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Found this on wikipedia, an answer for those to say, we are a nation deprived of technological advances!
The boot sector of an infected floppy by Brain virus; the world's first computer virus, made in Pakistan.
Research and development forms an integral part in Pakistan's economy. Pakistan is the home of Professor Abdus Salam— Pakistan's only Nobel laureate in Physics, and pioneer of the electroweak theory for which he received such honor.[184] The work of Riazuddin, Raziuddin Siddiqui, Atta ur Rahman, UNESCO laureate, and Naveed Zaidi who developed the first workable plastic magnet at room temperature, is renowned. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui was the first Pakistani scientist to bring the therapeutic constituents of the Neem tree to the attention of natural products chemists. Each and every year, scientists from around the world are invited by the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and the Pakistan Government to participate in International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics. Medical scientists from Pakistan also pioneered in neuroscience. Ayub Ommaya, the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir, was one of the leading scientist in the field of Neurosciences. Another medical scientist, Naweed Syed became the first scientist who managed to "connect brain cells to a silicon chip". Pakistan has produced prolific technologist such as Umar Saif, a pioneer in ICTD technology and Munir A. Khan, a leading figure in nuclear power technology. Pakistan has an active space program, headed by its premier space research agency SUPARCO. Polish-Pakistani Aerospace engineer W. J. M. Turowicz developed and supervised the launch of the Rehbar-I rocket from Pakistani soil, making Pakistan the first South Asian country to launch a rocket in space. In 1990, Pakistan launched its first and ingenious satellite, Badr-I from China, becoming first Muslim country and second South Asian country to have put the satellite in space. In 1998, Pakistan became the seventh country in the world to successfully develop and test nuclear weapons. Pakistan's scientists have played an influential role in advancing the economical sciences such as Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of microcredit and microfinance initiatives in developing world; Mahbub-ul-Haq, creator of the Human development theory and the founder of the Human Development Report; and Agha Hasan Abedi, founder of the BCCI. Pakistan is also of a handful of countries which has an active research presence in Antarctica, as part of the Pakistan Antarctic Programme established in 1991; Pakistan currently has two summer research stations in the continent and plans to open another base which will be permanent all year round.
Electricity in Pakistan is generated, and distributed by two vertically integrated public sector utilities: Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) for all of Pakistan except Karachi, which is supplied by Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC).[200] Nuclear power in Pakistan is provided by 3 licensed-commercial nuclear power plants under Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). Pakistan is the first Muslim country in the world to embrak on a nuclear power program. The electricity generated by commercial nuclear power plants constitutes roughly 3% of electricity generated in Pakistan, compared to about 64% from thermal and 33% from hydroelectric power.
