Pakistan Ranks Fifth in World Seed Cotton Production in FAO Figures for the 2021 Crop
Pakistan seed cotton production ranked fifth in the world in the Food and Agriculture Organization’s FAOSTAT figures for the 2021 crop, a position worth stating carefully because cotton rankings change…
Pakistan Has the World’s Largest Irrigation System
Pakistan is home to the largest irrigation system in the world. The Indus Basin irrigation system, a single connected network of rivers, dams, barrages and canals, delivers water to farms…
K2: The Second Highest Mountain in the World Stands in Pakistan
K2 rises 8,611 metres in Pakistan's Karakoram range, the second highest mountain in the world and the hardest of them all to climb. Pakistan Facts, day 1.
NUST Enters World Top 200 in Four Subjects in QS Rankings 2025
The National University of Sciences and Technology in Islamabad has reached a landmark that no one at the university is treating lightly, because the latest NUST QS subject rankings place…
Pakistan Among the World’s Top Rice Exporters, Fourth in 2025
Pakistan grows far more rice than it eats, and the surplus feeds millions of people abroad, which is why the Pakistan top rice exporter story keeps returning in the world…
Abdul Raffay Paracha Wins Pakistan’s First Olympiad Gold Medal at the International Biology Olympiad
Pakistan won its first Olympiad gold medal in July 2025, when Abdul Raffay Paracha, a student of Siddique Public School in Rawalpindi, took gold at the 36th International Biology Olympiad…
Shehroze Kashif: The Youngest Pakistani to Climb All 14 Eight-Thousanders
Shehroze Kashif became the youngest Pakistani to climb all 14 of the world’s eight-thousanders on 9 October 2024, when he stood on the summit of Shishapangma in Tibet at the…
COMSATS University Islamabad Ranked Joint 77th in the World for Interdisciplinary Science
COMSATS University Islamabad has been placed joint 77th in the world in the Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026, the highest position achieved by any university in Pakistan. The…
SIUT Free Treatment: How a Karachi Ward Became South Asia’s Largest Free Hospital
In Karachi, one hospital has treated more than 35 million patients without sending a single one of them a bill. The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, known across Pakistan…