Scary facts about Pakistan 1: Incest is BIG in Pakistan; In Pakistan, cousin marriage is legal and common for economic, religious and cultural reasons. Consanguineous marriage in Pakistan was reported to be higher than 60% of the population in 2014. 2: According to a 2005 BBC report on Pakistani marriage, 55% of Pakistanis marry a first cousin. According to professor Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen from South Danish University, the current rate is 70%, one study estimated infant mortality at 12.7 percent for married double first cousins, 7.9 percent for first cousins, 9.2 percent for first cousins once removed/double second cousins, 6.9 percent for second cousins, and 5.1 percent among non-consanguineous progeny. Among double first cousin progeny, 41.2 percent of pre-reproductive deaths were associated with the expression of detrimental recessive genes, with equivalent values of 26.0, 14.9, and 8.1 percent for first cousins, first cousins once removed/double second cousins, and second cousins respectively 3: Pakistan has nukes. yes you read that correct, Pakistan has nuclear weapons due to a historical mistake caused by MI6 in London. 4: Pakistan has little in way of a state education system. More Pakistanis have a reading age of around 11 years old by the time they turn 18.