FACTS ABOUT PAKISTAN 1

- Pakistan’s national sport is field hockey. The country has won the Olympic gold medal 3 times and the Hockey World Cup 4 times.

- Sugar-free mango ‘Amol’ has been harvested in Mirpurkhas, Sindh(Pakistan).

- Pakistan has the second best performing stock exchange.

- The Floodlit Border between Pakistan and India can be seen from outer space.

- Fatima Jinnah is regarded as “Madr-i-Millat” (The Mother of the Nation).

- Faisal Mosque can accommodate 10,000 worshippers in it’s prayer hall, 24,000 in it’s porticoes, 40,000 in it’s courtyard and another 200,000 in it’s adjoining grounds.

- Pakistan is the world’s 4th largest producer of mangoes, rice and cotton.

- Pakistan has world’s largest irrigation system i.e. 3 times bigger than Russia’s canal system even though Pakistan is at least 10 times smaller than Russia.

- Changa Manga is one of the largest man-planned and man-grown forests in the world. It covers the area of approximately 12,000 acres.

- The largest tea bag was made by Lipton Yellow Label of Lever Brothers, Pakistan Ltd weighting 8.9kg.

- First PC virus was created by two Pakistani brothers. (Maybe not something to be very proud of, but it still might have required an impressive level of intellect to do so).

- 80% of the world’s hand-stitched footballs are made in Sialkot, Pakistan.

- Pakistan has the 7th largest copper reserves.

- Pakistan is the world’s fourth largest milk producer, and Asia’s second largest.

- The largest city in Pakistan is Karachi which is home to over 13 million people. It is the financial hub of the country and is a major seaport.

- Jahangir Khan has the most world championship squash titles. He was unbeaten in competitive play for five years. During that time he won 555 matches consecutively.

- Pakistan is world’s 9th superpower.

- 72% of Pakistan’s population is associated with agriculture as their main source of income.

- M.Murtaza of Pearl Shoes Lahore received the certificate issued by the Guinness Book of Records for making the world’s largest sandal.

- Dr. Abdus Salam – Nobel Prize winner (Physics 1979).

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