Aabpara

{{short description|Pakistani commercial zone}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Aabpara

| official_name =

| settlement_type = Commercial Zone

| image_skyline = File:Aapbara market, Islamabad.jpg

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Pakistan

| subdivision_type1 = Territory

| subdivision_name1 = Islamabad Capital Territory

| subdivision_type2 = Sector

| subdivision_name2 = G-6

}}

File:Aabpara Markets, G-6, Islamabad.jpg

Aabpara آبپارہ (formerly Bagh Bhattan{{cite news|last=Shahid|first=Ayesha|title=What's in a name?|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/698235|accessdate=1 February 2018|newspaper=Dawn|date=25 February 2012}}) is a commercial zone located at the south west of Sector G-6, Islamabad, Pakistan, along Khayaban-e-Suharwardy.{{cite book|last=Martina Nicolls|title=Kashmir on a Knife-Edge|date=1 December 2010|publisher=Eloquent Books|isbn=978-1609764135|pages=124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmcOYForcRsC&dq=Ayub+Market&pg=PA124|accessdate=28 April 2012}}{{cite book|author=Sarina Singh|author2=Lindsay Brown|author3=Paul Clammer|author4=Rodney Cocks|author5= John Mock|title=Lonely Planet Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway|date=1 May 2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1741045420|edition=7th|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zn8I4qEew9oC&dq=Jinnah+Super+Market&pg=PA72|accessdate=28 April 2012}} It is the oldest market of Islamabad,{{cite book|author=Maneesha Tikekar|title=Across the Wagah: An Indian's Sojourn in Pakistan|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Promilla|isbn=978-8185002347|pages=32–39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGqsWktyFcEC&dq=Super+Market+Islamabad&pg=PA32|accessdate=28 April 2012}} having been built in 1960. There is an official campsite in the Aabpara area.{{cite book|author=Tony Wheeler|title=West Asia on a Shoestring: A Travel Survival Kit|year=1990|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-0864420572|page=302|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HIDiAAAAMAAJ&q=campground|accessdate=28 April 2012}}

The headquarter of Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, is in Aabpara.{{cite news|title=A sinister spy story| url=https://www.france24.com/en/20071006-sinister-spy-story-pakistan|publisher=france24.com}}