English: National Anthem | |
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قومی ترانہ | |
![]() Score of "Qaumī tarānah" | |
National anthem of Pakistan | |
Also known as | Pāk Sarzamīn (English: "Thy Sacred Land") |
Lyrics | Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari, June 1952 |
Music | Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla, 21 August 1949 |
Adopted | 16 August 1954 |
Audio sample | |
Government of Pakistan instrumental version |
"Qaumī Tarānāh" (Urdu: قومی ترانہ, pronounced [ˈqɔːmiː təˈɾaːna]; lit. "National Anthem"), also known by its incipit "Pāk Sarzamīn" (پاک سرزمین, pronounced [ˈpɑːk ˈsəɾzəmiːn]; "Thy Sacred Land"), is the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and formerly the Dominion of Pakistan.[1] It was written in Urdu and Persian by Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952 and the music was composed by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949, preceding the lyrics. It was broadcast publicly for the first time on Radio Pakistan on 13 August 1954, sung by Jalandhari himself and officially adopted on 16 August 1954 by the Interior Ministry of the Government of Pakistan.
After officially being adopted,[2] it was recorded in the same year by eleven major singers of Pakistan including Ahmad Rushdi, Kaukab Jahan, Rasheeda Begum, Najam Ara, Naseema Shaheen, Zawar Hussain, Akhtar Abbas, Ghulam Dastagir, Anwar Zaheer, and Akhtar Wasi Ali.[3]