FACTS ABOUT PAKISTAN 3
- 16,490 feet high Aansu Lake in Kaghan Valley, Pakistan is shaped like a tear.
- According to a poll organized by IEBA from 125 countries, Pakistanis have been ranked the second most intelligent people across the globe.
- Pakistan is the first Islamic country to attain nuclear power.
- The world’s largest deep sea port, Gawadar is in Pakistan.
- In a Cricket World Cup match in Cape Town, on the 22nd of February, 2003 Shoaib Akhtar, a Pakistani cricketer bowled a ball with a speed of 161.3 km/h.
- Pakistan is the home of world’s largest ever milk production plant. Nestle’s 2 million litres a day Punjab based mild processing facility will rise to over 3 million litres in coming years.
- Pakistan is the only Muslim country after Turkey to open Combat Jobs for women.
- Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) attracts students from Central Asia, Far East, Middle East and other parts of South Asia.
- The Lahore Zoo is the second oldest zoo in South Asia and it has been a source of amusement and recreation for families for more than 100 years.
- On the 16th of August, 1997 cake measuring 105 foot (32 meters) was made in Pakistan which held the record for “The World’s Tallest Cake” up till 2008.
- There are 6 major languages in Pakistan. But, over 60 minor languages are also spoken in different areas of Pakistan.
- About 184.623 billion tones of coal reserves are found in Sindh, a province of Pakistan.
- Haleji Lake located in Thatta District, Pakistan is Asia’s largest bird sanctuary.
- The national drink of Pakistan is Sugarcane juice, called “Roh” the juice is usually only sold by roadside vendors throughout the country.
- The most men’s squash world championship team titles won is six, by Pakistan, in 1977m 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, and 1993.
- The world’s largest flag measuring 340ft x 510ft i.e. 173,400 sq.ft was made by VIP FLAGS on 14th August 2004 National Stadium Karachi.
- A Pakistani boy named Zidane Hamid from Rawalpindi started giving lectures about Science, History, Religion and much more at the age of just 3.5.
- ISI, the main intelligence agency for Pakistan, has been ranked as the world’s best intelligence agency by the American Crime News.
- In Lahore on the 3rd of January 2009, Zafar Gill lifted 73 kilograms in gym weights attached to his by a clamp establishing a Guinness World Record.
- An unabridged, published Quran in Pakistan measures 1.7cm x 1.28cm x 72cm. The Quran is 571 pages, fine print Arabic put together by Dr. Muhammad Karim Beebani on October 15, 2004.
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