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Interesting Facts About Pakistan

 

Pakistan is an Islamic country in south Asia. The official name of Pakistan is " The Islamic Republic of Pakistan". The world's Fifth most populated country is Pakistan with 212.2 Million people as per 2018 stats. Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan. We have listed some of the interesting facts about Pakistan. These facts are as below;

1.      Youngest Nobel Laureate: Pakistan is home to the youngest Nobel Laureate, Malala Yousaf Zai. She is the youngest one from Pakistan to earn Nobel Peace Prize. She earned Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, on the age of 17 years.

2.      Highest Mountains: Pakistan is also home to the second highest mountain in the world, “ K2”. The third highest mountain, “TirichMir” is also present in Pakistan. Pakistan holds four out of fourteen highest peaks in the world are present in Pakistan.

3.    Volunteer Ambulance Service: Pakistan has largest volunteer ambulance service in the world. This volunteer Ambulance service was initiated by a Great human Servant Abdul Sattar Edhi and his foundation “Edhi Foundation”.

4.    Production of Football:  Pakistan is the world’s largest producer of Soccer Balls. Pakistan’s Sialkot produces According to an estimation,  over the half of the world’s footballs are produced in Pakistan. These footballs are produced in a city, Sialkot. 

 5.      Highest ATM in the world:  Pakistan also holds an honor and record of installing world’s highest ATM. This ATM is installed by National Bank ofPakistan (NBP). This ATM is installed in the Khunjerab Pass, in Gilgit-Baltistan. It was established in November 2016 and  it is about 15,397 feet above sea level.

6.    First Women Prime Minister: The first women Prime Minister of the Muslim world was the late Benazir Bhutto. She was the first woman to lead a democratic country in the Muslim world.

7.       National Drink and National Dish: The national drink of Pakistan is Sugarcane Juice, which is also called ‘roh’ in local language. Most of the hits show that the national dish of Pakistan is ‘Nihari’.

8.      Pakistan Army:  Pakistan has military force that is strongest among the Muslim world. The Pakistan Air Force is the world’s 10^th strongest Air Force with 951 Aircrafts.

9.    National Anthem of Pakistan: According to top facts and researches, the National Anthem of Pakistan is the world’s finest tune ever produced. People love listening to it.

10.  Polo Grounds: Pakistan has the world’s highest polo ground. This ground is present is Shundur. Shundur Polo festival is famous worldwide.

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