Sihala is a town and union council located in
Islamabad Capital Territory
The Islamabad Capital Territory ( ur, , translit=Vafāqī Dār-alhakūmat) is the only federal territory of Pakistan. Located between the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it includes the country's capital city of Islamabad. The terr ...
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Pakistan
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, with a population of just over 25000. It is geographically situated on
Kahuta
Kahuta ( Punjabi, Urdu: کہوٹہ) is a census-designated city and tehsil in the Rawalpindi District of Punjab Province, Pakistan. The population of the Kahuta Tehsil is approximately 220,576 at the 2017 census. Kahuta is the home to the Kahut ...
Road and Islamabad Expressway. Sihala connects
Rawalpindi
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Punjab
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to
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee:
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via Kahuta road. Sihala is the location of the largest
police training college in Pakistan, a railway station, a
Pakistan State Oil
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depot, a
Military Engineering Service
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supply center and a
Capital University of Science & Technology
The Capital University of Science & Technology ( ur, ) is a private university located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Established in 1998 under the banner of Muhammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad Campus, the university offers undergraduate and pos ...
References
Union councils of Islamabad Capital Territory
Villages in Islamabad Capital Territory
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