9 Interesting facts about Pakistan:
- Sialkot, located in Pakistan, is the world’s largest producer of hand-sewn footballs. Local factories in the region produce 40-60 million footballs a year, which is roughly 50-70% of the world’s total production. The football manufacturing industry now consists of more than 200 factories.
- Pakistan is the world’s first Islamic country to attain nuclear power.
- Pakistan has the highest paved international road – The Karakoram Highway (KKH).
- Pakistan has the largest canal-based irrigation system in the world.
- Pakistan has the world’s largest ambulance network. Pakistan’s Edhi Foundation, which is also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, operates the network.
- According to a survey, Pakistan has one of the world’s top national anthem tunes. The duration of Pakistan’s National Anthem is 80 seconds.
- Pakistanis are the fourth-most intelligent people in the world, according to poll results gathered from 125 countries by the Institute of European Business Administration.
- The world’s seventh-largest collection of scientists and engineers is from Pakistan.
- The world’s longest glacial system outside the polar regions – the Biafo Glacier – is in Pakistan.