Seventh Avenue, also known as the Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi Avenue, is a signal free road located in

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. It starts from the intersection on Khayaban-e-Iqbal (Margalla Road) near

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, and ends at the intersection on Srinagar Highway. Seventh Avenue was built at a cost of about PKR 70 million. Recently, local traffic police decided to install speed cameras on the road to check over speeding motorists. On 25 February 2017, the

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decided to rename the road after the late writer

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi ( ur, ) born Ahmad Shah Awan ( ur, ) (20 November 1916 - 10 July 2006) was an Urdu language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist and short story author. He wrote 50 books on topics such as poetry, fictio ...

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