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7th Avenue, 9th Avenue, accountancy schools, Blue Area, brands Karma Pink, coffee, commercial area, Constitution Avenue, doughnut, F-6, F-7, F-8, F-9 Park, gulab jamuns, hair salons, Haleem Ghar, Hang Ten, Islamabad Stock Exchange, Islamabad/Rawalpindi, jeans, Jia’s Deli, Kohsar Market, pulao-kabab, Savour Foods, Soha Ahmed, Stoneage, Supreme Court, Tiramisu, TV, Usmania, Utility Stores
‘Blue Area’ seems a bit of an anomaly in Islamabad. Most other arterial roads are named precisely – and one could argue, unimaginatively – according to their function:7th Avenue(between sectors F-6 and F-7),9th Avenue(between F-8 and the F-9 Park) and Constitution Avenue(the road where the Supreme Court is located). However, Blue Area is an eight-carriage (or is it six?) dual way stretching from behind F-6 to F-8 and includes the Blue Area commercial area on both sides. Hence, an ‘area’, rather than a road. Continue reading