Heavy monsoon rain triggered flash flooding across Islamabad on September 1, 2026, submerging roads and basements in E-11, Park Road and Ghauri Town. The Capital Development Authority says the downpour was unusually intense, but an investigation into the disaster points to something closer to home: decades of unchecked violations of the city’s own master plan. Background Islamabad was designed in the 1960s as one of the most carefully planned capitals in the world, with dedicated green zones, wide rights-of-way for natural drainage channels, and low-density housing sectors. That plan has…
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