Amazing Facts About Pakistan.

Mostly people in the west have a wrong perception of Pakistan. They consider it as terrorist state. Media always portrays the negative image of Pakistan. Pakistan is facing many issues but despite of all the facts, this country is still standing as an independent nation and the only atomic power of the Islamic block. Pakistan is a peaceful country and the war against the terrorism has made some serious damage to the integrity and the credibility of the country. Following are some amazing facts about Pakistan.

The worlds highest paved international road, The karakoram highway is in Pakistan, which is eighth wonder of the world.

World's highest military base.

Jahangir khan is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan, who is considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the game. During his career he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten times. From 1981 to 1986, he was unbeaten in competitive play. During that time he won 555 matches consecutively, the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sports as recorded by Guinness World Records. He retired as a player in 1993, and has served as President of the World Squash Federation from 2002 to 2008, when he became Emeritus President.

He made a world record in less than a minute, i.e., he shot down five Indian fighter aircraft in 55 seconds, thus becoming an ‘ace’ pilot in the 1965 war against India in the shortest possible time.

Ali Moeen Nawazish is a Pakistani student notable for making a world record by getting 21 A's in A Levels

Pakistan is one of the sixth largest nation of the world containing one of the oldest civilizations in history.

Pakistan is the fourth largest producer of mangoes

The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in th world.

Tarbela Dam on the Indus River in Pakistan is the largest earth filled dam in the world and second largest by structural volume.