Pakistan is rather a controversial state and when some foreigner hears about Pakistan, no doubt they don't present a very positive view about the Islamic State. Pakistan has been accused of terrorism multiple times and some states even tried their best to declare Pakistan as a terrorist state. When someone from a developed country, even a child hears the word "Pakistan", all the can remember is terrorism, Bin Laden, and a desert land where people live without roofs/homes. The facts are rather different. Over the course of the past couple years, Pakistan has got rid of majority of the terrorism wiping out Al-Qaeda from the most regions. It has surely made some progress and is trying to embark on a way that leads to success.
When we take a look at the facts, we get a rather different view of Pakistan. So I decided that let's take a look at Pakistan's interesting facts.
When we take a look at the facts, we get a rather different view of Pakistan. So I decided that let's take a look at Pakistan's interesting facts.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PAKISTAN:
1. In the last five years, Pakistan’s literacy rate has grown by 250%, the largest increase in any country to date.
2. Pakistan is the first Islamic country to attain nuclear power.
3. Edhi is running the World’s largest Ambulance network.
4. World’s youngest certified Microsoft Experts Arfa Kareem (Late) and Babar Iqbal are from Pakistan.
5. Pakistan has the sixth largest military force in the world.
6. Pakistan’s national anthem tune ranks first in the top three tunes of the world.
7. Fourth largest broadband internet system of world is in Pakistan
8. World’s largest deep sea port is Gwadar.
9. About 50% of the world’s footballs are made in Pakistan.
10. Pakistan is notable for having one of the best trained air-force pilots in the world.
11. Pakistan has world’s youngest civil judge, Muhammad Illyas.
12. The highest railway station of Asia is in Pakistan.
13. First PC virus was created by two Pakistani brothers. (Maybe not something to be very proud of, but it still might have required an impressive level of intellect to do so).
14. Dr. Abdus Salam – Nobel prize winner (Physics 1979).
15. LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) attracts students from Middle East, the Far East, Central Asia, and other parts of South Asia.
16. Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, hailed as the most important Qawwali singer of the 20th century and received many awards around the globe such as The “Legends” award at the UK Asian Music Awards (2005).
17. World’s 7th largest Pool of Scientists and Engineer.
18. The Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad can accommodate almost 100,000 worshipers. Completed in 1976, it could at that time probably hold the city’s entire population.
19. Karakoram Highway runs through the northern areas connecting Pakistan with China’s Xingjiang province is often described as ” Eighth Wonder of the World” due to the marvel of civil engineering as it has taken 15 years to complete by the Pakistan Army Engineers in collaboration with China. It’s been labeled as ” World’s highest paved international Road” under world’s toughest terrain.
20. Air Commodore MM ALAM (Late) has a world record of shooting down 5 planes in less than a Minute.
21. The world's 26th largest economy is of Pakistan.
22. Pakistan has the world's seventh largest standing military to be proud of.
23. Actually, independence officially occurred at midnight on the night of August 14-15. Originally August 15 was celebrated as Independence Day.
24. Pakistan has the sixth-largest population in the world, exceeded only by China, India, the United States of America, Indonesia and Brazil.
25. A baby is born in Pakistan every seven seconds.
26. From 1997-2008, Pakistan held the record for the world’s tallest cake, with a 105ft-high monster. This was overtaken in 2008 by a 108ft cake in Indonesia.
27. Pakistan has not won a medal at the summer Olympics since 1992 when it won a hockey bronze.
28. Pakistan is the world’s second-largest producer of chickpeas behind India.
29. The name Pakistan means ‘land of the pure’ in Persian and Urdu.
30. In 1979 Abdus Salam won Pakistan’s only Nobel Prize by sharing the physics award.
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