10 Attractive Facts About Pakistan You Must Know | One constant in modern journalism, the brunt of which has been felt by many nations like Pakistan, is the negative bias in reporting. When discussing politics and social trends with international friends/colleagues often Pakistanis find themselves either at the butt of ignorant jokes or having to explain the reality of their country and culture. Here are some positive and unique aspects of Pakistan that add richness and beauty to our world.
First President of America who made an official visit to Pakistan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The first elections held in the country after independence
Provincial Assembly of Punjab between 10–20 March 1951 for 197 seats
First President of All India Muslim league
Air Agha Khan
First President of Pakistan Muslim league
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
With 7,253 known glaciers, including 543 in the Chitral Valley, there is more glacial ice in Pakistan than anywhere on Earth outside the polar regions, according to various studies. Those glaciers feed rivers that account for about 75 percent of the stored-water supply in the country of at least 200 million.
But as in many other parts of the world, researchers say, Pakistan’s glaciers are receding, especially those at lower elevations, including here in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Among the causes cited by scientists: diminished snowfall, higher temperatures, heavier summer rainstorms and rampant deforestation.
First President of America who made an official visit to Pakistan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The first elections held in the country after independence
provincial Assembly of Punjab between 10–20 March 1951 for 197 seats
First President of All India Muslim league
Air Agha Khan
First President of Pakistan Muslim league
Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
First Pakistani Prime Minister who visited China first
Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy
World’s First University
Taxila University at Taxila, Pakistan (established in 700 B.C)
First secretary general of Pakistan
Ch. Muhammad Ali
First Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan
Justice Salahuddin Ahmad
First capital of Pakistan
Karachi
First Federal Minister for Defence of Pakistan
Liaquat Ali Khan
The National Museum of Pakistan is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The National Museum of Pakistan was established in Frere Hall on 17 April 1950, replacing the defunct Victoria Museum. Frere Hall itself was built in 1865 as a tribute to Sir Bartle Frere, a Commissioner of Sindh. The Museum was shifted to the present premises (located in Burns Garden, Dr. Zia-ud-din Ahmed Road) in 1970.
The Lahore Museum (Lahore Wonder House) is a museum located in Lahore, Pakistan. It was founded in 1865 during the British colonial period in Lahore, later shifted to present site in 1894. The museum, along with the Zamzama Gun located directly in front of the building, were made famous in the celebrated British novel Kim, written by Rudyard Kipling – whose father was one of the museum’s earliest curators.
Archaeological Museum is an archaeology museum based in Harappa, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established in 1926 and then in 1966 its building was constructed by the Government of Pakistan.
The scroll supporting the shield contains Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s motto in Urdu, which reads as “Iman, Ittehad, Nazm” translated as “Faith, Unity, Discipline” and are intended as the guiding principles for Pakistan.
Official Map of Pakistan is that which was prepared by Mahmood Alam Suhrawardy