5 interesting facts about Pakistan.

 Here are 5 interesting facts about Pakistan.

1.    Two Pakistanis have won the Nobel Peace Prize: the late Abdus Salam, a theoretical physicist who in 1979 shared the Nobel Prize in physics for his contribution to electroweak unification theory, and Malala Yousafzai, a woman's education activist who in 2014 shared it with Kailash Satyarthi of India. Yousafzai was 17 when she was awarded the Nobel, making her the youngest-ever laureate.

2.    The name Pakistan derives from two words, "Pak" which is Persian for holy, clean or pure, and istan derives from the Hindi word isthan, which means a place.

3.    Pakistan has six designated UNESCO world heritage sites the archeological ruins at Moenjodaro the Buddhist ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and neighboring city remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol the fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore the monuments at Makli; Fort Rohtas and the ancient ruins of Taxila.

4.    The  world’s first PC virus was created by two Pakistani brothers. Basit Farooq Alvi and Amjad Farooq Alvi created "Brain" which was discovered in 1986 and targeted IBM PC platforms.

5.    Speaking of heights, the ATM at the world's highest elevation belongs to the National Bank of Pakistan and sits in the Khunjerab Pass, in Gilgit-Baltistan. It was established in November 2016 and is 15,397 feet above sea level.