This presentation contains basic information about Pakistan.

1. OFFICIAL NAME:
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
FATHER OF THE NATION:
QUAID-I-AZAM
MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH
CAPITAL:
ISLAMABAD
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2. My Country Pakistan
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3. My Country Pakistan
Provinces : Area & Capital
 1. Balochistan : 347,190 sq kms , Quetta
 2. KPK : 74,521 sq kms , Peshawar
 (FATA) : 27,220 sq kms ,
 3. Punjab : 205,344 sq kms , Lahore
 4. Sindh : 140,914 sq kms , Karachi
 5. Federal Capital (Islamabad): 906 sq kms ,
 Total : 796095 sq kms
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4. My Country Pakistan
BALOCHISTAN
Area:
347,190 sq kms
Capital:
Quetta
Population: 10,01,205
10th largest city of
Pakistan. The city is
known as the fruit
garden of Pakistan.
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5. My Country Pakistan
KPK
Area :
74,521 sq kms
Capital:
Peshawar
Population:
19,70,042
6th largest city of Pakistan.
Famous for its food and
tourism it is one of the
oldest city of Pakistan.
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6. My Country Pakistan
PUNJAB
Area:
205,344 sq kms
Capital:
Lahore, City of gardens
& City of Colleges
Population: 1,11,26,285
the 2nd largest city in
Pakistan and 16th most
populous city in the
world.
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SINDH
Area:
140,914 sq kms
Capital:
Karachi
Population: 1,50,00,000
the largest city of Pakistan
and the 6th most populous
city in the world. It is also
the main seaport and
financial center of the
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8. My Country Pakistan
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9. My Country Pakistan
Federal Capital
Islamabad
Area:
906 sq kms
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10. My Country Pakistan
Population :
208 million
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11. My Country Pakistan
 Total Cropped Area: 22.14 million hectares
 Exports :
 Textile (Cotton, Cotton Yarn, Cloth, Garment),
 Rice, Sports goods,
 Leather Goods (Hides & Skin, Jackets, Gloves, Belts,
wallet, Handbags, Shoes),
 Fruits ( Dates, Mangoes, Oranges, ),
 Sea Food(Fisheries),
 Handicrafts, Auto parts.
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12. My Country Pakistan
 Imports :
 Industrial Machinery,
 Oil (Petroleum Products),
 Edible Oil,
 Iron Ore
 Mobile Phones
 Tea
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13. My Country Pakistan
 Literacy Rate : 58%
The literacy rate ranges from
96% in Islamabad to 28% in the
Kohlu District.
More than 92 million Pakistanis(49%)
understand the English language.
Pakistan produces about 445,000
university graduates and 10,000
IT graduates per year.
Pakistan still has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world
and the second largest out of school population (5.1 million
children) after Nigeria.
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14. My Country Pakistan
 Form of Govt. : Parliamentary
 Parliament : consists of two houses
 i.e. the National Assembly and the Senate.
 A) National Assembly : total 342 members: 272
directly elected through general elections. 60 seats
are reserved for women, and 10 for minorities.
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 B) Senate : consists of 104 members:
 22 each from four provinces,
 4 from Federal Capital, and
 8 from FATA , 4 from Minorities.
Province General seats
Technocrats/Ule
ma
Women Non-Muslim Total
Balochistan 14 4 4 1 23
KPK 14 4 4 1 23
Sindh 14 4 4 1 23
Punjab 14 4 4 1 23
(FATA) 8 8
Islamabad 2 1 1 4
Total 66 17 17 4 104
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16. My Country Pakistan
National Anthem:
Approved in June 1954
Verses composed by:
Abul Asar Hafeez Jalandhari
Music/Tune composed by:
Ahmed G. Chagla
Play time:
80 seconds
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17. My Country Pakistan
National Day
 23rd March
Independence Day
14th August (27th Ramzan)
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18. My Country Pakistan
National Flower
 Jasmine
National Tree
Deodar (Cedar)
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19. My Country Pakistan
National Animal
Markhor (Ibex)
National Bird
Chukar
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20. My Country Pakistan
 National Fish
Mahsheer
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National Food
 Nihari
National Drink
Sugarcane Juice
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22. My Country Pakistan
National Fruit
Mango (S) & Guava(W)
National vegetable
Ladyfinger
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23. My Country Pakistan
National Dress
Shalwar Qameez
National Game
Hockey
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24. My Country Pakistan
FLORA
Pine Poplar Gulmohar

