Introduction of my country

Officially Islamic Republic of Pakistan, republic in South Asia, marking the area where South Asia converges with Southwest Asia and Central Asia. The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad; Karachi is the country’s largest city.

Flag of Pakistan

History

The area of present-day Pakistan was the cradle of the earliest known civilization of South Asia, the Indus Valley civilization (2500?-1700 bc). The territory was part of the Mughal Empire from 1526 until the 1700s, when it came under British rule. Pakistan gained independence in August 1947. It initially comprised two parts, West Pakistan and East Pakistan, which were separated by about 1,600 km (1,000 mi) of territory within India. In December 1971 East Pakistan seceded and became the independent republic of Bangladesh.

NATURAL REGIONS

Pakistan has great extremes of elevation, reaching the highest point at the Himalayan peak of K2 (also known as Mount Godwin Austen) in the north and the lowest point at the Arabian Sea coast in the south. The Indus River flows the length of Pakistan from north to south. The Indus and its tributaries form a wide river valley with fertile plains in Punjab and Sind (Sindh) provinces. Pakistan is mountainous in the north and west. Earthquakes are frequent, and occasionally severe, in the northern and western.

Pakistan has within its borders some of the world’s highest and most spectacular mountains. In the northern part of the country, the Hindu Kush mountains converge with the Karakoram Range, a part of the Himalayan mountain system. Thirteen of the world’s 30 tallest peaks are in Pakistan. The tallest include K2, the second highest peak in the world at 8,611 m (28,251 ft), in the Karakoram Range; Nanga Parbat (8,125 m/26,657 ft) in the Himalayas; and Tirich Mīr (7,690 m/25,230 ft) in the Hindu kush.

Major cities

Islamabad (capital)

Karachi

Lahore

Peshawar

Queta

HIGHLITES OF MY COUNTRY

ISLAMABAD THE BEUTIFUL

Karachi, in southern Pakistan, was the birthplace and burial place of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah died in 1948, the year after Pakistan gained its independence, and was laid to rest in the tomb shown here.

GREAT FAISAL MOSQUE ISLAMABAD

BABEE KHYBER:PESHWAR

BADSHAHI MOSQUE LAHORE

PAKISTAN MONOMENT

Tarbela dam on Indus river

Pakistani town of skardu