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{{Short description|Governmental zone in Islamabad, Pakistan}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Red Zone
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| settlement_type = [[Zoning|Governmental Zone]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = Parliament House, Islamabad by Usman Ghani.jpg
| photo1b = Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad by Usman Ghani.jpg
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| image_caption = <div style="background:#fee8ab;"> '''Left-to-right:'''<br/>[[Parliament of Pakistan]], [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]]</div>
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| pushpin_map = Pakistan
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| pushpin_label_position = top
| coordinates = {{coord|33|41|35|N|73|03|50|E|region:PK|display=}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative units of Pakistan|Adm. Unit]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Islamabad Capital Territory]]
| established_title = Constructed
| established_date = 1960
| established_title1 = Established
| established_date1 = {{Start date and age|1967|8|14|df=yes}}<ref name=McGarr>{{cite book |last=McGarr |first=Paul |date=2013 |title=The Cold War in South Asia: Britain, the United States and the Indian subcontinent, 1945-1965 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdGaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PR9 |publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9781107008151 }}</ref>
| government_footnotes =
| government_type = [[Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation]]
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| leader_title1 = [[Mayor of Islamabad|Mayor]]
| leader_name1 = None (vacant){{efn|Administrator system was implemented for 6 months before next local bodies election and [[Deputy Commissioner (Pakistan)|Deputy Commissioner]], Islamabad was given additional charge as Administrator in absence of Mayor on 28 October 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nation.com.pk/28-Oct-2021/hamaza-shafqat-appointed-administrator-mci-for-6-months|title=Hamaza Shafqat appointed Administrator MCI for 6 months|date=28 October 2021|access-date=5 January 2022|work=The Nation (newspaper)}}</ref>}}
| leader_title2 = Deputy Mayor
| leader_name2 = None (vacant)
| leader_title3 = [[Deputy Commissioner (Pakistan)|Deputy Commissioner]]
| leader_name3 = Irfan Nawaz Memon

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| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = 44000
| area_code = [[Telephone numbers in Pakistan|051]]
| website = {{URL|https://ictadministration.gov.pk/}}
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The '''Red Zone''' constitutes [[Islamabad]]'s governmental district, serving as [[Pakistan]]'s capital territory housing the nation's highest executive, judicial, and legislative authority structures. This area functions as the official residence for both the [[President of Pakistan|President]] and [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]], while also accommodating diplomatic missions and federal establishments possessing the utmost governmental authority.

Principal north-south thoroughfares within the Red Zone comprise Constitution Avenue, Third Avenue, and Fourth Avenue[VERIFY].

The Red Zone's governmental architecture encompasses several key Pakistani institutions, including the [[Parliament of Pakistan]], [[Pakistan Secretariat]], [[Aiwan-e-Sadr]] (President's House), [[Prime Minister's Office (Pakistan)|Prime Minister's Secretariat]], [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]], [[National Library of Pakistan]], [[Election Commission of Pakistan]], along with various [[List of federal agencies of Pakistan|Federal Ministries and Departments]].
==See also==
* [[Diplomatic Enclave, Islamabad]]
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}

Red Zone (Islamabad) - Revision history