2008 Pakistan Guinness World Records

At 52nd anniversary of Pakistan its become the first Islamic republic in the world. At the Celebration of National day - Pakistan Sets some of Guinness World Records. Check herewith Listing.

Fastest bowl of a cricket ball
The highest electronically measured speed for a ball bowled by any bowler is 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) by Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) against England on 22 February 2003 in a World Cup match at Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa.

Largest collection of dummies (pacifiers)
Since 1995, Dr. Muhammad Mustansar of the Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health in Lahore, Pakistan has been collecting dummies as an educational movement against them. The collection now amounts to 1,994 dummies of different colors and shapes, each obtained from individual mothers.

Largest tea bag
The largest tea bag was made by Lipton Yellow Label of Lever Brothers, Pakistan Ltd weighing 8.9 kg (19.62 lb) and was displayed at the Avari Towers Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan on 22 June 2002.

Tallest cake
Network Television Marketing Ltd. created a cake measuring 32 m (105 ft) tall with 105 tiers in Faisalabad, Pakistan, on 16 August 1997.

Youngest civil judge
Muhammad Ilyas passed the examination enabling him to become a Civil Judge in July 1952 at the age of 20 years 9 months, although formalities such as medicals meant that it was not until eight months later that he started work as a Civil Judge in Lahore, Pakistan.

Information by Guinness World Records.

Worlds Largest Kurta Guinness World Records Pakistan

For all those who prefer to wear jeans and t-shirts, here’s news for you. Our very own Kurta shalwar has made it to the Guinness World Record as Pakistan holds the record of making the world’s largest kurta. The length of the kurta is 30 times more than that of a standard medium-sized kurta and stands at a staggering height of 101 feet. The cuff opening alone is 15-feet wide whereas the length of each sleeve is almost 57ft.

The entire kurta weighs 800kg with each of its four buttons weighing 10kg each. The material used is 800 yards long while 450metres of thread has been used. It took a team of 50 hard-working professional tailors a period of 30 days to put together the kurta. The kurta will be the first of its kind to be certified by Guinness.

The team behind the project will also be catering to their Corporate Social Responsibility programmes and will go the extra mile by creating small kurtas from the bigger one to donate to young children at the Abdul Sattar Edhi Foundation Child Homes across Pakistan at the end of the campaign.

Procter & Gamble (P&G) Pakistan joined hands with known fashion designer Deepak Perwani who designed and embellished the kurta, while Gul Ahmed provided the fabric. At a glittering event held in Karachi to present the kurta, Perwani said that the kurta is the “largest selling commodity of Pakistan” and therefore achieving a record for it is “a perfect illustration of our culture.”