Flag of Pakistan.

Flag of Pakistan.

The National flag of Pakistan (Urdu: قومی پرچم‎, Qaumī Pārc̱am) was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, just four days before the country's independence, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of Pakistan. It was afterwards retained by the current-day Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The flag is a green field with a white crescent moon and five-rayed star at its center, and a vertical white stripe at the hoist side. Though the green color is mandated only as 'dark green', its official and most consistent representation is Pakistan green, which is shaded distinctively darker. The flag was designed by Amir Uddin Kidwai, and is based on the All-India Muslim League flag. Historically, the Pakistan Flag has associations with the flag which was hoisted at Dhaka on December 30, 1906, when a meeting of the leaders representing the various Muslim political organizations of the South Asia subcontinent was held and the All-India Muslim League was formed.
The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan met on the 11th of August, 1947, when Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, presented the National Flag to the Constituent Assembly for its formal approval. In the course of his speech on the occasion, Mr. Liaquat Au Khan observed: “Mr. President, the flag, it will be noticed, is not the flag of any one political party or any one community. The flag is the flag of the Pakistani nation, of the Pakistan State which has to come into existence on the 14th of August, 1947. I can say without any fear of contradiction that this flag which I have the honor to present to this House, will stand for freedom, liberty and equality for those who owe allegiance to this Flag of Pakistan. Mr. President, this flag will be a flag of freedom not only for the people of Pakistan; this flag will be an emblem of peace and help in maintaining peace throughout the world.

The flag is referred to in the national anthem as the Flag of the Crescent and Star, in Urdu Parcham-e-Sitāra-o-Hilāl, It is flown on several important days of the year including Republic Day and Independence Day, Defense day and also on every morning(when sun shines full) at schools, colleges and offices, raises almost in all working areas with national anthem. And lowered before sunset. A designer named Amir Uddin Kidwai studied the League’s flag, as he tried to design a flag for a new, independent nation. Finally he arrived at a design, and he presented it to the men who would run the new Pakistan government. The Pakistan government adopted his design on August 11, 1947. The Pakistan government has pronounced rules about the flying of the Pakistan flag. The government has called for display of the flag at full mast on March 23 of each year. That display recognizes both the adoption of the Lahore Resolution in 1940 and the Declaration of the Republic of Pakistan in 1956. Flag raisers in Pakistan also make a point of hoisting the flag each year on 14 August. That is considered to be Pakistan’s Independence Day celebration but some people thinks that the actual date of Independence Day is August 15, 1947 (According to legends it is Just a Rumor not actually and personally it is just a Rumor).Pakistan was carved out from British India as a home to Indian Muslims.

History, Colors and Symbols.

Master Altaf Hussain.

Before the Second World War, Muslims and Hindus lived together under the British Raj. A number of the Muslims formed the All India Muslim League. After the Second World War, when the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the flag of the Muslim League served as the basis for the flag of Pakistan.

It is based on the original flag of the Muslim League, which itself drew inspiration from the flag of the Sultanate of Delhi, the flag of Ottoman Empire and the Flag of the Mughal Empire.

Historically the first Pakistan Flag was stitched by Master Altaf Hussain by his hands.

Green represents Islam as it is believed to be a favorite color of Prophet Muhammad and his daughter, Fatima. Green is also mentioned several times in the Quran, in relation to paradise.

White represents religious minorities and minority religions.

Crescent symbolizes progress.

Star represents light, knowledge and Peace.

Design.

The official design of the national flag was adopted by the Constituent Assembly together with a definition of the features and proportions.

According to the specifications it is a dark green rectangular flag in the proportion of length [A] and width [B] as 3:2 with a white vertical bar at the mast, the green portion bearing a white crescent in the center and a five-pointed white heraldic star. The width of the white portion [C] is one quarter the width of the flag [A], nearest the mast, so the green portion occupies the remaining three quarters [D].

Protocols of National Flag.

Þ   No other flag must fly higher (except the United Nations flag at United Nations buildings).

Þ   When displayed or flown alongside other national flags, the National Flag must be displayed or flown at the same height as the other national flags, never lower.

Þ   When displayed alongside provincial, military or corporate flags, the National Flag must be higher.

Þ   When tied to a mast, it must be tied only at the left (at the beginning of the white bar) and left to fly freely without any obstruction.

Þ   Must not touch the ground, shoes or feet or anything unclean.

Þ   Must never be flown in darkness.

Þ   Must be raised at dawn and lowered at dusk (except on the Parliament of Pakistan, which is the only official building on which the flag is never lowered). When flown over the Parliament of Pakistan at night, it must always remain alit with artificial light

Þ   Must not be marked with anything (including words or pictures).

Þ   When raising: (i) must be saluted to by all uniformed personnel, (ii) others must stand in attention.

Þ   Must be raised or lowered ceremoniously.

Þ   Must never be displayed vertically.

Þ   When displayed horizontally, the white strip must always be at the left, with green field on the right.

Þ   Must not fly or be displayed upside down (except in case of distress in country) or with the crescent and star facing left.

Þ   Must not be displayed anywhere where it is likely to get dirty.

Þ   Must not be set on fire or trampled upon.

Þ   Must not be buried or lowered into a grave (when burying a flag-bearing casket, the National Flag must be detached from the casket and held above the grave as the casket is lowered or removed from the casket before burial.

Flying days of National Flag.
Date	Position	Reason
March 23	Full-mast	Pakistan Day: Adoption of the Lahore Resolution(1940) and declaration of the Islamic Republic (1956)
April 21	Half-mast	Death Anniversary of the National Poet, Muhammad Iqbal (1938)
August 14	Full-mast	Independence Day (1947)
September 11	Half-mast	Death Anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1948)
December 25	Full-mast	Birthday of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)

Use of National Flag.

Office	Flag on Official   Residence	Flag on Vehicles
The President of Pakistan
The Prime Minister of Pakistan
The Chairman of the Senate
The Speaker of the National Assembly
The Chief Justice of Pakistan
The Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court
The Governors of the Provinces
Federal Ministers (and officials entitled to the privileges of Federal Ministers)
The Chief Ministers of the Provinces
The Ministers of the Provinces
The Chief Election Commissioner
The Deputy Chairman of the Senate
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
The Speakers of the Provincial Assemblies
The Chief Justices of the High Courts
Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Pakistan
Commissioners of Divisions, Deputy Commissioners and Political Agents

Records Set by National Flag.

     2014 - On 15 February, 29,040 people gathered in a stadium in Lahore to form the 

flag of Pakistan and set a new world record for forming the world's largest national flag comprising humans, which was certified by Guinness World Records.

   2012 - On 22 October, 24,200 people gathered in a stadium in Lahore to form the flag of Pakistan and set a new world record for forming the world's largest national flag comprising humans, which was certified by Guinness World Records.

   2004 - In August, a 340×510 (173,400 square foot) foot flag of Pakistan was unfurled at the National Stadium Karachi, setting the world record for the largest flag.

     1947 - On the night of August 14, 1947, a group of Indian Boy Scouts were in France when the news reached them that their motherland had become independent. Mohammad Iqbal Qureshi was one of the Muslim boy scouts who with the help of his friends turned a green turban into a Pakistani flag and unfurled it. August 15, 1947 was the first time when the Pakistani flag flew on the foreign soil.

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