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        History about POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir)

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 Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) is that part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India, which Pakistan had deceived in 1947 by joining its troops with the tribal rebels.  Pakistan has divided it into two parts - Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir.

Sialkot based in Pakistan is the largest manufacturer of handmade football.  Every year about 4 to 6 crore football is produced in local factories, which is 50 to 70 percent of the total production of the world.

•  Pakistan is the first Muslim country in the world to have acquired the power of nuclear energy.

• Pakistan has the world's highest international road Karakoram Highway.

•  Pakistan has the largest canal based irrigation system in the world.

•  Pakistan's population is about 20 crores based on 2015 figures, due to which Pakistan is the sixth country in the world by population.

•  Sir Syed Ahmad Khan of Muslim League has a big hand for the thinking of Pakistan.

•  The name Pakistan means "pure land or culinary land" in Farsi and Urdu.

•  So far, only two people have received the Nobel Prize from Pakistan, of which Malala Yousafzai for peace in 2014 and Abdus Salam in physics in 1979.

•  The official name of Pakistan is Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

•  Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, is its financial capital, where 130 million people live.

•  Pakistan has the world's largest ambulance network.  The Idhi Foundation of Pakistan also has a Guinness Book Record for this service.

•  Pakistan became independent from the Republic of British India in 1947.

•  The official currency of Pakistan is also Rupee.

•  The national drink of Pakistan is sugarcane juice, which is known as Roh.

•  Pakistan borders India, China, Iran and Afghanistan.

•  The national language of Pakistan is Urdu while the official language is English.

•  There are about 20 million Internet users in Pakistan, which is ranked 26th among the Internet-using countries. In this way, about 11 percent of the people here run Internet.

•  Pakistan ranks first in the world in terms of watching porn movies.

•  Pakistan's Khewra Salt Mine is the world's largest and oldest salt mine.

• The only fertile desert in the world is the Thakarkar Desert of Sindh province of Pakistan.

• Pakistan has the seventh largest army in the world.  The United Nations Peace Mission is heavily supported by the Pakistani Army here.

•  According to a survey, the tune of the national anthem of Pakistan is the first in the world.

•  Based on a poll conducted in 125 countries, Pakistan has the fourth most intelligent people in the world.

•  Pakistan ranks seventh in the world based on the number of scientists and engineers in the world.

•  Apart from the polar terrain, the world's longest glacial system, Biafo Glacier, is in Pakistan.

•  25 percent of the total land area of ​​Pakistan is cultivated.

•  It is believed that the world's largest man-made forest "Hega Manga Forest" is in Pakistan.

•  The national fruit of Pakistan is mango and national full jasmine.

•  Pakistan's national animal is the "markhor (a species of goat)" and the national bird chakor.

•  Pakistan has one of the most well trained pilots in the world.

•  One lakh people can offer Namaz at the Shahfizal Mosque in Pakistan.

•  Pakistan has the highest number of Shia Muslims after Iran and India.

•  Pakistani truck art puri is famous in the world.

•  Salwar kameez is the main outfit of most of the population of Pakistan.

•  Republic Day is celebrated on 23 March in Pakistan which is also known as "Pakistan Day".

•  About 55 percent of the population of Pakistan is literate.

•  Pakistan is the 36th largest country in the world by area, with an area of ​​881,913 sq km.

38 percent of Kashmir is under the occupation of Pakistan, which Pakistan calls Azad Kashmir, but we call it Pakistan Occupied Kashmir because at the time of independence Maharaja Harisingh handed over the entire Jammu and Kashmir to India under an agreement.  In 1948, the United Nations passed a resolution asking Kashmir to withdraw Pakistan's army but the army did not withdraw and during this time the LOC was ready and Kashmir was divided.

•  48 percent of the people of Pakistan speak Punjabi.

•  About 97 percent of the population of Pakistan is Muslim and only 1 percent is Hindu.

• In 2030, Pakistan will become the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, beating Indonesia.

• In 1965 Indo-Pak war, both countries consider themselves victorious but India had more share of Pakistan but due to intervention of Soviet Union and America, border had to be declared.

•  In 1973, the Parliamentary system of government was adopted in the constitution of Pakistan.

•  Benazir Bhutto is the first woman to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan, who was the first Prime Minister in any Islamic country

•  Pakistan's film industry is called Lollywood, in which films are made in Urdu, Pashto and Punjabi languages.

• There were restrictions on showing Bollywood films from 1965 to 2008 in the public cinema of Pakistan.

•  According to a figure of the Government of Pakistan, 70 lakh Pakistanis live abroad.

•  On 31 August 2007, General Pervez Musharraf amended the constitution of Pakistan and declared himself the President of Pakistan for the third time.

•  On 2 May 2011, the US Special Forces raided and killed Al Qaeda leader and terrorist Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

•  As per 2012 data, Pakistan emits 146.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

•  As of 2014, Pakistan has 4.9 million fixed lines and 135 million mobile subscribers.

•  The country cod of Pakistan is .pk.

•  There are 151 airports in Pakistan.

•  Mohammed bin Qasim port of Karachi, Pakistan is the main port here.

•  Pakistan has a total network of 7789 km in length.

•  Harappa and Mohenjodaro are among the oldest archaeological sites in the world.

•  The main crops sown in Pakistan are cotton, wheat, rice and sugarcane.

• The national poet of Pakistan is Allama Muhammad Iqbal.

•  The father of Pakistan is Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

•  The duration of Pakistan's national anthem is 80 seconds.

•  Pakistan has 51 universities and about 1.5 lakh primary schools.

•  K2 is the second highest peak in the world.

•  The present Prime Minister of Pakistan is Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain.

•  The voting age in Pakistan is 21 years.

•  Pakistan's national sport is "field hockey" in which Pakistan has won the Olympic gold medal three times.

•  Pakistan's most popular sport is cricket.  Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup in 1992 and won the T20 World Cup in 2009.