43 Amazing Interesting Facts about Pakistan

1.  Capital of Pakistan is Islamabad.

2.   Currency of Pakistan is Pakistani Rupee.

3.   Pakistan’s full name is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

4.  World’s second highest peak K2 is in Pakistan.

5.  Youngest Nobel Prize winner of the world, Malala Yousafzai belongs to Pakistan.

6.  Official language of Pakistan is Urdu.

7.  The world’s third highest ,Tirich Mir is in Pakistan’s Hindu Kush Range.

8.  Gwader port is the largest natural deep port of the world.

9.  The largest volunteer ambulance service in the world is Edhi.

10.             World’s largest football produces is Sialkot city of Pakistan.

11.             The highest polo ground in the world is in Pakistan, located at Shandur Top.

12.             World’s second largest salt mines are Khewra Mines of Pakistan.

13.             Pakistan has the fourth largest irrigation system in the world (Indus Basin).

14.             Samina Baig, a Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer, became the first and youngest Muslim woman to climb Mount Everest (2013) and all the Seven Summits (2014), having done so at the age of 21.On her expedition to Mount Everest, the documentary film "Beyond the Heights" was made.

15.             Time zone of Pakistan is UTC/GMT +5 hours.

16.             Internet country code of Pakistan is .pk.

17.             Indus is the longest river of Pakistan.

18.             Independence day is annually observed on 14^th August.

19.             Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy , Pakistani journalist, filmmaker and activist, is the recipient of two Oscars, six Emmy Awards and a Knight International Journalism Award.

20.             From 1981 to 1986, Jahangir Khan of Pakistan was unbeaten and during that time, he won 555 consecutive matches.

21.             Pakistan is the only Muslim nuclear power country in the world.

22.             World's highest paved road, the eighth wonder of the world (the China-Pakistan friendship highway or the Karakoram Highway) is in Pakistan.

23.             The President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi, is the second ever Dentist to become a President.

24.             Prime Minister Imran Khan is the first Cricketer of the world to become a PM.

25.             The world’s oldest and largest civilizations (Indus Valley Civilization) flourished in the region that is today Pakistan.

26.             Tarbela Dam of Pakistan is the largest earth-filled dam in the world, and also the largest dam by structural volume.

27.              Pakistan has the World’s Second-Largest Muslim Population after Indonesia.

28.             Pakistan’s capital city, Islamabad, is home to the World’s Fifth-Largest Mosque in the world and the largest in South Asia, the Faisal Mosque. 

29.             The World’s Only Fertile Desert, Tharparkar Desert Lies in Pakistan’s Southern Province, Sindh.

30.             Pakistan Produced the First Female Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto of the Muslim World serving as her country’s 11th and 13th prime minister.

31.              Benazir Bhutto was also the youngest PM in the world.

32.             Benazir Bhutto was youngest female PM ever elected at only 35 years old in the world.

33.              Pakistan is home to the Largest Man-Made Forest, Changa Manga Forest on the Globe.

34.             Pakistan is excellent for freelance work, Pakistan is fourth, just after India, Bangladesh, and the US.

35.              Pakistan has a unique Indo-Aryan People, Kalash Living in the Hindu Kush Mountains, making them unique from the rest of the country.

36.             Pakistan’s national game is “Hockey”.

37.             Pakistan International Airlines , older than the country itself,  founded in 1946 as Orient Airways. After independence in 1947, it was nationalized and renamed Pakistan International Airlines(PIA).

38.     The World’s highest ATM owned by National Bank of Pakistan is also located in Pakistan on the Karakoram Highway at the Khunjerab Pass near the Pakistan-China border (16,000 ft above sea level).

39.     Pakistan Has Six UNESCO Heritage Sites in Pakistan, including Rohtas Fort, Shalimar Garden & Lahore Fort, Makli Necropolis, Takht-i-Bahi, Taxila, and Moenjodaro.

40.     Changa Manga in Pakistan Was Once The Largest Man-Made Forest In The World. Now this title has been taken over by Rio de Janeiro, followed by Johannesburg.

41.     Nankana Sahib is the birth place of the founder of Sikhism, is in Pakistan.

42.             Pakistan is home to the world’s third largest glacier, Biafo Glacier, which is 63km long. It’s the largest glacial system outside of the Polar Regions.

43.             Pakistan has had two Nobel Prize winners. The Noble Prize in Physics in 1979 was won by Abdus Salam and the Noble Peace Prize in 2014 won by Malala Yousafzai.