Islamic Republic of Pakistan
15 things
you didn’t know about Pakistan
1.
Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world Pakistan has a
population of over 210 million people as of the end of 2017 which makes it the
fifth most populated country in the world behind China India and the United
States and Indonesia its population is expected to be over 290 million by 2050
2.
60% of footballs are made in Pakistan Sialkot is a relatively small
city in Punjab Pakistan that exports about two billion dollars worth of goods
per year about 10 percent of Pakistan’s million footballs a year which is
roughly 60% of the world
3.
Pakistan means land of the pure the name Pakistan was created out of the first
letters of the Pakistani people’s homeland of Punjab Afghani a Kashmir
Iran Sindh to Karastan and Afghanistan and the last several letters of their
other homeland baluchistan the word Pakistan also means
land of the pure in Urdu and Persian
4.
the Qura salt mine in Pakistan is the largest and oldest salt
mine in the world the kuru salt mine is located in Kura in
the Punjab region of Pakistan it was discovered in 320 BC and it remains the
world’s oldest and largest salt mine it’s a major tourist attraction in
Pakistan was about 250,000 visitors.
5.
the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner came from
Pakistan Malala yousufzai became the world’s youngest Nobel laureate in
history in 2014
two Nobel Prize winners that have come from
Pakistan the other was Abdul Salam who won the award for physics in 1979.
6.
Pakistan has the sixth largest armed force in the world as of 2017 Pakistan
has over 650,000 active military members making it the sixth largest armed forces
in the world behind chai
7.
Pakistan had the first female prime minister of any Muslim
country benazir bhutto served as the prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to
1990 and again from 1993 to 1996 making her the first woman to head a democratic
government in a muslim-majority nation tragically Bhutto was assassinated in
2007 as she was waving to a crowd from an opening in the roof of her
bulletproof car an unidentified man fired three shots at her and then
detonated the suicide vest he was wearing fatally injuring the prime
minister.
8.
Pakistan would not give permission to film zero dark thirty
in their country the leader of al-qaeda Osama bin Laden was killed on May 2nd
2011 by US Special Forces during a raid
in Abbottabad Pakistan the 2012 film zero dark thirty was a dramatic
depiction of the hunt for bin Laden after the September 11th attacks and his
eventual death at the hands of SEAL team
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although Pakistan was obviously an important backdrop for the story the
filmmakers request to film in the country were denied by the government
instead the Pakistani scenes were filmed in India which brought protests from
Hindu nationalist party members who objected to Pakistani locations being
portrayed on Indian soil the film was widely acclaimed and was one of the most
successful movies of 2012 at the box office
9.
Pakistan is one of two Muslim countries that open military
combat jobs to women women have been fighting in the Pakistani military ever
since the country was founded in 1947 currently they’re about 4,000 women in
active duty in the Pakistani armed forces including female fighter pilots
as of 2006 Pakistan is the only Muslim majority country other than Turkey to
allow females to hold combat roles within the military.
10.
Marvel has a female Pakistani American superhero
Kamala Khan who was the superhero name of Miss Marvel in
a teenage Pakistani American superhero character that debuted in August 2013
becoming Marvel’s first Muslim character to headline their own comic book Khan
has shape-shifting abilities and inhuman genes
11.
Pakistan’s flag symbolizes progress and
light the national flag of Pakistan was
adopted on August 11th 1947 three days
before Pakistan achieved its
independence the flag has a green
background that represents Islam and the
majority Muslims in Pakistan with a
white stripe on one side representing
religious minorities and minority
religions the white crescent moon
symbolizes progress.
12.
Pakistan’s k2 Mountain has a 27%
fatality rate the k2 Mountain located on
the border between Pakistan and China is
the second highest mountain peak in the
world at 28,000 251 feet in elevation
just 780 feet or 237 meters shorter than
the highest peak of Mount Everest k2 has
an unfortunate reputation of having a
fatality rate that is three times higher
than Mount Everest 27 percent of
climbers who have attempted to summit
the peak of k2 have died in the process
13.
martial artist Mohammed Rashid
holds the most World Records in Pakistan
Mohammed Rashid is the founder and
president of the Pakistan Academy of
martial arts.
14.
facebook gives Pakistanis
access to free internet in 2015
Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook
would be providing free internet access
for users in Pakistan through their
internet.
15.
Shahid Khan is the richest person of
Pakistani origin Shaheed Khan was born
in Lahore Punjab Pakistan in 1950 at the
age of 16 he moved to the United States
to attend college at the age of 28 he
started a company called bumper works
which made car bumpers later he bought a
company he had previously worked for
called flexin Gate and began supplying
bumpers to General Motors Ford and Fiat
Chrysler this made him very financially
successful and today he has a net worth
of eight point seven billion dollars and
is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars
Pakistan is a
relatively new country it contains one
of the oldest civilizations in history
megha on the CACCI plane of Baluchistan
dates back to 6500 BC and includes one
of the earliest known farming villages
in the world.
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