National anthem: ‘Qaumi Taranah’ which translates as ‘The Sacred Land’. The music was composed by Ahmad Chagla in 1949 and the lyrics were written by Hafeez Jullundhri in 1952. It was adopted as the official national anthem for Pakistan in 1954. Ethnic Make-up: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtu...
National symbol(s) five-pointed star between the horns of a waxing crescent moon, jasmine; national colors: green, white National anthem name: "Qaumi Tarana" (National Anthem)lyrics/music: Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez JULLANDHURI/Ahmed Ghulamali CHAGLA note: adopted 1954; also known as "Pak sarzami...
Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari (Urdu: ابو الاثر حفیظ جالندھری) (born 14 January 1900 – 21 December 1982) was a Indian -born Pakistani Urdu-language poet who wrote the lyrics for the National Anthem of Pakistan. Another widely ...
17) Which is the national flower ofPakistan? c) Jasmine 18) Who designed Pakistan’s national flag? b) Ameer-ud-din Khidwai 19) Which military alliance hadPakistanas its member? b) SEATO 20) Who wrote Pakistan’s first national anthem? c) Jagannath Azad 21) Which is the national langu...
The issues he outlined still haunt India and Pakistan today. His successors were quick to reject his vision. After Jinnah’s death on September 11, 1948, the assembly commissioned a new national anthem, consigning Jaganath Azad’s lyrics to history. Jinnah’s speech of Aug 11 was literally ce...
in our subcontinent in the 1970s and 1980s. But over the last three decades, it has, more than anything else, become known as the anthem of the Kashmiri street. And now, while Kashmir’s streets have been silenced, the irony is that its people’s refrain, with similar lyrics, rhythm ...
Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari (Urdu: ابو الاثر حفیظ جالندھری) (born 14 January 1900 – 21 December 1982) was a Indian -born Pakistani Urdu-language poet who wrote the lyrics for the National Anthem of Pakistan. Another widely us...