Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : B
The correct answer is Islamabad.
- Newly-independent Pakistan had chosen Karachi as its capital in 1947.
- However, a decade later, President Ayub Khan chose to move the capital nearly 1,500 kilometers to the north, to the new city of Islamabad.
- Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan on 14 August 1967, exactly 20 years after the country's independence.
- The first capital of Pakistan was the coastal city of Karachi in Sindh, which was selected by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
- Karachi was and still is the largest city and economic capital of Pakistan.
- The city is known for the presence of several parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian.
- The city is home to several landmarks, with the most notable one being the Faisal Mosque − the largest mosque in South Asia and the fifth largest in the world.
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