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Who coined the name of the new capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, in 1959?
AQazi Abdur Rehman
BFatima Jinnah
CJustice Muhammad Shahabuddin
DAyub Khan
Correct answer
A. Qazi Abdur Rehman
Explanation
A batch of suggestions came in, and in February 1960, the name ‘Islamabad’, literally meaning the ‘city of Islam’, coined by Qazi Abdur Rehman, was finalised by the federal cabinet for the site.