Pakistan displays world's largest Quran

ISLAMABAD: The world's largest Quran, with a weight of 9,000 kg, has been displayed in Pakistan's Punjab province for public view, local media reported.

The 202-page holy book, made of stainless steel, is eight feet long and four feet wide, and the weight of each page is about 70 kg, the newspaper Daily Times said on Wednesday.

It took the maker Javaid Iqbal, an engineer from Gujranwala, Punjab, two and a half years to prepare the book in collaboration with local philanthropists at a total cost of Rs.8.5 million (about $142,000), the report said.

The book is displayed in Sialkot city by the district government, and will be used as a gift to Saudi Arabia, it said.