Original: '(Urdu, Punjabi:, RÄ walpindÄ ") is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan in Punjab province near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab.
Simplified: Rawalpindi (Urdu: Ø Ø Ù Ù Ù 3\/4 Ù Ú Û RÄ walpindÄ ") is a city in the Pothohar Plateau near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. It is the military headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces and also served as the nation's capital while Islamabad was being constructed in the 1960s.