In 1959 the country began the construction of its new capital city. A Greek firm of architects, Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, designed the master plan of the city based on a grid plan which was triangular in shape with its apex towards the Margalla Hills. The capital was not moved directly from Karachi to Islamabad; it was first shifted temporarily to Rawalpindi in the early sixties and then to Islamabad when the essential development work was completed in 1966. The partition of British India and the emergence of India and Pakistan in
Embassy of Bahrain, Islamabad Bahrain Embassy Islamabad Address: House No. 12, Street No. 2, F-6/3 Islamabad Pakistan Phone Numbers: +92-51-2307881 +92-51-2307882 +92-51-2307883 +92-51-2307884 Fax No. +92-51-2307885 Email: islamabad.mission@mofa.gov.bh Webstite: http://www.mofa.gov.bh/Islamabad/home.aspx Embassy of Bahrain, Islamabad The Embassy of Bahrain in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of Bahrain to Pakistan. It is located at House No. 12, Street 2 in Sector F-6/3, Islamabad. Bahrain also has a consulate-general in Karachi. The current embassy building was inaugurated in 2006 by Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain. The embassy promotes bilateral relations between Bahrain and Pakistan, and provides consular services for Bahraini citizens in the country. Its operating hours