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23 unusual facts about Pakistan


1904 Sasun uprising

On January 17, with groups of Murad Sebastatsi and Seyto he attacked the Kurds, who (with Turkish troops) retreated to Pasur.

Amuri

Amuri, Pakistan – a town in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Dādābadī

It is dedicated to the Dādā Guru Jinakushala Sūri, who attained Siddhashila (the heavenly abode) in Deraur (now in Pakistan), prior to which he stayed at Malpura gathering followers.

Dakhna

Dakhna, Pakistan, village in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Dalit Christian

The term Dalit Christian (sometimes Christian Dalit) is used to describe those low-caste who have converted to Christianity from Hinduism or Islam and are still categorized as Dalits in Hindu, Christian and Islamic societies in India, Pakistan and other countries.

Darah

Darah, Pakistan, village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan

Dera Baba Nanak

Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru, settled and died near the village Pakhoke, opposite to the present town and named it Kartarpur - a town which lies over the border in Pakistan.

Diversity Immigrant Visa

For DV-2015, natives of the following nations are ineligible: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.

Emmanuel Nicholas

Nicholas, a De La Salle Christian Brother, was 27 when he left Sri Lanka for Pakistan, to teach mathematics and science at La Salle High School Multan.

Fazal Shah Sayyad

He was born in 1827 in British India, and resided in Newan Kot, a suburb of Lahore (modern Pakistan).

Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death

The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2005 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for, Workingman's Death (2005), a documentary detailing hazardous employment undertaken in Ukraine, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and China.

Kalat cricket team

Kalat are a former first-class cricket team from the city of Kalat in the north of Baluchistan province, about 150 kilometres south of Quetta.

Khushal Khan Khattak

The Khattak tribe of Khushal Khan now mostly lives in areas of Karak, Kohat, Nowshera, Akora Khattak, Cherat, Peshawar, Mardan and in other parts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Kot Najeebullah

It is one of the oldest economic centres of Haripur District, located 12 km away from the city of Haripur and 65 km from Islamabad.

Lucian Scherman

From October 1910 to December 1911, Scherman and his wife Christine undertook an extended research trip to Ceylon (today Sri Lanka), Burma (today Myanmar), and India (today India and Pakistan).

Masood Khadarpoosh

Masood Khadarpoosh (1916–1985) was a famous communist activist in Pakistan.

Multan Fort

The Multan Fort, a Pakistani military installation, was a landmark of Indian defence and architecture.

Pakistani tea culture

In Karachi, the strong presence of Muhajir cuisine has allowed the Masala chai version to be very popular while the thick and milky Doodh Pati Chai is more preferred in Punjab.

Rashad Mahmood

His major appointments include Platoon Commander, Pakistan Military Academy, Brigade Major Infantry Brigade, Instructor at Command and Staff College and National Defence University, Pakistan.

Saifuding

Saifuding, one of several aliases associated with Abdul Haq (1971-2010), an ethnic Uyghur from China, who was alleged to be a leader of the East Turkistan Islamic Party and reportedly killed in a drone missile strike in Pakistan in February, 2010.

Sardar Aurang Zeb Khan

Sardar Aurang Zeb Khan was a Pakistani politician from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Shahida Ahmed

Her father came to England from Pakistan to work as a weaver and soon established his own business, Shahzad Textiles, in Nelson and her mother she says 'was very creative.

Shahkot

Shahkot, Pakistan, a town and tehsil of Nankana Sahib District, Punjab


1979 in Pakistan

21 November – After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans have occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a mob and set afire, killing 4.

1996 in Afghanistan

Taliban officials met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Najmuddin ShaikhThe subject discussed as during Mr. Shaikh's meeting with Dostum and Dr. Abdullah in Mazar Sharif a day earlier was the working out of ceasefire arrangements between the contending factions in Afghanistan and suggesting talks with the Northern Alliance for the formation of a coalition government

76th Punjabis

During the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, the battalion fought at Jassar in the Sialkot Sector, while in the 1971 war, it took part in capture of the Indian fortress of Qaisar-i-Hind in the Hussainiwala Sector.

A. A. Khan

Aziz Ahmed Khan (born 1943), Pakistan's former High commissioner to India 2003-2006

Afzal Khan Lala

He then allied himself with the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM), advocating full provincial autonomy for the various ethnicities of Pakistan.

