Qaumi Taranah
| English: National Anthem of Pakistan | |
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| قومی ترانہ | |
Score of the anthem | |
National anthem of Pakistan | |
| Also known as | پاک سرزمین شاد باد Pāk Sarzamīn Shād Bād (English: "Blessed Be the Sacred Land") |
| Lyrics | Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jalandhari, June 1952 |
| Music | Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla, 21 August 1949 |
| Adopted | 16 August 1954 |
| Succeeded by | Amar Sonar Bangla (1971, in Bangladesh) |
| Audio sample | |
Government of Pakistan instrumental version
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The National Anthem of Pakistan, also known by its incipit "The Sacred Land", is the national anthem of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and formerly the Dominion of Pakistan. First composed by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949, lyrics in the highly persianized Urdu were later written by Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952. 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, it was recorded in the same year by eleven singers of Pakistan including Ahmad Rushdi.