National Park Monument

Shakarparian, the urban wilderness south of Islamabad has an arboretum with trees planted by dozens of foreign heads of state, as well as sculpted gardens, and panoramas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi from the east lookout.

Shakar Parian Hills are situated near Zero Point. From here you can view twin cities of Islamabad & Rawalpindi very clearly.
Shakarparian is derived from two words from the Potohari language. Shakar – meaning “sweet” and Parian from “Parao”, meaning a place to rest or stop over during long journeys.
The old Gakhars tribe leaders settled here before Indo-Pak partition 1947. Later the clan was relocated to create a park for Newly marked federal capital of the country in 1960-61.
Shakarparian also has a Parade ground which host the Pakistan Day Parade every year on 23 March.