Blue Area

Jinnah Avenue is an important road located in Blue Area, the main business district of Islamabad. The Blue Area is the commercial and business hub of Islamabad, Pakistan.Location in the cityIt is called the "Blue Area" because it was represented in blue color in the original design of the planned city. The area is actually a corridor that runs along Islamabad's Khayaban-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Islamabad's primary arterial road which leads up to the main government buildings. It is characterized by clean, wide roads and tall buildings among the panoramic greenery of the adjacent areas. It is limited by Nazimuddin Road to the northwest and A.K.M. Fazl-ul-Haq Road to the southeast and Ibn-e-sina road to the south west. The Blue Area has recently received a significant amount of foreign direct investment. Recently, construction completed on The Centaurus, a multi-purpose complex in the Blue Area which has residential and office towers, and a luxury hotel.National Database and Registration Authority mega centerIt was reported on 4 July 2016, the first state-of-the-art National Database and Registration Authority mega center would open in Islamabad's Blue Area with a capacity of processing 2000 applicants daily.Islamabad Stock ExchangeThe Islamabad Stock Exchange building is also situated in the Blue Area. On 11 January 2016, the three stock exchanges namely Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE), Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) and Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) all merged to become Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX).