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Rawalpindi is a twin city of Islamabad. It is located in the province Punjab. There are many industries and factories in Rawalpindi. In 1960s Rawalpindi served as the capital of Pakistan while Islamabad was under construction. In winter the climate becomes very cold while in summer climate reaches to extreme temperature, heavy rainfall occurs during monsoon. Rawalpindi is also called as Pindi. It is an historical city for its political upsets. Liaqat Ali Khan, who was the prime minister of Pakistan, was died in an assassination at Liaqat Bagh in 1951. While in 2007 former prime minister of Pakistan and chairperson of Pakistan People Party Benazir Bhutto was died in assaisination in Liaqat Bagh. Pakistan army and Air force’s headquarters are in Rawalpindi. About 70% people of Rawalpindi are literate, which shows that literacy rate is high in Rawalpindi. In Rawalpindi mixed languages are spoken and understood because mixed people live there like Muhajirs, Potoharis, Punjabi and others. Ayub National Park is the largest park of Rawalpindi. Rawalpindi has many attractions for tourists like it has many amusement parks, lakes, clubs and other places. In Rawalpindi several playgrounds are present that holds great importance some of them are Rawalpindi cricket stadium, Army Hockey Stadium, Army football stadium, Muncipal football stadium and others. These are the popular most museum and art galleries of Rawalpindi Lok versa, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Idara-e-saqafat-e-Pakistan, Thew Army museum. These are the popular most places of Rawalpindi Lal Haveli, the mall, purana qila, jamia mosque. These are the noteable Universities and colleges of Rawalpindi Natianal University of Science and Technology, Rawalpindi, Army Medical College, NUST Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi Medical College, Virtual University of Pakistan, Foundation University Medical College, Foundation University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and others. Popular markets of Rawalpindi are Imperial market baraq marke6t, Raja bazaar, China market, Kashmiri bazaar, Dubai plaza, Sarafa bazaar and others.
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