Pakistan May Rename Islamabad
A petition is doing the rounds of the internet demanding to rename the city of ‘Islamabad’ in Pakistan.
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan. Someone started an online petition to change the name of Islamabad, from Islamabad to “Islamagood”. Reports claim that this petition has already received more than 300 signatures. The petition was posted on an online website, Change.org. It said “Islam is good. Pakistan love Islam. Why IslamaBAD? Love from Bangladesh”. The petition was created by a Canada-based Bangladeshi national named Ayham Abrar and was directed to the Pakistani PM Imran Khan. Although the petition was started about 7 months ago, it got a lot of attention on social media in the last few days.
Many people posted online that the petition doesn’t make any sense. The name Islamabad actually means the “City of Islam”. The name Islamabad is made of two Urdu words, Islam and Abad. Islam is the name of the religion, while “Abad” can be understood as a location.
