Facts about Pakistan

facts about Pakistan

Facts about Pakistan:–  On August 14, 1947, the history of Pakistan begins after getting the independence from the British. At that time Pakistan consisted two land East Pakistan and West Pakistan. East Pakistan is Now called Bangladesh.

Some facts about Pakistan

  1. Pakistan means “Land of Pure ” In Urdu and Persian.
  2. The first Governor-General of Pakistan was Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Liaquat Ali Khan was the first Prime Minister.
  3. Two people from Pakistan won the Nobel prize. In 1979, Abdus Salam for Physics and in 2014 Malala Yousafzai for Peace.
  4. Pakistan is the sixth largest populated country in the world.
  5. Wasim Akram was the first international bowler to take 400 wickets on both tests and ODIs.
  6. Edhi Foundation from Pakistan operates world’s biggest ambulance network.
  7. Pakistan uses the canal to irrigation that the largest canal-based irrigation system in the world.
  8. The Karakoram Highway, Pakistan is the highest paved international road.
  9. In Muslim countries, Pakistan was the first who attained nuclear power.
  10. World’s highest ATM by National Bank of Pakistan is situated at a height of 16,007 feet above sea level, at the Pak-China border, Khunjerab Pass.
facts about Pakistan

Some facts about Pakistan

  1. The largest city of Pakistan is Karachi. Karachi is the home of 17 million peoples and it is also financial hub of the country. Karachi was the first capital of Pakistan until 1958.
  2.   Until 1958 Queen Elizabeth II was the Queen Of Pakistan.
  3. “Roh” the sugarcane juice is the national drink of Pakistan.
  4. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) set a record for flying the fastest between London and Karachi. This record is unbroken till today. In 6 hours, 43 minutes, 55 seconds they completed the flight.
  5. The highest mountain peak in Pakistanis K-2. it is also the second highest peak in the world.
  6. At the age of 20 years and 9 months, old Mohammed Ilyas became the world’s youngest judge.
  7. The ‘Khewra Salt Mine’ is the world’s oldest and second largest mine.
  8. The Pakistani army is the eleventh largest army in the world.
  9. 25% of the land in Pakistan used for agricultural cultivation. It is three times more than Russia irrigates.
  10. Islamabad is the second most beautiful capital city in the world.

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