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Islamabad District Court

Pakistani courts

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ106521822 ↗
Source-derived summary

Islamabad is served by two district courts. Appeals from these courts are heard in Islamabad High Court. The Court currently sits in F-11, while separate Judicial Complex buildings are under plan.

History

From 1980 to 2011, District Judiciary was under the control of supervision of Lahore High Court, Lahore. Under the 18th amendment of the Constitution, the Islamabad High Court was established and it was also given the supervision over District Judiciary Islamabad.

In 2012, two Judicial districts were divided into East and West:

Islamabad West

All sectors of Islamabad

Union council Shah Allah Ditta, Saidpur, and Noorpur Shahan.

Islamabad East

11 Union Councils: Rawat, Sihala, Koral, Tarlai, Bharakahu, Kirpa, Chirah, Sohan, Kurri, Tumair, and Phulgran

The villages Ojri and Malpur.

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This entry incorporates text from “Islamabad District Court” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.