Ministry of Defence (Pakistan) of the army, navy and air force in Pakistan until 1956. In December 1959, the federal capital shifted temporarily to Rawalpindi, while plans for Islamabad were drawn up by then-General Ayub Khan's military government. The proximity of the Army Headquarters in Rawalpindi played a major role in the decision to relocate the capital. In March 1972, President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in response to criticism over the difficulties in inter-service coordination in previous wars decreed that all service HQs were to move to Islamabad. The Navy was the first to comply, with Naval Headquarters moving from Karachi to Sector E9 Islamabad
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