Rawalpindi

[ rah-wuh l-pin-dee ]

/ ˌrɑ wəlˈpɪn di /

a city in N Pakistan: former provisional capital.

Example sentences from the Web for rawalpindi

One of the two brothers would travel as far as Peshawar or even Rawalpindi to use a pay phone.

Bin Laden’s Life on the Run, Witnessed by Al Qaeda Child Bride |Michael Daly |July 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
KSM, for example, was caught in Rawalpindi in 2003 and Zubaydah was caught a year earlier in Faisalabad.

Bin Laden May Have Moved Freely Through Pakistan |Terry McDermott |April 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A comfortable home in a military cantonment in the city of Rawalpindi.

Osama bin Laden's Pakistan Haven |Asra Q. Nomani |May 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
A gutsy attack and hostage-taking at the general headquarters of the Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi brought us new boogeymen.

Terrified Whispers in Pakistan |Fatima Bhutto |October 22, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

By the Kashmir route Gilgit is 400 m. from the rail-head at Rawalpindi.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 |Various
The railway to Rawalpindi, and a driving road thence to Srinagar make the valley easy of access.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 |Various

Rawalpindi

/ (rɔːlˈpɪndɪ) /

an ancient city in N Pakistan: interim capital of Pakistan (1959–67) during the building of Islamabad. Pop: 1 794 000 (2005 est)