Islamabad Capital Territory          24 Feb 1960           Future capital site named Islamabad.      14 Jun 1960           Islamabad Capital Development Authority created.      14 Aug 1967           Islamabad becomes the capital of Pakistan.      01 Jul 1970           Islamabad a centrally administered area.      31 Dec 1980           Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) created from parts of North-                             West Frontier Province and Punjab.   Karachi served as Pakistan's capital from 14 Aug 1947 to 01 Aug 1960. Rawalpindi served as the provisional capital of Pakistan from 01 Aug 1960 to 14 Aug 1967, while Dhaka as legislative capital from 1966 to 1971.   Chirmen of the Capital Development Authority Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan (Military)..............21 Jun 1960 - 30 Nov 1961 W.A. Sheikh......................................01 Dec 1961 - 31 Apr 1965 N.A. Farooqi.....................................01 May 1965 - 30 Nov 1967 K.M. Sheikh (Military)...........................30 Dec 1967 - 15 Mar 1970 Bashir Ahmed (Military)..........................16 Mar 1970 - 27 Aug 1972 Riaz-ul-Haq (Military)...........................28 Aug 1972 - 17 May 1973 M.A. Khan........................................18 May 1973 - 27 Jul 1979 S.A.N. Gardezi...................................28 Jul 1979 - 31 Dec 1980 Chief Commissioners as Administrators They are also Chairmen of the Capital Development Authority to 02nd May 2003. S.A.N. Gardezi...................................01 Jan 1981 - 01 May 1983 Jan Nadir Khan...................................02 May 1983 - 01 May 1984 Mazhar Rafi......................................02 May 1984 - 09 May 1989 Syed Munir Hussain...............................10 Jul 1989 - 29 Dec 1989 Iqbal Jaffar.....................................30 Dec 1989 - 20 Aug 1990 F.I. Malik.......................................21 Aug 1990 - 05 Jun 1991 Fareed-ud-Din Ahmad..............................06 Jun 1991 - 20 Oct 1993 Muhammad Saeed Mehdi.............................21 Oct 1993 - 21 Oct 1994 Shafi M. Sehwani.................................22 Oct 1994 - 08 Jul 1995 Muhammad Zaffar Iqbal............................09 Jul 1995 - 05 Nov 1996 M. Javed Musad...................................06 Nov 1996 - 04 May 1998 Ch. Qamar Zaman..................................05 May 1998 - 26 Nov 1999 Khalid Saeed.....................................27 Nov 1999 - 16 Sep 2001 Mir Laiq Shah....................................17 Sep 2001 - 01 May 2003 Abdur Rauf Chaudhary.............................02 May 2003 - 2003 G.M. Khan...............................................2003 - Nov 2003 Junaid Iqbal Chaudhary..............................Nov 2003 - 05 Feb 2005 Tariq Mahmood Pirzada (acting to Apr 2005).......05 Feb 2005 - 2005 Khalid Pervez...........................................2005 - 25 Aug 2005 Hamid Ali Khan...................................25 Aug 2005 - 08 Oct 2008 Kamran Lashari...................................08 Oct 2008 - Feb 2009 Fazeel Asghar....................................26 Mar 2009 - 12 Dec 2009 Shahid Mehmood...................................12 Dec 2010 - 10 Mar 2010 Tariq Mahmood Pirzada (2nd time).................11 Mar 2010 - 23 Apr 2013 Khawaja Jawaad Paul S/o Khawaja Khalid Paul......23 Apr 2013 - 2014 Mujahid Sherdil (acting)................................2014 - 19 Sep 2014 Mujahid Sherdil served on acting post during the three months leave of Khawaja Jawaad Paul. Mujahid failed to tackle the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) sit-ins and he could not bring all forces in the Red Zone including army, Frontier Constabulary (FC), Punjab police, Rangers and Islamabad Police on the same page for stopping the PTI and PAT workers from storming the Prime Minster House, Presidency, Cabinet Division building and Pak Secretariat. Mr. Mujahid Sherdil is now an officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service and has been serving the Government since 2005. He is currently posted as Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Development Authority of the Punjab. Zulfiqar Haider Khan............................19 Sep 2014 - date   Chairmen of the Capital Development Authority Abdur Rauf Chaudhry..............................02 May 2003 - 09 Nov 2003 Kamran Lashari...................................10 Nov 2003 - 08 Oct 2008 On 08th Oct 2008, he became Chief Commissioner of Islamabad. Tariq Mahmood Khan...............................08 Oct 2008 - 24 Jun 2009 Imtiaz Inayat Elahi..............................24 Jun 2009 - 08 Dec 2011 Farkhand Iqbal...................................08 Dec 2011 - 01 Oct 2012 Syed Tahir Shahbaz...............................01 Oct 2012 - 21 Jun 2013 Nadeem Hassan Asif...............................21 Jun 2013 - 07 Dec 2013 Maroof Afzal.....................................07 Dec 2013 - 06 Sep 2016 Mayor of the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad and (from 06 Sep 2016) Chairman of the Capital Development Authority Sheikh Anser Aziz................................04 Mar 2016 - date A member of the ruling PML-N party, Ansar was elected to the office on 15 February 2016 and took oath on 04 March 2016.     Pakistan Countries / Territories   Chiefa Coins