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1949 – Music for the "Qaumī Tarānah" is composed by the Pakistani musical composer, Ahmad G. Chagla (running time: 80 seconds). 1950 – anthem, without lyrics, was performed for the first time for a foreign head of state on the state visit of the Shah of Iran to Pakistan in Karachi on 1 March 1950 by a Pakistan Navy band.
Succeeded by. "Qaumi Tarana". Tarana-e-Pakistan is claimed to be the first national anthem of Pakistan that was played on Pakistan's national radio on 14 August 1947. [1] An unsubstantiated claim is that it was composed by Jagannath Azad at the request of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. It was never officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem and the ...
Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari PP HI ( Urdu: ابو الاثر حفیظ جالندھری; 14 January 1900 – 21 December 1982) was a Pakistani poet who wrote the lyrics for the National Anthem of Pakistan [1] [2] [3] and the Anthem of Azad Kashmir. [4] He wrote in Urdu and Persian languages and is widely celebrated throughout Pakistan. [1]
Pakistan has several official national symbols, including a flag, an emblem, an anthem, a memorial tower as well as several national heroes. The symbols were adopted at various stages in the existence of Pakistan and there are various rules and regulations governing their definition or use. The oldest symbol is the Lahore Resolution, adopted by ...
Faith, Unity, Discipline ( Urdu: ایمان، اتحاد، نظم, romanized : Īmān, Ittiḥād, Naẓm) is the national motto of Pakistan. It is regarded as the guiding principle of Pakistan's nationhood. [1] Upon the independence of Pakistan, it was introduced and adopted as the national motto by the country's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. [2]
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Pakistan Zindabad (anthem) Tarana-i-Pakistan ( Bengali: তারানা-ই-পাকিস্তান ), or more popularly known as Pakistan Zindabad ( Bengali: পাকিস্তান জিন্দাবাদ ), was an alternative national anthem sung by East Pakistan during its existence until liberation of Bangladesh in 1971. The ...
Independence Day ( Urdu: یومِ آزادی, romanized : Yaum-i Āzādī ), observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan. It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence and was declared a sovereign state following the termination of the British Raj in August 1947. Pakistan came into existence as a result of ...