Allama Hassan Turabi

Turabi also held a strong position in Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, the united front of six Islamic parties of Pakistan.

Amanat Ali

Amjad Amanat Ali Khan (1953–2002), classical, semi-classical and ghazal singer from Pakistan.

Ayesha Gilani

Ayesha Gilani won the Miss Pakistan World title on the 23rd of June 2009 in Toronto, Canada, where the Miss Pakistan World pageant gets hosted every year, which was started by Sonia Ahmed.

Ayub School of Nursing

The Ayub School of Nursing (ASN), located in Abbottabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, is the nursing education unit of Ayub Medical College, however most teaching and training occurs at Ayub Teaching Hospital.

Christopher Chappell

Christopher James David Chappell (born 17 July 1955 in Toronto) is Canadian former cricketer: a right-handed batsman who opened the batting for the Canadian team in their first ever One Day International, played against Pakistan at the 1979 World Cup, and had two further ODI appearances, both in the same tournament.

Gharara

Ghararas were also made popular in Pakistan & Bangladesh, in the 1950s and 60s with popular public figures like Fatima Jinnah and Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan wearing them.

Ghulam Muhammad Malik

Gen. Malik belongs to the Awan tribe and he is from Khushab which is one of the prime recruiting areas for Pakistan army.

Glaciers of Bhutan

The study, conducted by the Universities of California and Potsdam and published in the journal Nature Geoscience, was based on 286 glaciers along the Himalaya and Hindu Kush from Bhutan to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

Gordon Corera

ISBN 0-19-530495-0, about Abdul Qadeer Khan and Pakistan's nuclear programme.

Gul Ahmed Group

The Ideas flagship store is located in the Clifton area of Karachi, with plans to establish a retail chain throughout Pakistan.

Hammad Siddiqi

In 1996, he was named in the 100 Best Young Cricketers in Pakistan, which included future stars like Shahid Afridi, Hasan Raza, Bazid Khan and Faisal Iqbal, and was invited to a camp for fast bowlers supervised by former Test bowler Sarfraz Nawaz the same year.

Islamabad Tonight

On civil-military relations in Pakistan, he interviewed Admiral (R) Fasih Bokhari, Gen. Moinuddin Haider and Javed Jabbar, Lt. Gen. Shahid Aziz and programmes with former Army Chief General Mirza Aslam Baig, former Director General ISI Gen. (R) Asad Durrani.

Ittefaq Group

The Ittefaq Group of Industries, (English The Unity), is a multimillion dollar integrated steel producer with major operations in Punjab Province of Pakistan.

Jack Birkenshaw

Birkenshaw retained his place for the fifth Test at Bombay, and opened the batting in the second innings, but lost his place for the Pakistan series and played only in the third Test, taking 5–55 and sharing the second-innings wickets equally with Norman Gifford.

Jammu–Sialkot Line

The writer of Pakistan's first national anthem, Jagan Nath Azad, a Hindu, was forced to leave Lahore due to the escalating violence between Hindus and Muslims.

John Wolf

Following early assignments in Australia, Vietnam, Greece, and Pakistan, as well as in Washington, Wolf served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1989-1992, and Ambassador to Malaysia from 1992-1995.

Khalifatul Masih

From this time on the headquarters remained in Rabwah, a town built on land bought in Pakistan by the community in 1948.

Krishna Mandir demolition reports

In May 2006, newspapers reported the demolition of Krishna Mandir, a Hindu temple located in Lahore, Pakistan.

Library Association of Bangladesh

In 1954, then the East Pakistan Central Public Library was established in Dhaka, the capital city.

Miranzai Valley

The Miranzai Valley, also Hangu, is a mountainous valley situated in the Kohat and Hangu districts in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

Mirpur Mathelo

Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited has three plants all over Pakistan and together they are a valuable asset to the economy.

Motasim Billah Mazhabi

According to a profile from the Pajhwok Afghan News Mutasimbillah worked on behalf of Afghans and Afghan expatriates, helping to found a school and a clinic for refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan, and a clinic in Paktia Province.

