1. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PRESENTED BY: FAYSAL HAMEED FAROOQI STEPHEN FRANCIS ANTHONY GROUP ( A)

2. 1950 Official Visit of Shah Iran RAZA SHAH PEHLVI & FARAH DEEBA

3. MUSICAL COMPOSITION OF NATIONAL ANTHEM OF PAKISTAN FIRST MUSICAL COMPOSITION FINALIZED IN MARCH 1950, PLAYED BY NAVAL BAND AND FEDERAL CABINET APPROVED AS OFFICIAL NATIONAL ANTHEM OF PAKIATAN ON 5TH JAN 1954 GHULAM AHMED CHAGLA

4. SELECTION OF LYRICS OF NATIONAL ANTHEM THE TARANA COMMITTEE RECEIVED 723 ANTHEMS FROM DIFFERENT POETS AND FINALLY THREE OF THEM WERE SHORT LISTED. SARDAR ABDUR RAB NISHTAR

5. SELECTED POETS FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM Z.A BUKHARI HAKEEM SHUJA AHMED HAFEEZ JALLUNDHRI

6. APPROVAL OF NATIONAL ANTHEM ON 4TH AUGUST 1954 FEDERAL CABINET APPROVED HAFEEZ JALUNDHRI’S ANTHEM AS AN OFFICIAL PAKISTAN NATIONAL ANTHEM. IT WAS BROADCASTED ON RADIO PAKISTAN, FIRST TIME ON 13TH AUGUST 1954. ABUL AL- ASAR HAFEEZ JALLUNDHRI

7. FIRST STANZA OF NATIONAL ANTHEM Urdu :پاک سرزمین شاد باد کشور حسین شاد باد تو نشان عزم عالیشان ! ارض پاکستان مرکز یقین شاد باد Transliteration Pāk sarzamīn shād bād Kishwar-e-hasīn shād bād Tū nishān-e-`azm-e-`ālīshān Arz-e-Pākistān! Markaz-e-yaqīn shād bād Translation Blessed be the sacred land Happy be the bounteous realm Symbol of high resolve Land of Pakistan! Blessed be thou, citadel of faith

8. SECOND STANZA OF NATIONAL ANTHEM Urdu :پاک سرزمین کا نظام قوت اخوت عوام قوم ، ملک ، سلطنت ! پائندہ تابندہ باد شاد باد منزل مراد Transliteration Pāk sarzamīn kānizām Qūwat-e-ukhūwat-e-`awām Qaum, mulk, saltanat Pā-indatābinda bād! Shād bād manzil-e-murād Translation 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

9. THIRD STANZA OF NATIONAL ANTHEM Urdu :پرچم ستارہ و ہلال رہبر ترقی و کمال ترجمان ماضی شان حال ! جان استقبال سایۂ خدائے ذوالجلال Transliteration Parcham-e-sitāra-o-hilāl Rahbar-e-tarraqqī-o-kamāl Tarjumān-e-māzī, shān-e-hāl Jān-e-istiqbāl! Sāyah-e-Khudā-e-Zū-l-Jalāl Translation This flag of the crescent and star Leads the way to progress and perfection Interpreter of our past, glory of our present Inspiration of our future! Symbol of the protection of God, Owner of Majesty