Qaumī Tarāna

قومی ترانہ
English: National Anthem of Pakistan
	Qaumī Tarāna
National anthem of	Pakistan
Lyrics	Hafeez Jullundhri
Music	Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla, 1950
Adopted	1954

The Qaumī Tarāna (Urdu: قومی ترانہ) is the national anthem of Pakistan. At independence, on August 14, 1947, Pakistan did not have a national anthem. When the flag was hoisted at the independence ceremony it was accompanied by the song, "Pakistan Zindabad, Azadi Paendabad". The flag itself had only been approved by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan three days earlier. The national anthem of Pakistan was written some time later by the Urdu poet Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri.

Urdu	Transliteration	Translation
پاک سرزمین شاد باد كشور حسين شاد باد تو نشان عزم عالیشان ! ارض پاکستان مرکز یقین شاد باد	Pāk sarzamīn shād bād Kishwar-e-hasīn shād bād Tū nishān-e-`azm-e-`alīshān Arz-e-Pākistān! Markaz-e-yaqīn shād bād	Blessed be the sacred land Happy be the bounteous realm Symbol of high resolve Land of Pakistan! Blessed be thou, house of faith
پاک سرزمین کا نظام قوت اخوت عوام قوم ، ملک ، سلطنت ! پائندہ تابندہ باد شاد باد منزل مراد	Pāk sarzamīn kā nizām Qūwat-e-ukhūwat-e-`awām Qaum, mulk, sultanat Pā-inda tābinda bād! Shād bād manzil-e-murād	The order of the sacred land Is the might of the people's brotherhood nation, country, and the state Shine in everlasting glory! Blessed be the goal of our aim
پرچم ستارہ و ہلال رہبر ترقی و کمال ترجمان ماضی شان حال ! جان استقبال سایۂ خدائے ذوالجلال	Parcham-e-sitāra-o-hilāl Rahbar-e-tarraqqī-o-kamāl Tarjumān-e-māzī, shān-e-hāl Jān-e-istiqbāl! Sāyah-e-Khudā-e-Zū-l-Jalāl	flag of the crescent and the star Leads way to progress and perfection Interpreter of the past, glory of the present age Inspiration of our future! Symbol of the Almighty's protection

Timeline[change | edit source]

1949 - Musical composition by Ahmad G. Chagla (running time, 1 minute 20 seconds)
1952 - Verses written by Hafeez Jullundhri, selected from 723 entries
1954 - Released on Radio Pakistan on 13 August. Singers of the anthem were: Ahmad Rushdi, Shamim Bano, Kokab Jehan, Rasheeda Begum, Najam Ara, Naseema Shaheen, Zwar Hussain, Akhtar Abbas, Ghulam Dastgir, Anwar Zaheer and Akhtar Wassi.