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The national flag of Pakistan is also known as the Flag of the Star and Crescent (Urdu: پرچمِ ستارہ و ہلال).
Design[]
The flag is made up of a white star and crescent on a dark green field, with a vertical white stripe at the hoist.
Symbolism[]
The Pakistan flag consists of a simple design, with a dark green field representing Islam and a vertical white stripe on the left side symbolising the country’s minorities and religious groups. The Star and Crescent represents progress and light, as well as traditionally being a popular symbol to represent Islam, being used in flags ever since the Ottoman Empire.
History[]
The flag was based off the flag of the All-India Muslim League, which was the party that encouraged the idea of a partition of India.
Historical Flags[]
Flag of the Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526)
Flag of the Mughal Empire (Alam) (1526–1858)
Civil Ensign of British India used to represent British India internationally. (1880–1947)
Flag of All-India Muslim League.
Choudhry Rahmat Ali's proposed flag for a 'Pak Commonwealth of Nations'. (1940)
Pakistan National Movement proposed flag of Pakistan. (1942)
Lord Mountbatten's proposed flag for Pakistan. (1947)
Ethnic flags[]
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Flag Redesigns[]
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