Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: 24-year-old Pakistani Attshan Ali Abbasi has broken the current world record of “Fastest time to recite the names of all countries of Asia & Middle East in only 1 Breath (12 seconds)”.

Universal Record Database website “RecordSetter.com” accepted Attshan Ali Abbasi’s new world record and they also uploaded the official video of his new world record on their official website.

Attshan is an M-Phil Scholar and was born in a small village of District Abbottabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Currently he is serving as the head of Coordination, National Youth Assembly of Pakistan. He has made the world record of fastest time to recite all 50 Asian & Middle East Countries in one breath at the National Library of Pakistan Islamabad.

Record Setter World Record Keeping Book (USA) confirmed his record through e-mail. Attshan is the only man in the world who can recite countries’ names in 50 seconds. He also has the skill to recite names of 47 European countries in one breath, 54 African countries in one breath and American countries in one breath.

Attshan is a Public Policy Scholar and is exploring the Parliament of Pakistan, through his final year M-Phil research. While talking to the APP, he dedicated his record to the poor people of the world, saying that he wants to do something unique in academia and that achievement of this world record will boost his confidence.

He added that he has a memory to save things very quickly and he is very much interested in sharing his knowledge with students who are living in backward areas of Pakistan. He said that he had presented his talent in various universities, colleges and schools of Islamabad, Lahore, Abbottabad and Peshawar.

He had also displayed his skills of reciting the names of all 127 districts of Pakistan in 50 seconds at an annual function of ANF’s Youth Convention held last month in Rawalpindi.