Top Interesting Facts About Pakistan
I've listen lots of rumors about Pakistan, not all are lies but they is't ture. So i decided to post top intersting facts about Pakistan, so you can know everything about Pakistan. Pakistan is widely know for its voilent acts but i gathered some most important and interesting facts about pakistan that blow your mind and why you have to visit Pakistan once in your lifetime.
Fun Facts about Pakistan :
Pakistan National Anthem -Tarana-e-Pakistan is claimed by some to be the first national anthem[1] of Pakistan said to be composed by Jagannath Azad at the request of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. It was never officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem and the Qaumi Tarana was officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem in 1950.
- More than 50% of the Worlds hand-sewed football is manufactured in Pakistan.
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| More than 50% of the Worlds hand-sewed football is manufactured in Pakistan |
- Largest Deep Sea Port in the World - Pakistan Gawader
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| Pakistan: Gawader: World's Largest Deep Sea Port |
Gwadar Port is a warm-water, deep-sea port situated on the Arabian Sea at Gwadar in Balochistan province of Pakistan. The port is a major destination in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Gwadar is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea it is in Pakistan's western province of Balochistan. It is about 533 km from Karachi and 120 km from the Iranian border and 380 km (240 mi) km northeast of the nearest point in Oman across the Arabian Sea. Gwadar Port is located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, just outside the Strait of Hormuz, near the key shipping routes in and out of the Persian Gulf. It is situated on the eastern bay of a natural hammerhead-shaped Peninsula protruding into the Arabian Sea from the coastline.
- K2, Baltoro Karakoram Mountain – The second highest mountain in the world situated in Pakistan
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| K2 Mountain is the second highest Mountain in the World. K2 is part of the Karakoram Range and located on the border between Baltistan and India. |
| Elevation | 8,611 m (28,251 ft) Ranked 2nd |
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| Prominence | 4,017 m (13,179 ft) Ranked 22nd |
| Listing | Eight-thousander Country high point Seven Second Summits Ultra |
| Coordinates | 35°52′57″N 76°30′48″E |
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The name K2 is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India. Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the Karakoram fromMount Haramukh, some 210 km (130 miles) to the south, and sketched the two most prominent peaks, labeling them K1 and K2.
K2, also known as Chhogori/Qogir, Ketu/Kechu, and Mount Godwin-Austen, is the second highest mountain in the world at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft), after Mount Everest. It is located on the border[3] betweenBaltistan, in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China. With a peak elevation of 8,611 m (28,251 feet), K2 is the highest point of the Karakoram Range and the highest point in Pakistan.
- Pakistan is the 27th largest population of internet users in the world.
Internet users: 18,960,037 users, 27th in the world; 10.0% of the population, 173rd in the world (2012). The Internet in Pakistan has been available since the early 1990s. Information and communications technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing industries in the country. In 2001 just 1.3% of the population used the Internet. By 2006 this figure had grown to 6.5% and in 2012 to 10.0%.
Most Internet usage in Pakistan is still in English, however there seems to be a shift towards the Urdu language.
- Pakistan is the first Muslim country in the world to construct and operate civil nuclear power plants.
As of 2012, nuclear power in Pakistan is provided by 3 licensed-commercial nuclear power plants. Pakistan is the first Muslim country in the world to construct and operate civil nuclear power plants. The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), the scientific and nuclear governmental agency, is solely responsible for operating these power plants.
- Pakistan is the first Muslim country in the world to construct and operate civil nuclear power plants.
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| Pakistan: First Islamic Country with Nuclear Technology |
As of 2012, nuclear power in Pakistan is provided by 3 licensed-commercial nuclear power plants. Pakistan is the first Muslim country in the world to construct and operate civil nuclear power plants. The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), the scientific and nuclear governmental agency, is solely responsible for operating these power plants.
- Pakistan hosts five major deserts which were historic forests.
Cholistan Desert
Indus Valley Desert
Kharan Desert
Thal Desert
Thar Desert
- The World's largest private Ambulance network belongs to Pakistan.
- Khewra Salt Mine, Second Largest Salt Mine in the World
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| Khewra Salt Mine (or Mayo Salt Mine |
Visitors are taken into the mine on a train. There are numerous pools of salty water inside. The Badshahi Mosque was built in the mining tunnels with multi-colored salt bricks about fifty years ago.
