Largest Dam: Tarbela dam

Longest River: Indus River with a length of 2,880 km

Hottest Place: Jacobabad in Sindh. Temperature rising upto 128 F in Summer

Largest Seaport: Karachi

Largest Library: The Punjab Public Library, Lahore

Largest Museum: The Lahore Museum, Lahore

Oldest University: The Punjab University, Lahore

Most widely Circulated Newspaper: The Daily Jang

Largest Shipping Company: The Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC)

Largest Desert: The Thar Desert, Sindh

Most Populous Province: Punjab

Least Populous Province: Balochistan

Smallest Province: NWFP with an area of 74,521 square km

Largest City: Karachi

Famous lakes: Saif-ul-Muluk, Manchar, Hanna,Keenjhar

Deserts: Thal, Cholistan, Thar, Sehan

Highest Peak: K-2, in Chogori (Northern Areas) with a height of 28,250 feet (8,610 metres). It is the second highest peak in the world after Mount Everest

Other peaks: Nanga Parbat (Himalayan Range), Gasherbrum 1 (Karakoram), Broad Peak 1 (Karakoram Range), Gasherbrum 2 (Karakoram Range)

Sea ports: Karachi Port, Port Qasim,Gwadar and Pasni