 Oak
Mulberry Oak Maple
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25. My Country Pakistan
FAUNA
 Fauna:
Pheasant Leopard Deer Chinkara
Black buck Neelgai Marcopolo sheep Urial
Marine:
 Green Turtles River & Sea Fish.
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26. My Country Pakistan
TOURIST RESORTS
 Murree Nathia Gali Ayuobia
 Quetta Ziarat Khaghan
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27. My Country Pakistan
TOURIST RESORTS
Chitral Hunza Swat

28. My Country Pakistan
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
Moen jo Daro Harappa,
 Taxila, Gilgit Baltistan

29. My Country Pakistan
SEA PORTS
 Karachi Port One of Asia’s
largest and busiest deep-water seaports.
It handles about 60% of Pakistan's cargo.
Opened in : 1857
Available berths : 30
Wharfs : 8
Size of harbor : 32 km (20 mi)
Annual cargo :65.25 million
tonnage: Metric tons

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SEA PORTS
 Port Bin Qasim
Deep-water 2nd seaport in Karachi
Pakistan's second busiest port
It handles about 35% of Pakistan's cargo.
Opened in : 1980
Available berths : 12
Size of harbor : 12,200 acres
Annual cargo :16.6 million
tonnage: Metric tons

31. My Country Pakistan
SEA PORTS
Gawadar Port
 One of world’s largest deep-water
seaports. Gwadar port would connect
three regions, i.e. Central Asia, South
Asia and Middle East.
Opened in : 2016
Available berths : 13
100 berths to be built by 2045.

32. My Country Pakistan
SEA PORTS
 Manora Domestic
A small peninsula (2.5 km²) located south
of the Port of Karachi. Manora is connected
to the mainland by a 12 kilometer long
causeway called the Sandspit.
Lighthouse 28 m
(91 ft )high

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SEA PORTS
 Pasni Domestic
A medium-sized city and a fishing port,
located alongside the Makran coastline
about 300 km from Karachi.
Opened in : 2008
Port length: 1.2 km

