Islamabad Capital Territory urban Islamabad is home to people from all over Pakistan as well as expatriates, in the rural areas a number of Pothohari speaking tribal communities can still be recognized. When the master plan for Islamabad was drawn up in 1960, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, along with the adjoining areas, was to be integrated to form a large metropolitan area called Islamabad/Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area. The area would consist of the developing Islamabad, the old colonial cantonment city of Rawalpindi, and Margalla Hills National Park, including surrounding rural areas. However, Islamabad city is part of the Islamabad Capital Territory, while Rawalpindi is part
Climate of Islamabad El Niño over Pakistan. It just recorded of rain during the Monsoon season in 2009. The highest rainfall of was recorded in Islamabad during 24 hours on 23 July 2001. The record breaking rain fell in just 10 hours. It was the heaviest rainfall in Islamabad in the past 100 years. The following is the Monsoon rainfall in Islamabad since 2006 based on the data from Pakistan Meteorological Department.<ref name="http://www.pakmet.com.pk"></ref> On 23 July 2001, Islamabad experienced the record breaking of rainfall, which was the 24 hours heaviest rainfall in Islamabad and at any locality in Pakistan during the past 100