Blue Area

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Blue Area بلیو ایریا
Central Business District
Night view of Blue Area, the commercial hub of Islamabad.
Interactive map of Blue Area
Coordinates: 33°43′06″N 73°04′17″E / 33.7182°N 73.0714°E / 33.7182; 73.0714
Country	Pakistan
City	Islamabad

Blue Area (Urdu: نیلا رقبہ) is the central business district of Islamabad, Pakistan along the Jinnah Avenue. The area is a 2-kilometer (1.2 mi)-long corridor along Islamabad's Khayaban-e-Quaid-e-Azam (also known as Jinnah Avenue),

Public services

On 4 July 2016, the first National Database and Registration Authority mega centre was inaugurated in Islamabad's Blue Area with a capacity of processing 2000 applicants daily.

References

↑ "Islamabad: Ministry of Religious Affairs opens library in Blue Area". The Nation. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
↑ "Shopping and Dinning". Capital Development Authority. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
↑ "Capital to have mega NADRA centre". The Nation. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

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