INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (Nilai , MALAYSIA)

Celebrating 60th Independence day of

PAKISTAN14th august 2007

Organized By: Pakistan Liaison Committee, INTI UC Malaysia

Presented By:

Syed Hasan Ali Hashmi, Wasim Akram Awan & Usman Azeem Tiwana

IslamicIslamic Republic of Pakistan Republic of Pakistan

MAP OF ASIA

BALOCHISTAN

PUNJAB

NWFP

SINDH

Karachi

Quetta

Lahore

Islamabad

Peshawar JAMMU & KASHMIR

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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTANOfficial Name:

Date of Inception: August 14th, 1947Head of the state: PresidentCapital: IslamabadArea: Total 796,095 sq.km

Population (Yr 2007): 156.7 Million (estimated)Religion: ISLAM( 95% Muslim)Language: Urdu

Symbolism: • The Dark Green Field represents Muslim majority of the country). • A Vertical White stripe in the hoist (left side) represents non-Muslim minorities.• In the centre, A White Crescent symbolizes progress• And a White Five-Pointed Star symbolizes light and knowledge.

NATIONAL FLAG OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

• The scroll at the bottom contains the National motto in Urdu, coined by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, which reads from

right to left: Urdu: نظم ، اتحاد ، ,Iman, Ittehad ایمان

Nazm translated as "Faith, Unity, Discipline".

The State Emblem of Pakistan.

• The Green colour, the Star and Crescent represent Islam.

• The Centered Quartered Shield, contains major crops of Pakistan : Cotton, Jute, Tea, and Wheat.

• The Floral Wreath around the shield represents the Mughal cultural heritage of Pakistan.

The name "Pakistan" means "Land of the Pure" in Urdu, Sindhi, and Persian. It was coined in 1934 as "Pakstan" by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who published it in the pamphlet ‘Now or Never’ .[5] The name represented, according to Ali, the "thirty million Muslims of PAKSTAN, who live in the five Northern Units of (British) India—Punjab, N.W.F.P. (Afghania), Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan."[6] The nation was founded officially as the Dominion of Pakistan in 1947, and was renamed the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1956.

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Pāk sarzamīn shād bādKishwar-e-hasīn shād bād

Tū nishān-e-`azm-e-`alīshānArz-e-Pākistān

Markaz-e-yaqīn shād bād

Pāk sarzamīn kā nizāmQūwat-e-ukhūwat-e-`awām

Qaum, mulk, sultanatPā-inda tābinda bād

Shād bād manzil-e-murād

Parcham-e-sitāra-o-hilālRahbar-e-tarraqqī-o-kamāl

Tarjumān-e-māzī, shān-e-hālJān-e-istiqbāl

Sāyah-e-Khudā-e-Zū-l-Jalāl

Blessed be the sacred land, Happy be the bounteous realm, Symbol of high resolve, Land of Pakistan Blessed be thou citadel of faith.

The Order of this Sacred Land Is the might of the brotherhood of the people. May the nation, the country, and the State Shine in glory everlasting. Blessed be the goal of our ambition.

This flag of the Crescent and the Star Leads the way to progress and perfection, Interpreter of our past, glory of our present, Inspiration of our future,Symbol of Almighty's protection

QAUMI TARANA

NATIONAL MOSQUE: FAISAL MASJID ( Situated in ISLAMABAD)

The Largest Mosque in the world, in terms of area.Brain Child of King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia & is named after him.

Father of the Nation : Quaid-e-Azam MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH (1876-1948)

Mausoleum is situated in the Heart of Karachi City.

Mausoleum is situated in the famous Lahore City

Sir Dr. ALLAMA MUHAMMAD IQBAL (1877-1938) –National Poet

NATIONAL FLOWER: JASMINE

DEODAR

NATIONAL TREE

NATIONAL BIRD OF PAKISTAN: CHUKAR (Partridge)

Minar-e-Pakistan (Minaret of Pakistan)

Built at the site where Pakistan Resolution was passed on 23 March 1940. 23rd March is celebrated as the ‘Pakistan Day’. Monument symbolizes the great struggle & sacrifies, by which PAKISTAN was created on 14 August 1947

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-in Islamabad

Newly Constructed National Monument in Islamabad

Famous ‘Badshahi Masjid’ in Lahore was built in 1673 by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb

The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS OF PAKISTAN

Date Name Remarks

March 23 Pakistan DayCommemorates Pakistan Resolution on March 23, 1940 in Lahore

May 1 Labor Day (May Day) Labor day in Pakistan

August 14 Independence DayCommemorates Pakistan's independence from the United Kingdom on August 14th, 1947

September 6 Defense Day Defense Day

September 11Death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah

November 9Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal

Birthday of national poet Muhammad Iqbal

December 25Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah;Christmas

Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah;Christmas