Pakistan is a country that's frequently miscomprehended for numerous reasons. This country along with India is one of the countries that has the oldest culture and civilization in the history of the world.10 intriguing data about Pakistan that you may not know.
10 Fascinating Realities About Pakistan
(1) Meaning Of Pakistan
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Pakistan derives from two words Pak means pure in Persian and the suffix Stan means a place or land so the name Pakistan literally means" land of the pure" or" land of chastity", in Urdu and Persian.
(2) Creation Of Pakistan
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Pakistan was originally a confederation of two countries of East and West. As the United Kingdom agreed to the partitioning of India in 1947, the ultramodern state of Pakistan was established on 14 August 1947( 27th of Ramadan in 1366 of the Islamic timetable), integrating the Muslim- maturity eastern and northwestern regions of British India. At the end of British rule, Pakistan was created in 1947. still, East Pakistan ultimately broke down to come to Bangladesh in 1971.
(3) Capital City
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The capital mega city of Pakistan is administered by the Pakistani civil government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Islamabad is an ultra-modern planned mega-city that is well-maintained and well-organized, Located between the businesses of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The mega capital city of Pakistan Islamabad was erected in 1960. The original capital mega city was Rawalpindi, located lower than 15 kilometers from Islamabad.
(4) Significant Places
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Pakistan has six UNESCO world heritage spots archaeological remains at Mohan jo Daro Taxila and Punjab Buddhist remains of Takht- i- Bahi and bordering City remains at Seri Bhalol Fort and Shalimar auditoriums in Lahore literal monuments in Makli Graveyard and the Roadhouse Fort.
(5) Famous City
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The megacity of Sialkot in Pakistan produces about 50 percent of the world's soccer ball products dating back to 1889 when a British colonialist Sergeant did not want to stay for shipments of soccer balls to arrive by the ocean so we asked the original saddlemaker to make balls.
(6) Worlds Largest Salt Mine
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The Khewra salt mine in Pakistan is the largest and oldest salt mine in the world Khewra salt mine is located in Khewra 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 sightseer magnet in Pakistan was about,000 callers annually and it also produces,000 tons of salt every time and is the country's largest source of salt estimates of the salt reserves remaining in the mine range from 82 million to 600 million tonnes.
(7) Imran Khan
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cancer centers located in Lahore and Peshawar, Pakistan.
(8) Population
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Pakistan's population is adding fleetly. With over 200 million Muslims Pakistan has the alternate-largest Muslim population in the world only slightly below Indonesia. The current population of Pakistan is approximately 240 million.
(9) Nuclear Power
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Pakistan began the development of nuclear munitions in January 1972 under Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who delegated the program to the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission( PAEC) with a commitment to have the device ready by the end of 1976. Pakistan is one of just nine countries that have nuclear munitions the other countries that retain some form of atomic artillery are the United States Russia the United Kingdom, France, China, North Korea, India, and Israel this means that Pakistan is the only Muslim country that has nuclear munitions.
(10) Largest Mass Migration
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UNHCR estimates that 14 million Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims were displaced during the partition of India, the largest mass migration in mortal history. when Pakistan came independent it entered between 10 and 12 million Muslim deportees from the different corridors of India it's considered one of the largest-ever mass migrations in history.
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