10 interesting facts about Pakistan.

 

THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF Pakistan was born in 1947 in South Asia, when a section of Muslims separated from the Hindu majority in British India to rule their own homeland. Located in the ancient Indus Valley, the region's settlements between the Khyber Pass, the Himalayas and the Arabian Sea are some of the oldest in the world and the busiest in history.

Here are 10 interesting facts about Pakistan.

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Two Pakistanis have won the Nobel Peace Prize: the late Abdus Salam, a theoretical physicist who in 1979 shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the theory of electroweak unification, and Malala Yousafzai, a women's education activist. which in 2014 he shared it with Kailash Satyarthi. from India. Yousafzai was 17 years old when she was awarded the Nobel, making her the youngest laureate in history.

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The name Pakistan is derived from two words, "Pak", which in Persian means holy, clean or pure, and "istan" is derived from the Hindi word "isthan", which means a place.

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Pakistan has six UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the archaeological ruins of Moenjodaro; the Buddhistruins of Takht-i-Bahi and the remains of the neighboring city at Sahr-i-Bahlol; the fort and gardens of Shalamar in Lahore; the monuments of Makli; Fort Rohtas; and the ancient ruins of Taxila.

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Pakistan has the largest contiguous irrigation system in the world, according to the United Nations.

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If you play soccer, called soccerby most people around the world, you have likely stepped foot on a product made in Pakistan. Many of the soccer balls distributed around the world are hand-sewn by workers in the country, and asThe Atlantic reports, approximately40% of all soccer balls in the world are made in one Pakistani city  Sialkot.

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The world's first PC virus was created by two Pakistani brothers. Basit Farooq Alvi and Amjad Farooq Alvi created "Brain", which was discovered in 1986 and was aimed at IBM PC platforms.

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Some of the highest mountains in the world are found in Pakistan. The second highest mountain in the world is located in the country and has many names: Dapsang or Chogori locally, Mount Godwin-Austen in English, and Qogir Fengin Chinese. But most people know it simply as K2, with a height of 8,611 meters or 28,251 feet.

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The Karakoram Highway is the highest paved international highway in the world, according to Travel + Leisure magazine. The 800-mile highway connects Pakistan with western China and reaches a maximum elevation of 15,300 feet.

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Speaking of heights, the ATM at the highest elevation in the world belongs to theNational Bank of Pakistan and is located at the Khunjerab Pass, in Gilgit-Baltistan. It was established in November 2016 and stands at 15,397 feet above sea level.

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The late Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majoritycountry.