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Rawalpindi

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Ra·wal·pin·di  (räwl-pnd)
A city of northeast Pakistan north-northwest of Lahore. Settled by Sikhs in 1765, it was interim capital of Pakistan from 1959 to 1970. Population: 1,740,000.
Rawalpindi [rɔːlˈpɪndɪ]
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(Placename) an ancient city in N Pakistan: interim capital of Pakistan (1959-67) during the building of Islamabad. Pop.: 1 406 214 (1998)
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Noun1.Rawalpindi - an ancient city in northeastern Pakistan; served as capital of Pakistan while Islamabad was being built
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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Rawalpindi [ˌrɔːlˈpɪndi] n → Rawalpindi
raw material n → matière f première
Rawalpindi [rɔːlˈpɪndɪ] n → Rawalpindi f
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RAWALPINDI, November 14, 2009 (Balochistan Times): On the directives of Chief Minister, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, the Provincial Education Department has imposed ban on the transfer of teachers in educational institutions of District Rawalpindi till further orders.
Ban on teachers transfer imposed by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)
Rawalpindi is more famous as Islamabad''s twin city, the latter being Pakistan''s capital and the former lying Northwest of Lahore.
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Rawalpindi/Islamabad, November 07, 2009 (Frontier Star): At least 110 suspected people were arrested during search operation in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad during last 24 hours.
110 rounded up in twin cities search operation by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan)
 
 
 
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