Rawalpindi launched his "coup d'etat" from Rawalpindi. In 1959, the city became the interim capital of the country under Ayub Khan, who had sought the creation of a new planned capital of Islamabad in the vicinity of Rawalpindi. As a result, Rawalpindi saw most major central government offices and institutions relocate to nearby territory, and its population rapidly expand. Construction of Pakistan's new capital city of Islamabad in 1961 led to greater investment in Rawalpindi. Rawalpindi remained the headquarters of the Pakistani Army after the capital shifted to Islamabad in 1969, while the Pakistan Air Force continues to maintain an airbase
Islamabad–Muzaffarabad Branch Line Islamabad–Muzaffarabad Branch Line Islamabad–Muzaffarabad Branch Line () is one of several railway lines in Pakistan proposed by Pakistan Railways. The proposed line begins at Nur station on the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and will end at Muzaffarabad in Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Construction on the 128 kilometre railway line began in 1979, where the new branch line diverged from the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line at Nur station. The line then headed in an eastern direction towards sector I-9 in Islamabad where Islamabad railway station was constructed. Following the line reaching Islamabad, work was suspended in 1980. In April 2016, the Ministry of