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A blessed country

A blessed country

We have undoubtedly achieved Pakistan, and that too without bloody war, practically peacefully, by moral and intellectual force, and with the power of the pen, which is no less mighty than that of the sword and so our righteous cause has triumphed. Are we now going to besmear and tarnish this greatest achievement for which there is no parallel in the history of the world? Pakistan is now a fait accompli and it can never be undone, besides, it was the only just, honourable, and practical solution of the most complex constitutional problem of this great subcontinent. Let us now plan to build and reconstruct and regenerate our great nation...”― Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

 

Pakistan is a blessed country. It has enormous feathers in its cap; which many countries of the world just wish to have. Though the total area of Pakistan is only 796,095 square kilometers (which includes 25,220 sq km of sea), it has everything from rivers, plains, mountains, forests and even sea. There are many countries quite bigger in size than Pakistan, they don’t have these blessings of Allah. Kazakhstan’s total area is 2,724,900 sq km, sixth largest is the world but doesn’t have any sea. Likewise, Mongolia which has an area 1,566,500 km, does not have accessibility to sea. Denmark, Latvia, Belarus, Lithuania, Kuwait and many others don’t have mountain. Whereas Pakistan has mountains as high as 8,611 meters.

This is Allah’s blessing that Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the world’s sixth-most populous country with a population of more than 212 million people now. It is the 36th-largest country in the world in terms of area, covering 796,095 sq km (307,374 sq mi.) slightly greater than France and the United Kingdom put together.

Following are some interesting facts, which are unique with our beloved motherland:

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Famous Mountain peaks of Pakistan, their total height, and world ratings.
Famous Mountain Peaks Height World Rating
K-2 (Chagori) 8616 m 2nd
Nanga Parbat 8125 m 8th
Gasherbrum-I 8068 m 11th
Broad Peak 8065 m 12th
Gasherbrum-II 8047 m 14th
Gasherbrum-III 7952 m 15th
Gasherbrum-IV 7925 m 16th
Disteghil Sar 7885 m 20th
Kunyang Kish 7852 m 22nd
Masherbrum (NE) 7821 m 24th
Rakaposhi 7788 m 27th
Batura I 7785 m 28th
Kanjut Sar 7760 m 29th
Saltoro Kangri 7742 m 33rd
Trivor 7720 m 36th
Tirich Mir 7708 m 41st

[box type=”note” align=”” class=”” width=””]The author, Mr. Nazir Ahmed Shaikh, is a regular contributor of PAGE. He is a freelance columnist and an academician by profession. Currently he is associated with SZABIST as Registrar and could be reached at  nazir.ahmed@szabist.edu.pk.[/box]

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