Facts about Pakistan
Actually, independence officially occurred at midnight on the night of August 14-15. Originally August 15 was celebrated as Independence Day. 2. Pakistan has the sixth-largest population in the world, exceeded only by China, India, the United States of America, Indonesia and Brazil. 3. A baby is born in Pakistan every seven seconds. 4. From 1997-2008, Pakistan held the record for the world’s tallest cake, with a 105ft-high monster. This was overtaken in 2008 by a 108ft cake in Indonesia. 5. This year Pakistan set a world record for the most saplings planted in a day, with an impressive 750,000 mangrove tree saplings. 6. In 2010, Pakistani cricketers involved in a betting scam were urged to regain respect by taking part in an advert for dog and cat neutering. Pakistan is the world’s second-largest producer of chickpeas behind India 7. Pakistan has not won a medal at the summer Olympics since 1992 when it won a hockey bronze. 8. Pakistan is the world’s second-largest producer of chickpeas behind India. 9. The name Pakistan means ‘land of the pure’ in Persian and Urdu. 10. In 1979 Abdus Salam won Pakistan’s only Nobel Prize by sharing the physics award.
