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
Basti Islamabad From Jhang city, there is an AC and Non-AC bus/van service for Bhakkar and Dera Ismail Khan. Basti Islamabad is just 9km apart from Haiderabad Thall which occurs on Jhang Bhakkar road, this is the same road which is from Islamabad to Karachi through Saraye Muhajir - to- Chakwal, Mianwali, Muzzafar Garh, Multan, BahawalPur, Rahim Yar Khan and Hyderabad. Main Town Basti Islamabad Basti Islamabad Basti Islamabad (), is the town of Mankera Tehsil, of Bhakkar District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated about 290 kilometres west of the city of Lahore. Bhakkar is located in the