interesting facts about pakistan

6Th largest army
Pakistan has sixth largest army in the world with a man

power of more than 6,50000 well trained and well equipped soldiers.Soldiers and fighters that have records of shooting down 4 jets in a minute.And most of all a Nuclear power .

seventh largest pool of scientist

who knows that a small country named Pakistan,who is always under attack by terrorists has got the seventh largest pool of scientists.Some intelligent students

like Ali moeen nawaish who holds a world record of holding 23 A IN CAMBRIDGE examination.

5Th largest Gold mine

Gold is known to be one of the most expensive metals on earth.Pakistan has the fifth largest gold mine in the world.the reko diq Baluchistan gold mine is worth more than 100 million dollars.according to scientists it contains 20.3 million ounces of gold

and 12.3 million tons of copper.Scientists believe that these reserves are just those

above the crust.Whats hidden deep inside is still not known yet.

9Th largest English speaking country

There are approximately 72 languages been spoken in Pakistan.Urdu is the national language.Many institutions in Pakistan have there course of study in english and is been learned for its international use.still Pakistan is the 9Th largest country to speak English.

2ND largest mountain

Most of us know that k2 is the 2ND highest mountain in the world but some of them do not know that it is located in Pakistan which has a height of 28,251 feet.thousands of mountaineer visit Pakistan each year to conquer this mountain and are source of a large amount of revenue from tourists.

2ND largest salt mine

Pakistan has the second largest salt mine in the world which

covers a distance of 110 km underground.It is located in kheura district jhelum.

It was converted to tourist destination in 1872 and attracts around 40,000 tourists each year.Under ground mines are turned into beautiful structure of buildings which are coloured with different colors of lights.

Tree planting record holder

Pakistan holds the record of plating 5,41,176 tress in a single day.This record was previously held by India when they planted 4,47,874 trees.It took

300 Pakistani volunteer to plant these trees on the Indus river belt .Guinness book of worlds record team was present at the spot and Pakistan was declared to have broken the Indian record.

Best IT Infrastructure

Many countries including USA and UK were toppled to hear that Pakistan holds the best it infrastructure in the world.They include worlds largest Wimax network.largest biometric database.The most aggressive FTTH roll out efforts.Resulting in a place with lowest cost of data Internet and cellular data services.

Youngest Microsoft certified professionals

Pakistan is home of the two youngest Microsoft professionals.Babar iqbbal and arifa karim both are recognised in the world by there intelligence at the age of 9.Both hold many records in it profession that include.certified Internet webmaster.Certified wireless network administrator,Microsoft certified technology specialist for .NET 3.5 at the age of 10.

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