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... asking whether monk is unwell in capital (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

islamabad

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'capital' is the definition.
(Islamabad is an example)

'asking whether monk is unwell' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'monk' could be 'lama' (I've seen this before) and 'lama' is found in the answer.
'is' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bad' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for islamabad that I've seen before include "Pakistan's capital" , "city of Pakistan?" , "Asian city" , "Capital of Pakistan" , "capital city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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