Muhammad Zafarullah Khan

Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI (February 6, 1893 - September 1, 1985) was one of the leading Founding Fathers of modern Pakistan, politician, statesman, diplomat, international jurist, and a prominent scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

Muhammad Zia

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924 – 1988), 4th Chief Martial Law Administrator and 6th President of Pakistan

Multani

Multani dialect, a dialect of Lahnda/Punjabi spoken in southern Punjab, Pakistan

Naimatullah Khan

He has extensively worked in the Thar region of Pakistan since 1997 trying to bring that area out of problems such as acute water shortages and illiteracy.

North Korea–Pakistan relations

Pakistan has an Embassy in Pyongyang while North Korea maintains an Embassy in Islamabad, a vast Consulate-General in Karachi, and consulates in other cities of Pakistan.

Omeprazole

Omeprazole is marketed as Zegerid by Santarus, Prilosec OTC by Procter & Gamble and Zegerid OTC by Schering-Plough and as Segazole by Star Laboratories in Pakistan.

Orakzai

Due to limited resources and fertile land, many Orakzai have settled in Pakistan's major urban centres such as Hangu, Thall, Parachinar, Tirah, Peshawar, Attock, (Nowshera-Amangarh) Islamabad,Battagram-Allai, Wazirabad, Lahore, Abbottabad and Karachi.

Pakistan Forex Scam Case

In November 2008, the government sought support from Interpol with whose help the FIA cracked down all over Pakistan searching for persons involved in illegal smuggling of US dollars outside Pakistan.

Pir Ghaib Waterfall

Pir Ghaib Waterfalls are waterfalls situated in the Bolan Valley, 70 km from Quetta, in Balochistan, Pakistan.

PNS Ahsan

Formerly known as Remote Data Station Mianwali (RDSM), the base was renamed in the honor of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan.

Rahatullah Mohmand

He was invited to play for Afghanistan to strengthen their batting by their coach Kabir Khan, the former left-arm fast medium bowler who played four Tests for Pakistan.He included in the 15-member Afghanistan team named ahead of the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifiers due to take place in South Africa.

Rashtriya Indian Military College

The Colonel Sawai Maharaj Sahib Shri Deshpal Singh Ju Deo of Ajaigarh cousin of H.H. Sawai Maharaja Punya Pratap Singh Sahib Bahadur of Ajaigarh is passed out from the same and was classmate of Padma Bhushan, General GG Bewoor, General Nayazi (Pakistan), General Bahadur.

Raza Muhammad

11th Infantry Division Pakistan

Director General Inter Services Intelligence
Ministry of Defence Production
30th Infantry Brigade
Sindh Regiment
Director Military Intelligence DMI
Chief of Staff X Corps (Pakistan)

Rice production in Thailand

Noppadon Pattama, the foreign minister of Thailand, wants to call the forum the Council on Rice Trade Cooperation and was planning, as of May 2008, to invite; China, India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Burma, and Vietnam.

Sauvira Kingdom

Al-Beruni considered Sauvira to represent southwest Punjab, including Multan, Mithankot and adjacent areas at the region of the confluence of Indus river with other rivers of Punjab in modern Pakistan.

Sozo Water Park

Sozo Water Park is a water park located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County

Tashkurgan County is located in the eastern part of the Pamir Plateau, where the Kunlun, Kara Kunlun, Hindukush and Tian Shan mountains come together, at the borders with Afghanistan (Wakhan Corridor), Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan Province) and Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan).

Thar

Thar Desert, a barren wasteland in Rajasthan, India and Sindh, Pakistan

Torture

During a House of Commons debate on 7 July 2009, MP David Davis accused the UK government of outsourcing torture, by allowing Rangzieb Ahmed to leave the country (even though they had evidence against him upon which he was later convicted for terrorism) to Pakistan, where it is said the Inter-Services Intelligence was given the go ahead by the British intelligence agencies to torture Ahmed.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 303

Meetings at the Council were called following a deterioration in relations between India and Pakistan over a series of incidents, including Jammu and Kashmir, and the additional strife in East Pakistan.

V. Eshwaraiah

During his visit to Institute of Sindhology in Sindh of Pakistan, he called upon India and Pakistan to focus on universal peace, harmony and development of their people by curtailing defence budget on border tensions.

Wadh

The Highway is 813 km long and stretches from Karachi-Lasbela-Khuzdar-Wadh-Kalat-Mastung-Quetta-Chaman and further onto Iran and Afghanistan.

Zeeshan Anis Siddiqui

According to the Daily Times he was arrested when he went to a Police Station in Peshawar to report the loss of his passport.