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SEA PORTS
Ormara Domestic
Location: Makran Coastal Highway
360 km west of Karachi and 230 km
east of Gawadar.
Opened in : 1970
Port length: 30.9 km
(49.5 mi)
 Jinnah Naval Base
 2nd largest base of Pakistan Navy
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35. My Country Pakistan
MOUNTAIN PEAKS
 K-2 ( Mount Godwin Austin): 28,250 ft / 8611 m
( 2nd highest in world )
 Location: Pak–China border
in Gilgit–Baltistan region.
It is known as the Savage Mountain.
It has the 2nd highest fatality rate.
(300 successful summits and
77 fatalities).
First ascent: July 31, 1954
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MOUNTAIN PEAKS
 Nanga Parbat: 26,660 ft / 8126 M
 (9th highest in world)
 Location: Pakistani–Chinese border
in Gilgit–Baltistan region.
 It is locally known as Diamir.
 This is also known as "killer mountain".
 First ascent: July 3, 1953
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MOUNTAIN PEAKS
 Gasherbrum –I : 26,470 ft / 8o86 m ( 11th in world )
 It is also known as Hidden Peak.
 Location: Pakistani–Chinese border
in Gilgit–Baltistan region.
 Gasherbrum means "Shining Wall“
 First ascent: July 5, 1958
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38. My Country Pakistan
RIVERS
The Indus
 The ultimate source of the Indus is in
Tibet. It flows northwest through Ladakh
-Baltistan into Gilgit, just south of the
Karakoram range. Then flows in a southerly direction along the entire
length of Pakistan to merge into the Arabian Sea near the port city of
Karachi in Sindh.
The Indus system is largely fed by the snows and glaciers of the
Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Himalayan
ranges of Tibet, Kashmir and Northern
Areas of Pakistan.
The total length of the river is 3,180 km
(1,980 mi).
 It is Pakistan's longest river.
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RIVERS
Jehlum
 Jhelum River is a river that flows
in India and Pakistan.
 It is the largest and most western
of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Jhelum District.
 It is a tributary of the Chenab
River and has a length of about
725 km (450 mi)
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RIVERS
• Chenab
 It flows from Jammu and Kashmir
It is joined by the Jhelum River at
Trimmu and then by the Ravi. It then
merges with the Sutlej River near Uch Sharif to form the Panjnad or
the 'Five Rivers‘, the fifth being the Beas River which joins the Satluj
near Ferozepur, India. The Satluj then joins the Indus at Mithankot.
 The total length of the Chenab is
approximately 960 kms.
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RIVERS
Ravi :
 Ravi is a trans boundary river crossing
northwestern India and eastern Pakistan.
 It is one of six rivers of the Indus System in Punjab region.
The waters of Ravi are allocated to India under Indus Water
Treaty.
 Main source: Chamba district
of Himachal Pradesh, India
 The total length of the river
is about 720 km.
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RIVERS
Beas
 The Beas River is in north India.
The river rises in the Himalayas in
central Himachal Pradesh, India,
and flows for some 470 km to the Sutlej River. The Sutlej
continues into Punjab and joins the Chenab River at Uch near
Bahawalpur to form the
Panjnad River; which joins the
Indus River at Mithankot.
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43. My Country Pakistan
RIVERS
Sutlej
 The Sutlej River is the longest of
The five rivers that flow through the
historic crossroads region of Punjab
in northern India and Pakistan. It unites with Chenab River
near Uch Sharif in Pakistan, forming the Panjnad River. The
Panjnad River merges with the Indus River at a distance of 100
Km from Bahawalpur
City in Pakistan.
 The total length of the river
is about 1,500 km (932 mi) approx.
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44. My Country Pakistan
LAKES
1. Manchar
Lake Manchar is the largest
freshwater lake in Pakistan and
one of Asia's largest.
It is located west of the Indus
River, in Dadu District, Sindh
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45. My Country Pakistan
LAKES
2. Keenjhar
Keenjhar Lake commonly
called Kalri Lake is in Thatta
District, Sindh, Pakistan.
It is 122 kms from Karachi and
18 kms from the town of Thatta.
It is the second largest fresh
Water lake in Pakistan.

46. My Country Pakistan
LAKES
3. Haleji lake:
 Haleji Lake is a perennial
freshwater lake situated 88km
away from Karachi in the
Thatta district.
Haleji Lake provides shelter to
around 223 species of migratory
birds and thus is the largest bird
sanctuary in Asia.
 In addition to being a bird
watcher’s paradise, Haleji Lake
also supplies water to the city
of Karachi.

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LAKES
4. Saif ul Maluk
 Saiful Muluk is a mountainous
lake located in the Mansehra district
of KPK about 8 kms north of Naran.
It feeds water to Kunhar river.
At an elevation of 3,224 m
(10,578 feet) above sea level,
is the highest lakes in
Pakistan.
Saiful Muluk in winter

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LAKES
5. Satpara
 Satpara Lake is a natural lake
near Skardu, which supplies water
to Skardu Valley.
The melting ice of the Deosai
plains are main source of
water for the lake.
 Satpara Lake is situated at an
elevation of 2,636 meters (8,650 ft)
above sea level and is spread over
an area of 2.5 km².

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LAKES
6. Kachura
 The Kachura Lakes are 2 lakes in the
Skardu. The lakes, at 2,500 m(8,200 ft)
in elevation, are Upper Kachura Lake
and Lower Kachura Lake.
The Lower is also known as
Shangrila Lake and is outside
the town of Skardu.
The lakes are in the Karakoram
mountain range of the western
Himalayas,

50. My Country Pakistan
LAKES
7. Hanna
 Hanna lake near Quetta is a
reservoir that was constructed in
1894 during the British period.
Hanna lake in winter
From year 2000-2010 Hanna
Lake dried up and the natives
along with hundreds of
migrated birds were in trouble.