Other visitor attractions in the mine include the 75-meter-high (245 feet) Assembly Hall; Pul-Saraat, a salt bridge with no pillars over an 25-meters-deep (80-foot-deep) brine pond; Sheesh Mahal (Palace of Mirrors), where salt crystals are light pink; and a cafe.
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- World's Youngest civil judge is from Pakistan
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- The Karakoram Highway - from China to Pakistan -
the highest paved international road in the world.
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| The Karakoram Highway - from China to Pakistan - | the highest paved international road in the world |
he Karakoram Highway is known informally as the KKH; within Pakistan it is known officially as the N-35, while within China, it is known officially as China National Highway 314 (G314). It is also a part of the Asian Highway AH4.
Karakoram Highway provides the pathway to expeditions for almost all peaks in Gilgit–Baltistan, Kashmir and several peaks in Xinjiang China. The region includes some of the world's largest glaciers like the Baltoro Glacier.
Many glaciers can be seen while traveling on the highway:
- Minapin Glacier
- Passu Glacier
- Ghulkin Glacier
- Khunjerab Glacier
- Pakistan has the World's largest, Canal Based Irrigation System
Out of the 169,384 billion m³ of water which were withdrawn in 2000, 96% were used for agricultural purposes, leaving 2% for domestic and another 2% for industrial use.The country still has the world's largest contiguous irrigation system. In 1999-2000, the total irrigated area in Pakistan was 181,000 km².Water is also essential for power generation in Pakistan, since about 29% is generated through hydropower.
- Pakistan is one of the third world's largest producers and suppliers of Chickpea.
- Roof of the World is Located in Pakistan.
Shandur Top (el. 12,200 feet (3,700 m)) located in Chitral Pakistan. Shandur is often called the 'Roof of the World'. The top is flat, a plateau and can be crossed between late April and early November. The grade is very gradual, and the area is crossed by small streams of waters during summer that looks plentiful.
- The name Pakistan literally means "Land of the Pure" in Urdu and Persian.
- The Arab conqueror Muhammad bin Qasim conquered Indus valley from Sindh to Multan in southern Punjab in 711 CE.
- The Mughals introduced Persian literature and high culture, establishing the roots of Indo-Persian culture in the region.
- In the early 16th century, the region remained under the Mughal Empire ruled by Muslim emperors.
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah(1876–1948) served as Pakistan's first Governor-General and the leader of thePakistan Movement.
- Over 10 million people were uprooted from their homeland and travelled on foot, bullock carts and trains to their promised new home during the Partition of India.
- During the partition between 200,000 to 500,000 people were killed in the retributive genocide.
- The partitioning of Punjab and Bengal led to the series of violent communal riots across India and Pakistan; millions of Muslims moved to Pakistan and millions of Hindus and Sikhs moved to India.
- After independence from the partition of India in 1947, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the President of Muslim League, became nation's first Governor-General as well as first President-Speaker of the Parliament.
- Get Indipendence in 1947, but In 1970, Pakistan held its first democratic elections since independence.
- Military tension between Pakistan & India led to the War in 1947, 1965 1971 and1999.
- Pak-China Friendship Centre was constructed by China as a gift for Pakistan. Pakistan also hosts China's largest overseas embassy.
- The armed forces of Pakistan are the eighth largest in the world in terms of numbers in full-time service, with about 617,000 personnel on active duty and 513,000 reservists, as of tentative estimates in 2010.
- According to UN reports, the Pakistani military are the largest troop contributors to UN peacekeeping missions.
- Pakistan has deployed its military in some Arab countries, providing defence, training, and playing advisory roles.
- The Kashmir– the most northwesterly region of South Asia– is a primary territorial dispute that hindered the relations between India and Pakistan.
- Approximately 45.1% of the Kashmir region is controlled by India while claiming the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, including most of Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, Ladakh, and the Siachen.
- Approximately 38.2% of the Kashmir region, is controlled by Pakistan known as the Azad Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan
- India claims the Kashmir on the basis of the Instrument of Accession— a legal agreement with Kashmir's leaders executed by Maharaja Hari Singh who agreed to accede the area to India.
- Pakistan covers an area of 796,095 km2(307,374 sq mi), approximately equal to the combined land areas of France and the United Kingdom.
- It is the 36th largest nation by total area.
- Pakistan is divided into three major geographic areas: the northern highlands, the Indus River plain and the Balochistan Plateau.
- Pakistan has the K2 whcih is the second-highest mountain on Earth.
- Deodar, Pakistan's national tree.
