Defence Housing Authority, Islamabad Defence Housing Authority, Islamabad The Defence Housing Authority, Islamabad (DHA Islamabad) is a neighbourhood located within the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area. The neighbourhood is divided into five parts and straddles the Islamabad Capital Territory-Punjab provincial border. The neighbourhood was primarily established for military personnel in 1992 by the Pakistan Armed Forces Welfare Department. Defence is headed by a serving brigadier of the Pakistan Army under the Welfare and Rehabilitation Directorate. Defence I is located in Islamabad south east of Morgah and Attock Refinery, Rawalpindi. This subdivision on its southwest abuts Soan River. A larger area acquired by Defense Housing Authority just
Pakistan Academy of Sciences At first, the Academy was sited in Lahore and considerations were made to establish the headquarters of the Academy in Karachi—a temporary federal capital at that time. An additional office was established in Dhaka to support scientific activities in East Pakistan. In 1965, the headquarters of the academy was permanently shifted to Islamabad the federal capital and was located near the Quaid-e-Azam University until 1976. In 1976, the headquarters was shifted to a rented building in Islamabad, with financial assistance from the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF). The rented building contained the library of the Academy, a committee room, office rooms