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"The National Anthem"
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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 227 million, and has the world's second-largest Muslim population. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area, spanning 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles). It has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, and the Indus Valley Civilisation of the Bronze Age, the most extensive of the civilisations of the Old World. The region that comprises the modern state of Pakistan was the realm of multiple empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid; briefly that of Alexander the Great; the Seleucid, the Maurya, the Kushan, the Gupta; the Umayyad Caliphate in its southern regions, the Hindu Shahi, the Ghaznavids, the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the Durranis, the Sikh Empire, British East India Company rule, and most recently, the British Indian Empire from 1858 to 1947. (Full article...)

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The Sheesh Mahal (Urdu: شیش محل; "The Palace of Mirrors") is located within the Shah Burj block in northern-western corner of Lahore Fort. It was constructed under the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1631–32, with some additions later under Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The ornate white marble pavilion is inlaid with pietra dura and complex mirror-work of the finest quality. The hall was reserved for personal use by the imperial family and close aides. It is among the 21 monuments that were built by successive Mughal emperors inside Lahore Fort, and forms the "jewel in the Fort’s crown." As part of the larger Lahore Fort Complex, it has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981. (Full article...)

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View of King Faisal Mosque at night in Islamabad. It is one of the largest mosques in the world. It is a state National Mosque. It is a popular masjid in the Islamic world, and is renowned for both its size and its architecture covering an area of 5,000 square meters with a capacity of 300,000 worshippers.

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Image 1The shrine of Bari Imam in Islamabad (from Islamabad)
Image 2Jinnah Sports Stadium (from Islamabad)
Image 3Topography of Pakistan (from Geography of Pakistan)
Image 4Islamabad Zones (from Islamabad)
Image 5Islamabad skyline (from Islamabad)
Image 6Trail 3 Islamabad (from Islamabad)
Image 7Dust storm over Pakistan and surrounding countries, 7 April 2005 (from Geography of Pakistan)
Image 8The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus was built in 2015 to connect Islamabad with neighbouring Rawalpindi. (from Islamabad)
Image 9Islamabad's annual precipitation allows for the growth of lush forests in the city's hills. (from Islamabad)
Image 10Faisal Mosque (from Islamabad)
Image 11Satellite image of the Sulaiman Range (from Geography of Pakistan)
Image 12The five zones and sectors of Islamabad (from Islamabad)
Image 13The Pakistan Monument (from Islamabad)
Image 14Islamabad's urban form was designed to be radically different from typical South Asian cities, and features spacious avenues in a forest-like setting. (from Islamabad)
Image 15Islamabad Golf Club (from Islamabad)
Image 16The India-Pakistan border (from Geography of Pakistan)
Image 17Faisal Mosque (from Islamabad)
Image 18The restored village of Saidpur predates the surrounding city of Islamabad (from Islamabad)
Image 19Distribution of Pakistani diaspora
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Image 20A sitar workshop in Islamabad, Pakistan. (from Culture of Pakistan)
Image 21Men dressed in Shalwar kameez in a general store on the road to Kalash, Pakistan (from Pakistanis)
Image 22Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus near The Centaurus (from Islamabad)
Image 23Seekh kebab – one of the famous Pakistani food specialities (from Culture of Pakistan)
Image 24The 17th-century Badshahi Mosque built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Lahore (from Culture of Pakistan)
Image 25Muslim girl wearing Shalwar kameez, c. 1870 (from Culture of Pakistan)
Image 26Quaid-i-Azam University (from Islamabad)
Image 27Islamabad Metro Bus (from Islamabad)
Image 28An example of Pakistani masala chai. (from Culture of Pakistan)
Image 29The Lahore Fort, a landmark built during the Mughal era, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (from Culture of Pakistan)
Image 30Pakistan map of climate classification zones (from Geography of Pakistan)
Image 31Muhammad Iqbal was the ideological father of Pakistan (from Culture of Pakistan)
Image 32The popular Shrine of Meher Ali Shah was completed immediately before construction began on the future capital city just east of the shrine (from Islamabad)
Image 33Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (from Islamabad)
Image 34National University of Sciences and Technology (from Islamabad)
Image 3515th-century Pharwala Fort beside the Swaan River (from Islamabad)
Image 36A traditional cup of black tea (from Culture of Pakistan)
Image 37K2, at 8,619 metres (28,251 ft), is the world's second highest peak (from Geography of Pakistan)
Image 38The caves at Shah Allah Ditta, on Islamabad's outskirts, were part of an ancient Buddhist monastic community (from Islamabad)

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8 October 2005: The Kashmir earthquake (also known as the South Asia earthquake or the Great Pakistan earthquake) of 2005, was a major earthquake, of which the epicentre was the Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The earthquake occurred at 08:50:38 Pakistan Standard Time (03:50:38 UTC) on 8 October 2005. It registered 7.6 on the richter scale making it a major earthquake similar in intensity to the 1935 Quetta earthquake, the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The Pakistani government's official death toll was 73,276, while officials say nearly 1,400 people died in Jammu and Kashmir and fourteen people in Afghanistan. Most of the affected people lived in mountainous regions with access impeded by landslides that blocked the roads, leaving an estimated 3.3 million homeless in Pakistan.

