Thursday, February 21, 2013

Only in Pakistan

Following is a list of things that are Only in Pakistan or they happen Only in Pakistan.

The Biggest Glaciers

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The north of Pakistan boasts undoubtedly the world's most stunning mountain scenery. Forget about those touristy Himalayan trials in Nepal, if you are looking for real wild mountain beauty, then Northern Areas are the place to go. The extreme northeastern part of Pakistan is dominated by the craggy Karakorums, whose glaciers are the world's biggest permanent mass of snow and ice outside the poles.


World's Biggest Mountain Face

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Nanga Parbat is a sight to behold. It towers above the surrounding terrain like a brooding giant. Its south face, known as "Rupal Face" is the world's biggest mountain face, rising unbroken for 4600 meters from its base. If one considers the peak to base distance, the north face of Nanga Parbat forms the world's deepest gorge, plunging almost 7000 meters to the Indus River.

World's Tallest Cliff

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Trango Towers are amongst the many jewels encountered during the epic trek to K2. Standing tall like guardians of the great glaciers, the biggest member of the group, the Grand Trango, features the world's greatest nearly vertical drop; nearly 1340 meters. They also offer some of the most technical rock climbing and extreme BASE jumping opportunities.

World's most mysterious Tribe

Although un-contacted tribes still exist in unexplored rainforest regions, Kalash are possibly the world's most mysterious group. Surrounded for thousands of kilometers by Islamic strongholds, they are the only tribe which has kept its pre-Islamic belief religion. Their exotic European features have inspired many theories about possible origins but nothing substantial has yet been proven. Their long term existence is however in doubt due to increasing tourist exposure and Islamization.


World's largest Mosque

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The Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad can accommodate almost 100000 worshipers. Completed in 1976, it could at that time probably hold the city's entire population. Built with Saudi donations, was named for its King and designed like a desert tent.

  

World's Largest Irrigation System

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Pakistan has the world's largest canal based irrigation system. Dependent exclusively on the Indus river [River of Sindh] and its tributaries, this network has also irrigated a population boom. The system was originally built by the British and was then expanded in 1960's but now has become a rusty, inefficient old machine.




Others:

World's largest Biometric citizen database. [here]
World's largest WiMAX Network [here]
World's Largest Ambulance Network (Edhi)
Largest producer of chickpeas
Fourth largest broadband internet system of world is in Pakistan
Second largest salt mines of the world are Khewra Mines in Pakistan
About 50% of the world's footballs are made in Pakistan
Pakistan has world's youngest civil judge, Muhammad Illyas
The youngest certified Microsoft technology specialist is a Pakistani who is only 12 years old.
Pakistan has sixth largest population in the world.
Pakistan's national anthem tune ranks first in the top three tunes of the world
Pakistan is notable for having one of the best trained airforce pilots in the world.
Sixth nuclear power of the world
Pakistan is the only Muslim nuclear power
Pakistani armed force s are internationally ranked sixth largest in the world by 2010
Population of Pakistan is larger than Russia
World's largest deep sea port is Gawadar in Pakistan
World's largest irrigation system is in Pakistan
About 1.7 million refugees from Afghanistan live in Pakistan
The national side won the ICC World Cup in 1992
In 1971, there was a civil war in East Pakistan that led to the creation of Bangladesh.
The official and national sport of Pakistan is hockey
96% of the population are Muslims. Just over 1.5% are Christians.
Pakistan has the sixth largest military force in the world.
Pakistan has the second largest Muslim population in the world. It is second to Indonesia.
Thar Desert is the largest desert in the world
Karachi is the 8th largest city of the world.   

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