Welcome to Pakistan!!!

Brief Facts About Pakistan

Official Name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. (created 1947)

Capital: Islamabad.

Area: 796,096-sq. km.

Population: 172.80 million (2008 Census)

Ethnic Composition: 95% Muslims, 5% others

Per Capita Income: US $ 460

Currency: Pak. Rupee

Language: Urdu (National language), English (Official)

Archaeological Sites: Mohenjodaro 2600BC, Harappa 1500 BC, Taxila, Kot Diji, Mehar Garh, and Takht Bahi

Major Cities: Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Hyderabad, Faisalabad and Multan.

Minar-i-Pakistan, the most important national monuments of Pakistan stands at the exact place where the historic Pakistan Resolution was passed in 1940, seven years before the country's birth.  It is one of the few additions to a conglomeration of old monumental structures in Lahore, built by Mughals. The Minar expresses the spirit of that movement. The base of the structure takes the shape of a five point star and is enclosed within crescent shaped pools.