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Mian Muhammad Mansha (Urdu: میاں محمد منشاء) is a Pakistani business magnate and billionaire. He is the founder and CEO of the Lahore-based international conglomerate Nishat Group. Mansha and some of his immediate family members are among the richest and highest tax-paying individuals in Pakistan.

In 2017, his name appeared in the Paradise Papers having a link to offshore companies. , he had an estimated net worth of US$3.8 billion according to Wealth-X. (Full article...)

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... that Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, the famous German–Pakistani Catholic nun who devoted more than 55 years of her life to fighting leprosy was the first Christian and first non-Muslim to have a state funeral in Pakistan? (2 September 2021)

... that Lahore Metrobus open in 2013, was modelled after the Istanbul Bus Rapid Transit System. Plans were developed in the last quarter of 2011 by both local and Turkish experts.^[1] (31 August 2021)

... that Lahore Knowledge Park is an actualization of Triple Helix configuration; a framework to create synergies between government, academia and industry to operate into an interactive rather than linear model for the establishment of social formats and entities to promote commercial innovation and R&D. ^[2] (27 January, 2017)

... that Multan Sultans is the most expensive franchise team of Pakistan Super League? (04 December, 2017)

... that Sialkot is the world's largest producer of hand-sewed footballs, with local factories manufacturing 40~60 million footballs a year, amounting to roughly 60% of world production. (4 December, 2017)

... that Hafiz Muhammad Fazal Azim Taha, the famous living Pakistani poet said about Iqbal's work that "He not only dreamed for Pakistan but also got the nation up for their rights". This famous saying is regarded as Iqbal's definition. (14 July, 2014)

... that Tajammul Hussain Malik headed an unsuccessful coup attempt against Pakistani dictator General Zia-ul-Haq in 1980? (22 September, 2009)

... that the Legal Framework Order, 1970, issued by Gen. Yahya Khan, set the rules for the first direct popular elections in the history of Pakistan? (14 September 2009)

... that in 1881 in the village of Bakhshali in northern Pakistan, the Bakhshali manuscript, the oldest surviving example of Indian mathematics, was discovered written on birch bark? (1 September 2008)

... that the original images of Lord Swaminarayan at the Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Karachi, Pakistan were removed and taken to India during the turbulent times of its partition? (1 September 2008)

... that Saudi Arabia promised to supply 50,000 barrels of free oil per day to help Pakistan if economic sanctions were imposed after its 1998 nuclear tests? (1 September 2008)

... that in a major improvement in bilateral relations in 2008, Pakistan proposed sharing nuclear technology with Bangladesh? (31 August, 2008)

... that Abdur Rashid Kardar, a pioneer of the Pakistani film industry in Lahore, was a calligraphist who prepared posters for foreign-made films? (11 July 2008)

... that the Nigar Awards are the oldest awards of merit in the Pakistani film industry? (10 July 2008)

... that Syed Wajid Ali was the longest serving President of the Pakistan Olympic Association with a tenure of 26 years? (7 July 2008)

... that the 1948 film Teri Yaad was the first feature film to be released in Pakistan after the partition of India? (6 July 2008)

... that The Edhi Foundation, founded by Edhi, runs the world's largest volunteer ambulance service operating 1,800 of them with upto 6,000 a day in Karachi alone. (4 December 2017)

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15 January 2022 – Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis: An armed man claiming to be the brother of Pakistani Al-Qaeda suspect Aafia Siddiqui holds congregants hostage at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, United States. He is later shot and killed by police. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) (Jerusalem Post)
8 January 2022 – 2022 Murree snowstorm: At least 21 people are killed by a snowstorm on a highway in Murree, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. (BBC News)
6 January 2022 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan; Pakistani president Arif Alvi tests positive for COVID-19 for the second time. (Business Recorder)
2 January 2022 –: Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports that Mossad was responsible for three bombings of German and Swiss firms in 1981 to try to halt Iranian and Pakistani development of nuclear weapons. (Jerusalem Post)
31 December 2021 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Four soldiers and two militants are killed during gunfights between the Pakistan Army and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in Mir Ali, North Waziristan. (Al Jazeera)

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Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.

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— Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Founder of Pakistan)

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