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Shehzad Town is a model town of
Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...
that is located adjacent to
Chak Shahzad Chak Shahzad (), is a modern suburb situated in the Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. Historically, the suburb was home to Malik, Chowdhury,Sheikh and Raja tribesmen, but recently has seen a growth in farmhouses of the rich and wealthy f ...
. It is located near the
National Agricultural Research Centre National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) () is a research institution of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It works in collaboration with Ministry of National Food Security and Research. Resear ...
and the farm house that was owned by Pakistan's former Army General and President
Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Prior to his career in politics, he was a four-star general and appointed as ...
. Pakistan's famous columnist and journalist
Javed Chaudhry Javed Chaudhry (; born 1 January 1968) is a Pakistani columnist, YouTuber, and journalist who has been hosting the ''Kal Tak'' show on Express News since 2006. He also writes newspaper Urdu columns on various topics in his ''Zero Point'' col ...
also has a house here.


Incidents

In October 2011, police arrested two suspected terrorists and recovered large caches of explosives and ammunition from their house located near the suburb.


References

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