- As of present, there are around 157 protected areas in Pakistan that are recognized by IUCN.
- The oldest national park is Lal Suhanra in Bahawalpur District, established in 1972.
- Karachi is the second largest city in the world by population.
- Pakistan would become the 18th largest economy in the world by 2050 with a GDP of US$ 3.33 trillion.
- A 2013 report published by the World Bank positioned Pakistan's economy at 24th largest in the world by purchasing power and 45th largest in absolute dollars.
- It is South Asia's second largest economy, representing about 15.0% of regional GDP.
- Pakistan has the third largest spinning capacity in Asia.
- The Karachi Stock Exchange, one of the top-performing stock markets in the world in 2014.
- Pakistan is one of the largest producers of natural commodities, and its labour market is the 10th largest in the world.
- In 2013 Pakistan exported 7,708,557 metric tons of cement. Pakistan has an installed capacity of 44,768,250 metric tons of cement and 42,636,428 metric tons of clinker. In 2012 and 2013, the cement industry in Pakistan became the most profitable sector of the economy.
Badshahi Mosque was commissioned by the Mughals in 1671. It is listed as a World Heritage Site.- Pakistan, with its diverse cultures, people and landscapes attracted 1 million tourists in 2012.
Abdus Salam won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution toelectroweak interaction. He was the first Muslim to win a Nobel prize in science.
Atta-ur-Rahmanwon the UNESCO Science Prize for pioneering contributions in chemistry in 1999, the first Muslim to win it.- Pakistan hosted an international seminar on Physics in Developing Countries for International Year of Physics 2005.
- In chemistry, Salimuzzaman Siddiqui was the first Pakistani scientist to bring the therapeutic constituents of the neem tree to the attention of natural products chemists.
- In 2010, Pakistan was ranked 43rd in the world in terms of published scientific papers.
- Competition with India and tensions eventually led Pakistan's decision of conducting underground nuclear tests in 1998; thus becoming the seventh country in the world to successfully develop nuclear weapons.
- Pakistan is the 27th largest population of internet users in the world.
Prominent Pakistani Inventions Detail Ommaya reservoir System for the delivery of drugs into the cerebrospinal fluid for treatment of patients with brain tumours. (c)Brain One of the first computer viruses in history Electroweak interaction Discovery led Muslim world's first Nobel Prize in Physics. Plastic magnet World's first workable plastic magnet at room temperature. Non-lethal fertilizer A formula to make fertilizers that cannot be converted into bomb-making materials. Non-Kink Catheter Mount A crucial instrument used in anesthesiology. Human Development Index Devised by Pakistan's former finance minister, Mahbub ul Haq.[320] Standard Model Particle physics theory devised part by Pakistan scientist Abdus Salam - National University of Sciences and Technology in Islamabad is ranked by Times Higher Education among the top 100 universities.
- Islamia College University in Peshawarwas founded in October 1913.
- As per Pakistan's government records, Pakistan Census estimates the country's population at ~191,714,040 (191.71 million) as of 2015, which is equivalent to 2.57% of the world population.
- The population is projected to reach 210.13 million by 2020 and to double by 2045.
- At the time of the partition in 1947, Pakistan had a population of 32.5 million.
- Pakistan is the second most populous Muslim-majority country and has the second largest Shia population in the world after Iran.
- About 97.0% of Pakistanis are Muslims.
- After Islam, Hinduism and Christianity are the largest religions in Pakistan, with 2,800,000 (1.6%) adherents each in 2005.
- Pakistani festivals such as Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha, Ramazan, Christmas, Easter, Holi, and Diwali are mostly religious in origin.
- The Shalwar Kameez is the national dress of Pakistan.
- Benazir Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state, and only to be elected twice.
- Malala Yousafzai is the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.
- Personalities such as Begum Rana'a, Benazir Bhutto, Malala, Kalsoom Nawaz, and Bushra Ansari have been influential in Pakistan's feminist culture.
- Pakistani music ranges from diverse provincial folk music and traditional styles such as Qawwali and Ghazal Gayaki to modern forms fusing traditional and western music.
- The national poet of Pakistan, Muhammad Iqbal, wrote poetry in Urdu and Persian.
- The Lahore Fort, a landmark built during the Mughal era, is aUNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The Gaddafi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lahore, mainly used for cricket.
- Cricket, however, is the most popular game across the country.
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| Karachi is the second largest city in the world by population. |
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