PROUD TO BE A PAKISTANI

I am proud to be a Pakistani because Pakistan has given me my identity which gives me global recognition. I am proud to be a Pakistani for many reasons. First of all, Pakistan is the world’s first Islamic country to attain nuclear power. Pakistan has the highest paved international road – The Karakoram Highway. Pakistan has the largest canal-based irrigation system in the world. Pakistan has the world’s largest ambulance network. Pakistan’s Edhi Foundation, which is also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, is exceptional. I am proud to be a Pakistani because the name Pakistan means ‘Land of the Pure’ in Persian and Urdu languages. Two people have won the Nobel Prize from Pakistan. Malala Yousafzai for Peace in 2014 and Abdus Salam for Physics in 1979. K-2 (Chagori) is the highest mountain peak in Pakistan and the second highest in the world. I am proud to be a Pakistani because Pakistan also made history with the youngest civil judge in the world. Mohammed Ilyas passed his exam when he was 20 years and 9 months old and thus became the youngest civil judge in the world. The ‘Khewra Salt Mine’ in Pakistan is the second largest and oldest salt mine in the world. Pakistan has the eleventh-largest armed force in the world. It has 617,000 people in its army. UN peacekeeping missions are supported largely by the Pakistani army. I am proud to be a Pakistani because Pakistanis are the fourth-most intelligent people in the world, according to poll results gathered from 125 countries by the Institute of European Business Administration. The world’s seventh-largest collection of scientists and engineers is from Pakistan. Last but not the least, according to a survey, Pakistan has one of the world’s top National Anthem tunes. The duration of Pakistan’s National Anthem is 80 seconds. 

Amna Aqdas, V Coral

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