45 Interesting Facts About Pakistan

Pakistan is a country in South Asia. It is the 5 th most populous in the world. Pakistan shares land borders with China, India, Afghanistan, and Iran. It also has a maritime border with Oman. Islam is the dominant religion in the country, as there are nearly 97% of Muslims in Pakistan. It has the 2 nd largest Muslim population after Indonesia . Indus valley civilization in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh is the most extensive among the three earliest civilizations . It was discovered in 1921 in Punjab and in 1922 in Sindh province. Mohenjo-Daro in Sindh was included in the UNESCO World Heritage in 1980. ( Source ) Mehrgarh in the Balochistan province of Pakistan is an ancient Neolithic site that emerged before Harappa. It was a continuously inhabited place from 7000 to 2600 BC. ( Source ) Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS) in Pakistan is the world’s largest contiguous irrigation system . It runs over 90,000 km of watercourses and irrigates more than 2.5 million a...