World facts, geography, history.
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Punjab is Pakistan's most populous province.
Its major cities include Lahore, Faisalabad, and Rawalpindi.
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The Karakoram Highway links northern Pakistan with China.
It crosses through the Khunjerab Pass.
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K2 is Pakistan's highest peak and the world's second-highest mountain.
It lies in the Karakoram range.
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Pakistan Standard Time is five hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
It is written as UTC+5.
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Pakistan's southern coastline borders the Arabian Sea.
Karachi and Gwadar are major ports on this coast.
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The Senate is the upper house of Parliament.
It provides equal provincial representation.
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Minar-e-Pakistan stands in Iqbal Park, Lahore.
It commemorates the Lahore Resolution of 1940.
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Members of the National Assembly are elected from constituencies.
It is the lower house of Parliament.
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The Lahore Resolution was adopted on 23 March 1940.
It became a major milestone in the Pakistan Movement.
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Physicist Abdus Salam shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics.
He was Pakistan's first Nobel laureate.
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Pakistan emerged as an independent state on 14 August 1947.
The date is observed annually as Independence Day.
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Benazir Bhutto became prime minister in 1988.
She was also the first woman to lead a Muslim-majority country's government.
