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Pakistan
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Our Country Pakistan
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Dream Of A Great Thinker Allama Iqbal
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Founded by a great man Quaid-e-azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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He gave us three dictums Unity Faith Discipline
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Located in South East Asia. Created on August 14, 1947. Area covering 796,095 km 2. Population exceeding 180 million people.180 million people Official language is Urdu Capital Islamabad
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Education More than 132 universities Higher education system includes the public, private, military and vocational universities
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Sports National Game - Hockey Most Popular Game - Cricket
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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.
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Music There are more than six hundred pakistani musical instruments. The most well known are: Sitar Tabla Bansari Dhool Rabab
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Minerals Pakistan is home to many verieties of minerals. Some of them are Copper Gold Silver Platinum Chromites Iron Lead Zinc
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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.Lord MayoViceroy 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.Alexander the GreatJhelumMianwaliIndian campaign
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Salt Mine at Khewra
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Mosque at Khewra Salt Mine
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Reflection in Salty Water
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Copy of Minar-e-Pakistan Made of Rock Salt
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Crystal Valley, a tunnel with crystals in the wall and roof, illuminated by colorful lights
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Coal Mines Pakistan has world 5 th largest coal reserves. It is also named as BLACK GOLD. Found in huge quantities in Thar, Quetta, Makarwal, Harnai, Chamalong.
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Main entrance of a mine located on the Quetta-Sibi highway.
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Coal Mine at Balochistan
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These trolleys were powered by small motors and are used to bring out coal sacks from inside the mine
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Inside the mine: The lift system which takes coal and miners up and down between the mine and the surface.
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A tired miner sits on a coal sack, waiting for the supervisor to ring the bell so that he can go up.
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COPPER and Gold Mine In Reko Diq, Baluchistan deposits of copper and gold are present. It is world 7 th 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.
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Gold mine
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Gold and Copper Mine
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Trolly in a Copper Mine
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Copper melt in a foundry
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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.
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Tarbela Dam
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Rawal Dam
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Mangla Dam
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Khanpur Dam
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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.
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River Indus
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Jhelum River
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Ravi River
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Kunhar river
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