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This Is Where You Can Find All The Pokémon In Islamabad
Are you spending your most of your Pokémon Go time just walking around outside your house, like me? Kia aap ziada Pokémon na milany se pareshan hain? Well, we’ve got just the thing for you.
I decided to go on a Pokémon hunt all over Islamabad and find some PokéStops.
I called up a friend to drive me around town all day while I stared mindlessly at my phone, and he agreed because I’m such a delight to be around (and I might have bribed him with food). I got a car charger, put on some sneakers, and we set off on our quest.
Here’s where we found our first one
I thought I would just start off my journey from I-8 and go straight through to Margallah Road from there and follow along there to record all the PokéStops. But boy was I wrong. We started off at I-8 and found only one PokéStop there, and of COURSE it turned out to be Habibi.
I thought maybe the disappointment of only one PokéStop and no gyms would be made up for by catching good Pokémon, but sadly all I caught were more Pidgeys and Rattatas, which were pretty abundant in the area.
The next one was at Shifa International Hospital – H-8
We drove off towards H-8 next and found a PokéStop which appeared to be Shifa International. After making it through the traffic on that God forsaken Shifa waliservice road, (and silently thanking God that I didn’t have to suffer through this to get to school any more), we finally made it to the PokéStop, which was located on the side entrance. We had to take the U-turn and park right outside the gate to access it.
After this I thought we would just go straight through all the ‘8’ sectors and then see where to go, but then I found like a bazillion PokéStops concentrated around two gyms on the other side of the highway. And of course these were going to take us completely off our course but who cares, it was like 10 PokéStops.
So we went on our merry way to the monument and came across two more PokéStops along the way.
I also spotted a gym and PokéStop at Centaurus on the map.
And here are more:
Jasmine Garden
Pak-China Center
This one required getting out of the car and going inside the gates to access and that was not going to happen because I was saving all my walking energy for the monument.
Apparently we were raising security concerns as well
After crossing these PokéStops and making the turn towards Lok Virsa/Pakistan Monument, we were pulled over and questioned at the check post because it isIslamabad and I was with a na-mehram so, of course. We were asked what it is we were doing and where we were going and we were blank for a moment because how do you explain to the cops that you’re roaming around Islamabad looking for fictional, animalistic pocket monsters to catch with your phone? So we said we were just headed to check out the monument they sent us on our way, but only after a joke or two about our “situation”.
Come on, Islamabad police; it really is time to grow up now.
After a little bit of “questioning” we were on our way again
While driving towards the monument, we found another PokéStop nearby and decided to go there first. We had to park the car and walk a while, amidst the throng of tourists, to get to the PokéStop.
Garden Monument
After this we drove to the Pakistan Monument and discovered a gigantic line of very apparent tourists at the entrance. But there was a Squirtle and Bulbasaur nearby and I wasn’t leaving without them. So we waited in line to get tickets and went in.
Are you spending your most of your Pokémon Go time just walking around outside your house, like me? Kia aap ziada Pokémon na milany se pareshan hain? Well, we’ve got just the thing for you.
I decided to go on a Pokémon hunt all over Islamabad and find some PokéStops.
I called up a friend to drive me around town all day while I stared mindlessly at my phone, and he agreed because I’m such a delight to be around (and I might have bribed him with food). I got a car charger, put on some sneakers, and we set off on our quest.
Here’s where we found our first one
I thought I would just start off my journey from I-8 and go straight through to Margallah Road from there and follow along there to record all the PokéStops. But boy was I wrong. We started off at I-8 and found only one PokéStop there, and of COURSE it turned out to be Habibi.
I thought maybe the disappointment of only one PokéStop and no gyms would be made up for by catching good Pokémon, but sadly all I caught were more Pidgeys and Rattatas, which were pretty abundant in the area.
The next one was at Shifa International Hospital – H-8
We drove off towards H-8 next and found a PokéStop which appeared to be Shifa International. After making it through the traffic on that God forsaken Shifa waliservice road, (and silently thanking God that I didn’t have to suffer through this to get to school any more), we finally made it to the PokéStop, which was located on the side entrance. We had to take the U-turn and park right outside the gate to access it.
After this I thought we would just go straight through all the ‘8’ sectors and then see where to go, but then I found like a bazillion PokéStops concentrated around two gyms on the other side of the highway. And of course these were going to take us completely off our course but who cares, it was like 10 PokéStops.
So we went on our merry way to the monument and came across two more PokéStops along the way.
I also spotted a gym and PokéStop at Centaurus on the map.
And here are more:
Jasmine Garden
Pak-China Center
This one required getting out of the car and going inside the gates to access and that was not going to happen because I was saving all my walking energy for the monument.
Apparently we were raising security concerns as well
After crossing these PokéStops and making the turn towards Lok Virsa/Pakistan Monument, we were pulled over and questioned at the check post because it isIslamabad and I was with a na-mehram so, of course. We were asked what it is we were doing and where we were going and we were blank for a moment because how do you explain to the cops that you’re roaming around Islamabad looking for fictional, animalistic pocket monsters to catch with your phone? So we said we were just headed to check out the monument they sent us on our way, but only after a joke or two about our “situation”.
Come on, Islamabad police; it really is time to grow up now.
After a little bit of “questioning” we were on our way again
While driving towards the monument, we found another PokéStop nearby and decided to go there first. We had to park the car and walk a while, amidst the throng of tourists, to get to the PokéStop.
Garden Monument
After this we drove to the Pakistan Monument and discovered a gigantic line of very apparent tourists at the entrance. But there was a Squirtle and Bulbasaur nearby and I wasn’t leaving without them. So we waited in line to get tickets and went in.
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