NUST Building
The building hosting the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST), situated at the junction of Tameez-ud-din road (formerly called the Church road) and Mamoon Jee road, has a special historical significance. It was here in its Ayub Hall that the national legislative assembly sessions were held for some time in the 1960s. The capital had been shifted from Karachi to Islamabad, but the building for the National Assembly of Pakistan had not been constructed by then and Rawalpindi served as the interim capital of the country. Ayub Hall has been named after Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, former president of Pakistan.
Later this building, i.e. the present day NUST building, housed the prestigious National Defence College (NDC) of the Pakistan Armed Forces before the college was upgraded to National Defence University (NDU) and shifted to its present location in Islamabad.
General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq hosted his first press conference in its auditorium after overthrowing Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1977.
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