36 Interesting Facts About Pakistan

Pakistan is a Muslim-majority country in South Asia.Pakistan is the only Muslim country to possess nuclear weapons.Officially, it is known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It has a wide coastline along the Arabian Sea towards the south. The country’s slogan is “Unity, Discipline, and Faith.” In Persian and Urdu, the name Pakistan means “Land of the Pure.”

1. The formal or the official name of the country is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
2. Pakistan shares a land border with India in the east, Iran on the south-west, Afghanistan in the north and the west, and the Arabian Sea in the south.
3. Punjabi is the largest ethnic group in the country, which makes 44.7% of the total population.
4. About 44% of the total population speak Punjabi as their first language, 15% speak Pashto, and 31% speak other languages such as Sindhi, Siraiki, Balochi, Hindko, and Brahui.
5. The khewra salt mines of the country are the second-largest in the world. Every year it gives out 325,000 tons of salt, and over its lifetime, it has given output of about 220 million tons of salt.

   

6. In 1973 the first general election took place in the country, after which the country declared itself as an Islamic republic.
7. The country has two national fruits as per season. Mango for summers and guava in the winters.
8. Pakistan has the 2nd largest number of Muslims in the world, just after Indonesia.
9. Over 95-98% of the total population are Muslims, out of which the majority are Sunni Muslims comprising 75%-95%, and 5-20% are Shias.
10. The Gwadar port of Pakistan is the largest and deepest seaport in the world and is located on the southwestern Arabian Sea along the coast of Balochistan, Pakistan.

    

11. The khewra salt mines of the country are the second-largest in the world. Every year it gives out 325,000 tons of salt, and over its lifetime, it has given output of about 220 million tons of salt.
12. The change manga forest was once the biggest man-made forest in the world, covering an area of 48.6 square kilometers or 12000 acres. Nowadays, China has the biggest man-made forest.
13. The Gwadar port of Pakistan is the largest and deepest seaport in the world and is located on the southwestern Arabian Sea along the coast of Balochistan, Pakistan.
14. According to an estimate, 55% of total footballs produced in the world are made in the Sialkot city of Pakistan. Other major football-producing countries are India and China.
15. The country has some very big mountain peaks, out of which K2 is the world’s 2nd largest mountain peak in the world and highest in Pakistan. It has an elevation of 8,611 m(28,251 feet) and is also known as Mount Godwin Austen.

    

16. The country holds the 4th biggest irrigated land area in the world, with irrigated land of about 202,000 Km².
17. The country has some very big mountain peaks, out of which K2 is the world’s 2nd largest mountain peak in the world and highest in Pakistan. It has an elevation of 8,611 m(28,251 feet) and is also known as Mount Godwin Austen.
18. The national flower of the country is the common jasmine. Whereas the national tree is the Himalayan cedar.
19. Pakistan is a nuclear-powered nation and tested its first nuclear in the year 1998.
20. The Edhi foundation of Pakistan is the largest welfare organization in the country and holds 1800 ambulances stationed across the country. It also has the world record of being the largest volunteer ambulance organization in the world.

    

21. The country was the first Islamic country to acquire a nuclear weapon.
22. The Edhi foundation of Pakistan is the largest welfare organization in the country and holds 1800 ambulances stationed across the country. It also has the world record of being the largest volunteer ambulance organization in the world.
23. The Faisal masjid (mosque) of Islamabad was the largest mosque in the world upon its completion. Now it is the 5th largest mosque in the world and the largest in South Asia. The mosque is covered in an area of 33 acres and can hold over 10000 worshipers.
24. The Indus valley civilization is the oldest civilization, with remains of which were found in the district of kachhi of Balochistan. The remains are estimated to be 7,000 BC.
25. The Tarbela Dam of Pakistan is the biggest land-filled dam in the world. It was completed in the year 1976 and has a total capacity of 138,600,000 cu yd.

    

26. The Tarbela Dam of Pakistan is the biggest land-filled dam in the world. It was completed in the year 1976 and has a total capacity of 138,600,000 cu yd.
27. Ayan Qureshi is the youngest computer professional in the world and is native to Pakistan. He passed the Microsoft certification when he was at just five years of age.
28. Tharparkar Desert of Pakistan is the world’s only fertile desert and is the 17th largest desert on the planet.
29. The Karakoram mountain range spanning the borders of China, India, and Pakistan has the world’s largest glacier outside the polar regions.
30. The Faisal masjid (mosque) of Islamabad was the largest mosque in the world upon its completion. Now it is the 5th largest mosque in the world and the largest in South Asia. The mosque is covered in an area of 33 acres and can hold over 10000 worshipers.

    

31. The field hockey is the national sport of the country.
32. Benazir Bhutto was the first women prime minister of the country as well as the first women prime minister among all the Muslim nations.
33. Pakistan’s biggest exports are house linens ($4.86 billion), rice ($2.55 billion), non-knit men’s suits ($2.53 billion), knit sweaters ($2.01 billion), and refined petroleum ($1.56 billion), with the majority exported to the United States ($6.47 billion), Germany ($2.8 billion), China ($2.79 billion), the United Arab Emirates ($2.58 billion), and the United Kingdom ($2.41 billion).
34. Pakistan’s largest imports include refined petroleum ($6.98 billion), crude petroleum ($5.23 billion), petroleum gas ($4.58 billion), palm oil ($3.8 billion), and raw cotton ($2.44 billion), with the majority coming from China ($21 billion), the United Arab Emirates ($5.8 billion), Indonesia ($4.55 billion), Saudi Arabia ($4.5 billion), and Kuwait ($3.97 billion).
35. The first computer virus named brain was made by two Pakistani brothers Basit Farooq Alvi and Amjad Farooq Alvi, in 1986 from Lahore.
36. Pakistan is the 3rd largest milk producer globally, just after India and the United States.