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Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Urdu: پاکستان دانش کدہ برائے طبّی سائنس, abbreviated as PIMS) is a research oriented health sciences institute located in Islamabad, Pakistan.It is one of the region's leading tertiary level hospitals which includes 22 medical and surgical specialist centers. It provides medical training through the Quaid-e-Azam Postgraduate Medical College which was established on 1 February 1989.Later on Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University was established through act of parliament in 2013. The first vice chancellor was professor Dr. Javed Akram who served till 2018.

The ISE Tower is one of the highrises located at 55, Jinnah Avenue of the Blue Area business district of Islamabad.

The Federal Medical and Dental College (Urdu: وفاقی طبی اور دندان سازی کالج) (abbreviated as FMDC) is a medical school located in Islamabad, Pakistan. The college gives admission to 110 (including 10 goodwill seats for Afghanistan) Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) students each year. FMDC is a constituent college of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University.

On 3 March 2014, gunmen attacked District Courts Complex in Sector F-8 of Islamabad, Pakistan. Eleven people were killed and twenty-five people were injured as a result of the attack.

The Embassy of Brazil in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of Brazil in Pakistan. The current Brazilian ambassador to Pakistan is Olyntho Vieira.

Froebel's International School is a network of private schools in Pakistan with branches in some major cities of the country. It is considered one of the best schools in Pakistan but has been constantly criticized due to its high fee structure.

The Universal College Islamabad (UCI), formerly known as University College of Islamabad, is a higher education university based in Sector F-8/2 in Islamabad, Pakistan.Universal College Islamabad was founded in 1992 by Dr. Alan Bicker with the support of prominent Pakistani scientists who noticed a dearth of quality higher education. UCI is a pioneer in offering the University of London International Programmes (EMFSS and Law) in Pakistan. Dr. Maria Catalina Alliende is the Principal of the College.UCI offers University of London LLB, Higher National Diploma (HND), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (CA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), ACCA the UK and others. All the University of London International Programmes are recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.UCI collaborated in 2021 with Monroe College, New York City, USA and introduced the first bilateral American MBA program in Pakistan.

France Colony is a slum katchi abadi in the F-7 sector of Islamabad, Pakistan. In 2018 it had around 8,000 residents, mainly Christians.

École Française d'Islamabad (EFI) or the École Française Alfred Foucher was a French international school in Diplomatic Enclave I in Islamabad, Pakistan, serving maternelle (preschool) through lycée (senior high school). Students in the secondary levels used the distance education programme of the National Centre for Distance Education. The school was affiliated with the French embassy and the French cultural centre.

The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) (Urdu: زرعی ترقیاتی بینک لمیٹڈ), formerly known as Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, is Pakistani government-owned agricultural development bank which is based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded in 1961 as the agricultural development bank, the bank was renamed in 2002 as Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) and was subsequently incorporated as a public limited company in 2002 under Companies Ordinance 1984.The bank provides agricultural credit and banking services to farmers across the country. It remains the largest public sector agriculture development financial institution in the country.

The Embassy of Austria in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of Austria to Pakistan. It is located at 7-A, Street 21 in Sector F-8/2, Islamabad. Austria and Pakistan established diplomatic relations in 1956.The embassy provides consular services to Austrian citizens in Pakistan, and oversees bilateral relations between both countries. It is concurrently accredited to Afghanistan.The current Austrian ambassador to Pakistan is Andrea Wicke, appointed in October 2022.

Islamabad (; Urdu: اسلام‌آباد, romanized: Islāmābād, ; transl. 'City of Islam') is the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city with a population of over 1.2 million people and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s and established in 1967, it replaced Karachi as Pakistan's official national capital. The Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis developed Islamabad's master plan, in which he divided it into eight zones; administrative, diplomatic enclave, residential areas, educational and industrial sectors, commercial areas, as well as rural and green areas administered by the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation with support from the Capital Development Authority. Islamabad is known for its parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian. It is home to several landmarks, including the country's flagship Faisal Mosque, which is the world's fifth-largest mosque. Other prominent landmarks include the Pakistan Monument and Democracy Square.Rated as Gamma + by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Islamabad has the highest cost of living in Pakistan. The city's populace is dominated by both middle and upper-middle class citizens. Islamabad is home to twenty universities, including Bahria University, Quaid-e-Azam University, PIEAS, COMSATS University, and NUST. It is also rated as one of the safest cities in Pakistan and has an expansive RFID-enabled surveillance system with almost 2,000 active CCTV cameras.