Interesting Facts about Pakistan 1. Actually, independence officially occurred at midnight on the night of August 14-15. Originally August 15 was celebrated as Independence Day. 2. Pakistan has the sixth-largest population in the world, exceeded only by China, India, the United States of America, Indonesia and Brazil. 3. A baby is born in Pakistan every seven seconds. 4. 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. 5. This year Pakistan set a world record for the most saplings planted in a day, with an impressive 750,000 mangrove tree saplings. 6. Pakistan has not won a medal at the summer Olympics since 1992 when it won a hockey bronze. 7. Pakistan has the sixth largest military force in the world. 8. Pakistan is the world’s second-largest producer of chickpeas behind India. 9. The name Pakistan means ‘land of the pure’ in Persian and Urdu. 10. In 1979 Abdus Salam won Pakistan’s only Nobel Prize by sharing the physics award. 11. Pakistan’s national anthem tune ranks first in the top three tunes of the world. 12.World’s largest deep sea port is Gwadar. 13. About 50% of the world’s footballs are made in Pakistan. 14. World’s 7th largest Pool of Scientists and Engineer. 15. 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. 16. Air Commodore MM ALAM has a world record of shpoting down 5 planes in less than a Minute. AND WHAT NOT.............. I AM PROUD TO BE Pakistani
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 05:39:08 +0000
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