Islamabad a rising national capital amid bold planning
Islamabad's rapid rise from a barren site to Pakistan's planned capital is described with the 1959 choice of Lalazar site, the June 1960 Capital Development Authority master plan, and the design by Doxiades and Gio Ponti. The article highlights Rawal Lake vistas, military and cultural precincts, diplomatic enclaves, housing, and infrastructure aimed to present Pakistan to the world as a modern Mughal-inspired capital.
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Imamabad
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Gudda
Capital Development Authority
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Rawal Lake
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Supreme Court
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Murree Highway
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Robert Mathew
Gio Ponti
Islamabad
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National Assembly
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Ayah National Park
Rawalpind
Alhambra
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Taj Mahal
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Why did Russell stoop to conquer?
Russell on trial for peace views and Vietnam stance is reviewed amid controversy over an international War Crimes Tribunal in Sweden. The piece defends his contributions while critiquing his support for hearings, calling out his shift on American policy and the tribunal’s credibility and aims.
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Dear Rusk
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Warsaw Ghetto
Hartrand Russell
Ralph Schoenman
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Schoenman
Bertrand Peace Foundation
Russel
Jean-Paul Sartre
Isaac Deutscherf
Mahimud-Aji Quastiel
Feader
Pakistan
Mmajor
Russell Peace Foundation
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Tanzania
Senghor
Senegal
Kaunda
Lehnenman
Stockholm
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Australia
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Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Piccadilly Circus to get major face lift plan unveiled
London planners tentatively back a Holford scheme to create a four storey London Pavilion above a new plaza linking Piccadilly to Soho and Regent Street. The plan includes escalator access, glass walls, a viewing gallery 150 feet up, a conference plaza for 650, and a top floor restaurant. Cost around 28 million with traffic capacity gains and an underground link to Covent Garden. The undertaking aims to transform Piccadilly into a bustling pedestrian and shopping hub and widen transport capacity though it faces cautious official deliberation.
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