Parcham-i sitДЃra-o hilДЃl rahbar-i taraqqД«-o kamДЃl tarjumДЃn-i mДЃzД«, shДЃn-i hДЃl jДЃn-i istiqbДЃl! sДЃya-i khudДЃ-i zuвЂ™l-jalДЃl 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 PДЃk sarzamД«n kДЃ nizДЃm qЕ«wat-i ukhЕ«wat-i `awДЃm qaum, mulk, sultanat pДЃвЂ™inda tДЃbinda bДЃd! shДЃd bДЃd manzil-i murДЃd PДЃk sarzamД«n shДЃd bДЃd kishwar-i hasД«n shДЃd bДЃd tЕ« nishДЃn-i `azm-i `alД«shДЃn arz-i pДЃkistДЃn! markaz-i yaqД«n shДЃd bДЃdД«lessed be the sacred land Happy be the bounteous realm Thou symbol of high resolve O Land of Pakistan! Blessed be thou centre of faith The anthem lasts for 1 minute and 20 seconds,В and uses twenty one musical instruments and thirty eight different tones. Every word in the entire anthem is a loanword fromВ PersianВ orВ ArabicВ except the word вЂњkaвЂќВ (В Ъ©Ш§, вЂњofвЂќВ ). The lyrics are written in a Persianized form ofВ Urdu. The music composed by Chagla reflects his background in both eastern and western music. In 1955 there was a performance of the national anthem involving eleven major singers of Pakistan includingВ Ahmad Rushdi. The composer Chagla had however died in 1953, before the new national anthem was officially adopted. Eventually, the lyrics written by Jullundhri were approved and the new national anthem was first played properly on Radio Pakistan on August 13, 1954.В Official approval was announced by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on August 16, 1954. The NAC distributed records of the composed tune amongst prominent poets, who responded by writing and submitting several hundred songs for evaluation by the NAC. The anthem without lyrics was performed forВ Prime MinisterВ Liaquat Ali KhanВ and later for the National Anthem Committee on August 10, 1950.В Although it was approved for playing during the visit of the Shah, official recognition was not given until August 1954.В The anthem was also played during the Prime MinisterвЂ™s visit to theВ United States. The national anthem is played during any event involving the hoisting of the flag, for exampleВ Pakistan DayВ (March 23) andВ Independence DayВ (August 14). Unofficially, the anthem is sometimes referred to by itsВ first lineВ вЂќ PДЃk sarzamД«n shДЃd bДЃdвЂњВ (Urdu: вЂњBlessed be the sacred landвЂќ). The lyrics allude to a вЂњSacred LandвЂќ referring to Pakistan and a вЂњFlag of the Crescent and StarвЂќ referring to theВ national flag.

The threeВ stanzaВ composition is unique in a way that no part of the anthem repeats itself. The music for the anthem had been composed in 1950 and had been used on several state occasions before being officially adopted in 1954.

The music of the anthem was composed by Chagla with lyrics written by Jullundhri. Chagla produced the musical composition in collaboration with another committee member and assisted by theВ Pakistan NavyВ band. The NAC also examined several different tunes and eventually selected the one presented by Chagla and submitted it for formal approval. The committee chairman, the Federal Minister for Education, Fazlur Rahman, asked several poets and composers to write lyrics but none of the submitted works were deemed suitable. In 1950, the impending state visit of theВ Shah of IranВ resulted in the Pakistani Government asking the NAC to submit an anthem without delay. The committee had some difficulty at first in finding suitable music and lyrics.

The Committee members included several politicians, poets and musicians such asВ Abdur Rab Nishtar,В Ahmad G. In December 1948, the Government of Pakistan establishhed the National Anthem Committee (NAC), which was initially chaired by the Information Secretary, Sheikh Muhammad Ikram. The prizes were announced through a government press advertisement published in June 1948. Ghani fromВ Transvaal,В South Africa, offered two prizes of five thousandВ rupeesВ each for the poet and composer of a new national anthem for the newly independent state of Pakistan. Another feature of the anthem is that no verse in the threeВ stanzaВ lyrics is repeated. Chagla, preceded its lyrics, which are inВ PersianizedВ UrduВ and were written byВ Hafeez Jullundhri. The Pakistani national anthem is unique in that its music, composed byВ Ahmad G. The words вЂњQaumi TaranaвЂќ in Urdu literally translate to вЂњNational AnthemвЂќ. The QaumД« TarДЃnaВ (Urdu:В Щ‚Щ€Щ…ЫЊ ШЄШ±Ш§Щ†ЫЃ) is theВ national anthemВ ofВ Pakistan. ChaglaВ composed the National Anthem of Pakistan in 1950

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