The national anthem of Pakistan: a thread

The national anthem was written by famous poet Hafeez Jallundhri in 1952, which was selected from 723 competing songs and the prize money was Rs10,000.

Pakistan’s national anthem is written in the Persian language and it has only a single word “ka” in its national language Urdu.

The national anthem was first released on Radio Pakistan on August 13, 1954.

The first colour film with the flag and anthem was produced on January 19, 1955 in the USA.

Pakistan’s national anthem was composed by musician Ahmad G. Chhagla in 1949.

There were used 21 music instruments and 38 different tones. The playing time is 1:20 minutes.

Singers were Ahmad Rushdi, Shamim Bano, Kokab Jehan, Rasheeda Begum, Najam Ara, Naseema Shaheen, Zwar Hussain, Akhtar Abbas, Ghulam Dastgir, Anwar Zaheer and Akhtar Wassi.