National symbols

Flag: National flag featuring white vertical band and white crescent and five-pointed star on green field, symbolizing Islam

Pakistan Flag

Emblem: National emblem with shield depicting cotton, wheat, tea, and jute surrounded by laurel wreath

Pakistan Emblem

Trivia & facts

  • K2 is world's second-highest peak with nickname "Savage Mountain"
  • National bird is chukar partridge, national animal is markhor
  • World's largest salt mine Khewra Salt Mine is Himalayan salt production site
  • Approximately 70% global share of hand-stitched soccer balls are Sialkot-made
  • Produced Asia's first Nobel Physics Prize winner Abdus Salam
  • Taxila ruins group was center of Gandhara Buddhist art
  • Pakistan postal codes are 5 digits indicating city/region
  • Over 250 mango varieties, summer's national fruit
  • National emblem motto is "Faith, Unity, Discipline"
  • Islamabad streets organized in grid pattern with alphabets and numbers