51. My Country Pakistan
DESERTS
Thar
The Thar Desert forms a natural
boundary between India and Pakistan.
It is the world's 17th largest desert.
About 75% of the Thar Desert is in
India, and the remaining 25% is in
Pakistan.
Thar after rain
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52. My Country Pakistan
DESERTS
Cholistan
 The Cholistan Desert sprawls 30 km
from Bahawalpur, and covers an area of
26,300 km2 It adjoins the Thar Desert,
extending over to Sindh and into India.
Chinkara gazelle, Nilgai
antelope, Hog deer and Indian
rhinoceros are found here.
The annual Cholistan Desert Jeep
Rally is the biggest motor sports
Event in Pakistan

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DESERTS
Thal
 The Thal desert is situated
betweenthe Jhelum and Sindh
rivers near thePothohar Plateau.
The desert covers the districts
of Bhakkar, Khushab, Mianwali
Layyah, Muzaffargarh & Jhang.
on August 16, 2001, the 30-billion
rupee Greater Thal Canal (GTC)
Project was inaugurated

54. My Country Pakistan
GLACIERS
Siachin (The land of wild roses)
 Location: Karakoram range Line of
Control between India and Pakistan.
Height: 5,753 m (18,875 ft)
Length: 75km (47miles)
 Longest glacier in Karakoram
and second largest in the world’s
nonpolar areas.

55. My Country Pakistan
GLACIERS
Baltoro
 Location: Gilgit-Baltistan region
The glacier can be approached via
Skardu.
Height: 7,160 m (23,490 ft)
Length: 63 km (39 mi)

56. My Country Pakistan
GLACIERS
Batura Glacier
 Location: Gojal region of
Gilgit-Baltistan
Height:7,795 m (25,574 ft)
Length: 57 km (35 mi)
 Batura Glacier presents one
of the most fascinating glacier
Treks in Pakistan.

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DAMS
 The main purposes of construction of dams
 1. Power Generation 2. Irrigation
 3. Water Storage 4. Controlling flood

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DAMS
Tarbela Dam
 Location: Tarbela-Haripur
 Source: Indus River
 Height: 148 m (485 ft)
 Construction : 1968 – 1976
The largest earth filled dam in the
world and is the 5th largest by the
structural volume.
Tarbela hydroelectric power
capacity 3,500 MW after
ongoing extension 6,298MW

59. My Country Pakistan
DAMS
Mangla Dam
 Location: Mirpur Azad Kashmir
• Source: Jehlum River
Height: 147 m (482 ft)
Completed : 1961 – 1967
 9th largest in world

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DAMS
Warsak Dam
 Location: Peshawar
20 km northwest
 Source: Kabul River
Height: 67 m (220 ft)
Construction : 1956 – 1960
Warsak Dam Hydropower
Project capacity 243 MW

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DAMS
 Mirani Dam
 Location: Ketch District
Central Makran, 30 mi west of Turbat
 Source: Dasht River
Height: 38 m (127 ft)
Construction : 2002 – 2007
 It is the largest dam in the world
in terms of volume for flood protection

62. My Country Pakistan
DAMS
Sabakzai Dam
 Location: Zhob Balochistan
68 km southwest
 Source: Zohb River
Height: 34.75 m (114.0 ft)
Construction : 2004– 2007
 According to ICOLD, Sabakzai
Dam is the 7th largest in the world

63. My Country Pakistan
PAKISTAN’S HIGHEST BUILDINGS
1 – Bahria Icon Tower
City: Karachi
Height: 938 feet (286 meters)
Floors: 62
Shahrah-e-Firdousi, Clifton
2 - Ocean Tower
City: Karachi
Height: 394 feet (120 meters)
Floors: 30
Khayaban-e-Iqbal , Clifton

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PAKISTAN’S HIGHEST BUILDINGS
3 – MCB Tower
 City: Karachi
 Height: 381 feet (116 meters)
 Floors: 29
 I. I. Chundrigar Road
4 – Telecom Tower
 City: Islamabad
 Height: 371 feet (113 meters)
 Floors: 24

