beautiful pakistan and khewra salt mine
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Pakistan is the land of people who have big hearts and beautiful souls. This country is so versatile in terms of its culture and traditional values. Pakistan has the world's second-largest salt mine (The Khewra Mine). This mine is situated north of Pind Dadan Khan, a subdivision of Jhelum District, in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. History says that this mine was first discovered by Alexandar the Great's troops in 320 B.C. The locals tell a story about the discovery of the salt mine that when Alexander was passing through this way he stayed here for some rest and his horses, who were thirsty, started licking some stones. The troops wondered why and tried to find out that what is there in the stones. They found that it is actually salt which the horses were licking and in return, they discovered the great salt mine. This mine is a great source of salt and produces 350,000 tons per year. There are lot of tourist attractions in this min