BELGRADE (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ke darul hukumat Islamabad ne Numbeo ke 2026 Mid-Year Quality of Life Index mein Paris, New York aur London ko pichhad diya hai. Islamabad ka score 140.7 raha, jabke Paris ka 138.8, New York ka 137.3 aur London ka 135.8 tha. Yeh ranking Islamabad ke tahaffuz, aab-o-hawa aur arzani ko numayan karti hai.
Islamabad index mein Pakistan ke tamam digar shehron se bhi aage raha, aur Lahore (98.4) aur Karachi (76.1) se kafi aage raha. Darul hukumat ne Kuala Lumpur, Budapest aur Johannesburg ko bhi pichhad diya.
Yeh index quwwat-e-kharid, tahaffuz, sehat ki dekh bhal, cost of living, rihaish ki arzani, traffic, aloodgi aur aab-o-hawa ko yakja karta hai. Islamabad ke sab se mazboot nataij aab-o-hawa mein aaye, jahan us ka score 76.9 raha, aur tahaffuz mein, jahan index 69.2 raha. Sehat ki dekh bhal ka score 63.7 aur aloodgi ka score 41.5 darj kiya gaya.
Darul hukumat ke maqam ki aik bari wajah arzani hai. Islamabad ka cost of living index 25.3 hai, jabke New York ka 100.0, London ka 88.2 aur Paris ka 78.6 hai, yani yahan ke rehne walon ko duniya ke sab se mehnge shehron ke akhrajat ka sirf aik hissa bhugatna parta hai.
Yeh ranking tahaffuz ke hawale se Islamabad ke record mein izafa karti hai. Numbeo ke World Safety Index 2025 mein darul hukumat 380 shehron mein se 93wein number par raha, aur us ka tahaffuz index 67.9 tha, jo London (45.8) aur Paris (41.9) se zyada hai. Islamabad Police ne is ka sabab 2024 ke muqable mein jaraim mein taqreeban 20% kami ko qarar diya, jis mein 600 kam jaraim report kiye gaye.
Numbeo ke August 2026 ke data ke Visual Capitalist ke alag tajziye mein, jo qeemton se juray ajza hata kar shehron ko percentile ke hisab se rank karta hai, Islamabad ko zindagi ke miyar mein 65wein percentile mein rakha gaya, jo Seattle (50wein), London aur Paris (25wein) aur New York (20wein) se aage hai, aur yeh un shehron mein shamil hai jo behtareen value pesh karte hain.
Numbeo ke apne index par doosre shehron ne zyada score hasil kiya, jin mein The Hague 221.5 ke saath sab se aage hai, us ke baad Eindhoven 210.7 aur Seattle 182.5 par hain, aur Islamabad ka purchasing power index 43.7 batata hai ke behtari ki gunjaish kahan hai. Numbeo ki rankings users ke jama kiye gaye data par mabni hain, aur doosre indices shehron ko mukhtalif tarteeb dete hain.
Zaraye:
Numbeo: Quality of Life Index by City, 2026 Mid-Year
Visual Capitalist: Ranked, 100 Global Cities by Quality of Life and Cost
Numbeo: World Safety Index 2025, and Islamabad Police statement of 30 April 2025