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PAKISTAN’S HIGHEST BUILDINGS
5 – The Centaurus
 City: Islamabad
 Height: 361 feet (110 meters)
 Floors: 26
 Jinnah Avenue, Islamabad

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PAKISTAN’S LARGEST MOSQUES
1. Faisal Mosque
 Location: Islamabad
 Constructed in: 1976 – 1987
 Area: 466,032 sq. ft.
 Capacity: 75,000 in mosque,
 200,000 in adjacent grounds

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PAKISTAN’S LARGEST MOSQUES
 2. Badshahi Mosque
 Location: Lahore
 Constructed in: 1673
 Area: 276,000 sq. ft.
 Capacity: 110,000

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PAKISTAN’S LARGEST MOSQUES
 3. Grand Jamia Mosque Bahria Town Laore
 Location: Lahore
 Constructed in: 2014
 Area: 99,420 sq. ft.
 Capacity: 100,000

69. My Country Pakistan
WORLD'S HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL ROAD
 The Karakoram Highway
(KKH)
The highest paved international
road in the world. It Links Pakistan
and China through the Hindukush,
Karakoram and Himalayan ranges.
Length: 1,300 km (800 mi)
Pakistan: 887 km (551 mi)
in China: 413 km (257 mi).
Construction: 1959 – 1986
Height: 4,693m (15,397 ft) ( 27 years )
Route : Hassan Abdal, Haripur, Abbottabad,
Mansehra, Battagram, Besham, Pattan, Dasu,
Chilas, Gilgit, Gulmit, Sust, Khunjerab Pass.

70. My Country Pakistan
WORLD'S LARGEST CANAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM
 Pakistan has the world's largest
irrigation network. It serves
14.4 million hectares of cultivated
land.
The irrigation system is fed by
water from the Indus River.
 Length : 58,500 km

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WORLD'S HIGHEST PLATEAU
 The Deosai means 'the land of Giants'
located 30 km from Skardu it is known
as the 2nd highest plateau in the world.
Height: 4,114 m (13,497 ft)
In spring, it is covered by sweeps of wildflowers
and a wide variety of butterflies.
Brown Bear is found here.

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WORLD'S LARGEST FORT
 Ranikot Fort known as The Great
Wall of Sindh is believed to be the
Largest fort of the world.
Location: Jamshoro District, Sindh
Circumference : 32 km (20 mi)

73. My Country Pakistan
WORLD’S OLDEST PLANTED FOREST
 Changa Manga
 Planted in 1866 by British foresters
 Location : Qasur & Lahore District
 80 kilometers south-west of Lahore
 Area : 48.6 square kilometer. It was also
 the largest planted forest till the year 2000

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WORLD’S LARGEST FOOTBALL PRODUCER
 Sialkot
 Pakistan is the largest producer
of the Football
 55% of world’s all
footballs are Pakistan made footballs
made in Sialkot. are used in FIFA world cups

75. My Country Pakistan
WORLD’S NOBLE LAUREATE
 Dr. Abdus Salam Malala Yousuafzai
 Born: January 29, 1926 The youngest Nobel Prize
 Died: November 21, 1996 laureate
Born: July 12, 1997
 First Pakistani winner of the
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979 Noble Peace prize 2014

76. My Country Pakistan
WORLD’S HIGHEST ATM
 National Bank of
Pakistan
 Location: Khunjerab Pass
Nagar District Pak-China border
 Height: 4,693 m (15,493ft)

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PAKISTAN’S HIGHEST RAILWAY STATION
Kan Mehtarzai
Location: Between Bostan and Zhob,
16 miles west of Muslim Bagh
Height: 2224 metres (7295 feet)
Open : 1921
Closed : 1986

78. My Country Pakistan
KHEWRA SALT MINE
Khewra Salt Mine
Location: Pind Dadan Khan
Tehsil of Jhelum District.
 Pakistan's largest and the world's
second largest salt mine.
Production: 350,000 tons
per annum
 Estimates of the reserves in
The mine vary from 82 million
tons to 600 million tons

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Prepared by :
Muhammad Aamir Sultan
Sr. Associate Professor
Bahria University
Karachi Campus
amirsultan.bukc@bahria.edu.pk
aamirsultan2001@hotmail.com