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Pakistan has seen many floods, the worst and most destructive is the recent 2010 Pakistan floods, other floods which caused destruction in the history of Pakistan, include the flood of 1950, which killed 2910 people; on 1 July 1977 heavy rains and flooding in Karachi, killed 248 people, according to Pakistan meteorological department 207 ...
Some festivals in Punjab, Pakistan are determined by the Punjabi calendar, [4] such as Muharram which is observed twice, once according to the Muslim year and again on the 10th of harh/18th of jeth. [5] The Punjabi calendar is the one the rural (agrarian) population follows in Punjab, Pakistan. [6] [note 1]
The average annual rainfall of Islamabad is 1,457 millimetres (57.4 in). [19] Monsoon season starts by the end of June and prevails till the end of September. In 2009, Islamabad saw below normal monsoon rainfalls due to the presence of El Niño over Pakistan. [20] It just recorded 354 millimetres (13.9 in) of rain during the Monsoon season in ...
It is situated in the monsoon region of Pakistan. It is located on the coast bordering the Arabian Sea , and as a result, has a relatively mild climate . However, in more recent years, rainfall has become more abundant, with annual rainfall projected to reach over 500 mm by 2100.
The translation department of the Pakistan WikiProject aims to utilize high-quality non-English material related to Pakistan for the goals of the project, as well as provide transliterations for Pakistan-related articles on Wikipedia. This includes both translating articles from and to other-language Wikipedias as well as assisting contributors ...
[2] [3] The majority of Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family. [4] [5] Urdu is the national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for inter-communication between different ethnic groups.
Geographical distribution of Urdu in India and Pakistan. There are over 100 million native speakers of Urdu in India and Pakistan together: there were 50.8 million Urdu speakers in India (4.34% of the total population) as per the 2011 census; [3] and approximately 16 million in Pakistan in 2006. [133]
Pakistan Day is a momentous milestone in the history of Pakistan movement. This event is held to mark the anniversary of Pakistan Resolution passed by the Muslims of South Asia on 23 March 1940 at Minto Park (now Iqbal Park), Lahore. The resolution was presented by A. K. Fazlul Huq.