4. Founded by a great man
Quaid-e-azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
5. He gave us three dictums
• Unity • Faith • Discipline
6. •Located in South East Asia.
•Created on August 14, 1947.
•Area covering 796,095 km2
.
•Population exceeding 180 million people.
•Official language is Urdu
•Capital Islamabad
7. Education
• More than 132 universities
• Higher education system includes the public,
private, military and vocational universities
9. Food
• Pakistani food is known to its richness
and flavour.
• It has been partly influenced by Arab,
Persians, and Indians cuisine, it retains
its own distinct Pakistani flavour.
10. Music
•There are more than six
hundred pakistani musical
instruments.
•The most well known are:
• Sitar
• Tabla
• Bansari
• Dhool
• Rabab
11. Minerals
• Pakistan is home to many verieties of
minerals.
• Some of them are
• Copper
• Gold
• Silver
• Platinum
• Chromites
• Iron
• Lead
• Zinc
12. SALT MINES
• Pakistan’s largest and oldest and world second largest salt
mine is in Khewra, Punjab.
• The Khewra Salt Mine is also known as Mayo Salt Mine, in
honour of Lord Mayo, who visited it as Viceroy of India.
• The salt reserves at Khewra were discovered when
Alexander the Great crossed the Jhelum and Mianwali
region during his Indian campaign. The mine was
discovered, however, not by Alexander, nor by his allies,
but by his army's horses, when they were found licking the
stones.
17. Crystal Valley, a tunnel with crystals in the wall and roof,
illuminated by colorful lights
18. Coal Mines
• Pakistan has world 5th
largest coal
reserves.
• It is also named as BLACK GOLD.
• Found in huge quantities in Thar, Quetta,
Makarwal, Harnai, Chamalong.
21. These trolleys were powered by small motors
and are used to bring out coal sacks from
inside the mine
22. Inside the mine: The lift system which takes coal and
miners up and down between the mine and the
surface.
23. A tired miner sits on a coal sack, waiting for the
supervisor to ring the bell so that he can go up.
24. COPPER and Gold Mine
• In Reko Diq, Baluchistan deposits of copper and gold are
present. It is world 7th
largest mine.
• Copper and gold are some highly precious metals. They
are used for making ornaments, utensils and decorative
articles.
• Copper is used in electrical equipment, power and
communication transmission lines.
30. Dam
• Total dams and reservoirs in Pakistan over the height
of 15 m (49 ft) are 143.
• Tarbela Dam is the largest earth filled dam in the
world and is second largest by the structural volume.
• Tarbela, Rawal, Mangla, Khanpur are some dams of
Pakistan.
35. Rivers
• Pakistan’s river system consists of more than 60 small
and large rivers.
• Jhelum River, Chenab River, Ravi River, Sutlej River,
Kabul River etc are some main rivers of Pakistan.
• Indus River, with an overall length of around 3200 KM
and total estimated annual flow of 207 billion cubic
meters, is Pakistan’s longest and largest river.