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
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad Pakistan's former Ambassador to the United Nations was serving as the Director General of this institute. Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad The Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI) is a strategic studies think tank based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. Its most famous member being the nationalist commentator Shireen Mazari. The organisation is devoted to providing an in-depth understanding and objective analysis of regional and global strategic issues, affecting international peace and security. Visiting dignitaries from other countries sometimes are invited to address and speak on worldwide current issues from this