1st Post: About Pakistan

“Pakistani-Culture”

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In my blogs I am going to write about and display various images and videos related to different cultures, civilizations, cooking, lifestyle, places, sports, dresses, tourist attraction sites in Pakistan and much more.

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About Pakistan

Pakistan is located in the Continent of Asia, in "south-east" direction with an area of 796,096 sq.km. Pakistan was formed in 14th August, 1947 after gaining its sovereignty from British Empire. Before that it was a part of Indian Territory collectively called as "Sub-continent".

  Ø Pakistan is a land of diverse of diverse culture and civilizations each with its own distinctive culture with specific language, food, living and life style. That is why it attracts the eyes of tourists.

  Ø The System of government which Pakistan follows is Parliamentary. After every 5 years elections are held. However it also has some martial laws history.

  Ø After independence Karachi was its capital but now “Islamabad” is the capital of Pakistan permanently.

   Some important things about Pakistan:

   National language of Pakistan  =       Urdu 

  National Dress of Pakistan         =       Shalwar/kameez

  National flower of Pakistan        =       Jasmine 

  National Tree of Pakistan           =       Deodar or Himalayan Cedar

  National Fruit of Pakistan           =       Mango

  National Animal of Pakistan       =       Markhor

        National Bird of Pakistan            =       Chukhar partridge

Provinces Map of Pakistan

     Pakistan has five Provinces:

• Punjab
• Sindh
• Baluchistan
• NWFP/KPK
• Gilgit/Baltistan 

     Five languages have more than 10 million speakers      each in Pakistan which are:

• Urdu 
• Punjabi
• Pashto
• Sindhi
• Saraiki

  Deserts of Pakistan:
     ü Indus Desert 
       ü Thar Desert
       ü Thal Desert
       ü Cholistan Desert
      ü Kharan Desert

  Rivers of Pakistan:

                River Indus 

                River Chenab

                River Sindh

                River Jhelum
       River Ravi

  Neighboring countries of Pakistan:

ü In north, Pakistan has a 2313 km long border line with India in the EAST and North-East. This border line is also called Radcliffe Line.

ü A 600 km long border line with People’s Republic of China in the North.

ü A 2250 km long border line with Afghanistan in the west.

ü A 950 km long borderline with Iran in the South-West.

  Famous cities of Pakistan:

• Islamabad
• Karachi
• Lahore
• Multan
• Quetta
• Hunza
• Peshawar
• Larkana
• Abottabad

           Tourists attraction sites in Pakistan:

·       Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir

·       Shangrila resort, Skardu

·       Gojal Valley

·       Deosai Plains

·       Rama Meadow

·       Paye

·       Ayun and Bamburet Valley

·       White Palace Swat

·       Badshahi Mosque Lahore

·       Naran, Kaghan

etc