Interesting facts about Pakistan
By: Faizan Musanna
Tags: Facts, Pakistan

At one time, Pakistan was also a part of India, but in 1947 the two countries were divided.

India and Pakistan became known enemies of each other after partition.

The two do not leave any chance to tear each other’s honour. Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day on 14 August, while India a day later on 15 August.

Every day we keep reading something in the newspaper about Pakistan.

But there are some interesting things about Pakistan that will hardly make you aware. So let’s know the amazing facts related to Pakistan.

1). The official name of Pakistan is “Islamic Republic of Pakistan”.

2). Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day on 14 August, while India a day later on 15 August.

3). Republic Day is celebrated in Pakistan on 23 March which is also known as “Pakistan Day”.

4). Pakistan has so far received only two Nobel Prizes. They are two people, Mlalala Yousafzai was given for peace in 2014 and Abdus Salam in 1979 for physics.

5). The Hindu population in Pakistan was 24% during independence in 1947, now it has come down to 1%, what happened to the missing Hindus?

6). Pakistan will become the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, beating Indonesia in 2030.

7). Pakistan is at number one in the list of top countries in terms of porn search on the Internet.

8). The national language of Pakistan is Urdu, while the official language is English.

9). The population of Pakistan is around 20 crores based on 2015 figures, making Pakistan the sixth country in the world by population.

10). Pakistan has been ranked as the eighth most dangerous country in the world in an analysis based on terrorist and insurgent activities.

11). Pakistan’s Lahore film industry is called Lollywood, in which films are made in Urdu, Pashto and Punjabi languages.

12). According to the survey conducted by the Institute of European Business Administration in 125 countries, Pakistan comes fourth in the list of most intelligent people.

13). Pakistan has the largest ambulance network in the world.

14). Pakistan’s seventh largest collection of scientists and engineers is from Pakistan.

15). Sialkot based in Pakistan is the largest manufacturer of handmade football. Every year about 4 to 6 crore football is produced in the local factories, which is 50 to 70 per cent of the total production of the world.

16). After India’s independence, the Indian Army has won three wars against Pakistan. In 1948, 1965 and 1971.

17). Benazir Bhutto became the first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan as well as the first woman Prime Minister of any Muslim nation.

18). K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, is in POK.

19). Pakistan’s literacy rate has increased by 250% in the last five years.

20). According to the ordinance passed in 1991, Islamic law itself became the law of Pakistani territory.

21). Pakistan is second only to India in producing Chholo.

22). According to a figure of the Government of Pakistan, 7 million Pakistanis live abroad.

23). After India, Pakistan is the country in which more than 60 languages ​​are spoken.

24). Mohenjo Daro, Harappa, Taxila, Kot Diji, Maihar Garh, Takht Bhai, Juniper Shafat Cave, Murghagulla Gharara Cave and Mughal Cave are one of the main archaeological sites in Pakistan.

25). Every year around 1 lakh people visit Pakistan.

26). Pakistan has the world’s largest canal-based irrigation system after it.

27). One child is born every 7 seconds in Pakistan.

28). Karachi, Pakistan’s largest the city is its financial capital, where 130 million people live.

29). Pakistanis have the record of planting the highest number of trees in a day. 7,50,000 trees were planted here in a day.

30). Pakistanis search porn videos and other content of pig, donkey, dog, cat and snake most on Google.

31). Pakistan has the world’s fourth largest Broadband Internet System.

32). There are about 20 million internet users in Pakistan, which is ranked 26th among countries using Internet. In this way, about 11 per cent of the public here runs the Internet.

33). The first PC Virus was created by two Pakistani brothers.

34). It is believed that the world’s largest man-made forest “Changna Manga Forest” is in Pakistan.

35). On 28 May 1998, Pakistan became the first Islamic country to acquire Nuclear Power.

36). The national anthem tune of Pakistan has been ranked first among the top three in the world.

37). Pakistan has the seventh-largest army in the world. The United Nations Peace Mission is heavily supported by the Pakistani military here.

38). Pakistan’s most popular sport is cricket. Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup in 1992 and the T20 World Cup in 2009.

39). 7,789 km of the total length of Pakistan is covered by railway. Of this length, 7,477 km is a broad gauge, while 312 km is the short gauge.