Records from Pakistan
In today's vote on our Facebook page, Pakistan comfortably came out in first place, with 369 votes to the United Kingdom's 197, and Japan's 134. As such, the subject of today's blog is records from Pakistan!
The most recent record set in Pakistan was The most people crammed into a Smart car at the end of 2011, when the Pakistan Crashers crammed 19 women into a Smart car in Karachi.
Pakistan is a nation of cricket-lovers, and the country's cricketers have set several records for the sport. Among them are Shahid Afridi, who has taken the Most wickets in a Twenty20 cricket career (53), and Hanif Mohammad, who back in 1958 had the Longest individual cricket test innings, batting for 16hr 10mins and scoring 337 runs in the process playing against the West Indies.
The largest silver ring was created by master jewelers Amin and Company, weighed in at 71.68kg (158lbs), and had an inner diameter of 85cm (2ft 9in) - a fair bit larger than most people's fingers as you can see!
As well as the people of Pakistan holding records, there are also a handful of records for the country's natural features. One such record is that for the Tallest mountain face: The Rupal face of Nanga Parbat is a single rise of 5000m (16,000ft) from valley floor to the summit - with the mountain itself being the highest in Pakistan and the 8th highest in the world, with a summit at 8125m (26,656ft) above sea level.
Finally, the Largest flaming image using candles was created by 118 Sandoz employees in Faisalabad in 2009, consisting of 35,478 candles. Here's what it looked like before the candles were lit:
Then alight in all its glory!
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