High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sahala is a town in Islamabad, Pakistan. On August 26 2008, a gas blast occurred on a roadside hotel at Yamaha Chowk near Sahala, Seven killed, many were injured. Islamabad is located in the Pothohar Plateau in the north of the country, within the Islamabad Capital Territory. The region has historically been a part of the crossroads of Punjab and North-West Frontier Province, Margalla pass being a gateway to the North-West Frontier Province. The city was built during the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital.