Web Desk (August 11, 2018): August 11 has great importance in the history of Pakistan, as Pakistani flag was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, just three days before the country’s independence.
The flag is a green field with a white crescent moon and five-rayed star at its centre, and a vertical white stripe at the hoist side.
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Though the green colour is mandated only as ‘dark green’, its official and most consistent representation is Pakistan green, which is shaded distinctively darker.
The flag was designed by Amiruddin Kidwai, and is based on the All-India Muslim League flag.
Amiruddin Kidwai studied the League’s flag, as he tried to design a flag for a new, independent nation. Finally he arrived at a design, and he presented it to the leadership of the Muslim League who subsequently adopted his design as the flag of the Dominion of Pakistan on 11 August, 1947.
The flag is referred to in the national anthem as the Flag of the Crescent and Star. It is flown on several important days of the year including Republic Day, Independence Day and Defence Day.
It is often hoisted every morning at schools, offices and government buildings to the sound of the national anthem and lowered again before sunset.
A notable flag raising and lowering ceremony is carried out each day with great pomp and enthusiasm at the Wagah Border attended by hundreds of spectators.
The flag comprises a dark green field, representing the Muslim majority of Pakistan, with a vertical white stripe in the hoist, that represents the Christians and other multi-faith communities of the country. In the centre is a white crescent moon, representing progress, and a white five-pointed star, representing light and knowledge.
The government of Pakistan has pronounced rules about the flying of the flag. It is to be displayed at full mast on 23 March of each year, marking the adoption of the Lahore Resolution in 1940’s and the Declaration of the Republic of Pakistan in 1956, and on 14 August in celebration of Independence Day.
The flag of Pakistan is also mentioned in Pakistan’s own national anthem in the third verse, which translates to “Flag with the Star and Crescent, the leader of progress and ascent“.
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