Pak Watan (Urdu: پاک وطن); literally meaning Pure Homeland (or Pakistan in Urdu),[1] [2][3][4] Pak sar zamin (Urdu: پاک سرزمین) or Arz-e-Pak (Urdu: ارض پاکستان); literally The pure land, is a national personification[citation needed] and a term of endearment for Pakistan.[citation needed]
Usage edit
This term is used in a number of national songs:
- Aye Pak Watan Tujhe Mera Salam by Alamgir[5]
- Aye Pak Watan Aye Pak Zameen by Ghulam Abbas[5]
- Aye Pak Watan Tera Parcham by Hidayat Ullah[5]
- Aye Watan Pyare Watan Pak Watan by Ustad Amanat Ali Khan[6][7][8]
- Aye Pak Watan Aye Pak Watan Yeh Waqt Gawahi Dega by Muhammad Ali Shyhaki, composed by Nisar Bazmi
- Ae Pak Watan Tu Rakhshinda Tu Painda by Shaukat Ali
- Yeh Pak watan Azad watan Zindah hai by Nayyara Noor
- Pak Watan Azad Watan by Shazia Manzoor
- Aye Pak Watan Tere jiyalon ko salam by Mala and Shamim Ara
- Pak Watan Ki Dharti by Ahmed Rushdi and Rubina Badar
- Pak sar zamin the national anthem of Pakistan.[9] [10]
- Arz-e-Pakistan in the national anthem of Pakistan.[11] also shortened to Arz-e-Pak in normal usuage.
Radio Program:
- Pak Watan Hamara broadcast from Dhaka by Radio Pakistan[12]
Television Program:
- Aye Arz-e-Pak, a poetic symposium by Pakistan Television.[13]
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ Krishan, Yuvraj (2002). Understanding Partition: Separation, Not Liquidation. Delhi: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 72. ISBN 978-8172762773.
- ^ Uberoi, Patricia (2008). Rajni Palriwala (ed.). Marriage, Migration and Gender: 5 (Women and Migration in Asia). Sage. p. 283. ISBN 978-0761936756.
- ^ Tsugitaka, Sato. Muslim Societies: Historical Societies: Hiostorical and Comparative aspects. London: RoutledgeCurzon. p. 105. ISBN 0-415-33254-0.
- ^ Mohan, Brij (2007). Fallacies of Development--Crises of Human and Social Development : The End of Hubris. Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd. p. 114. ISBN 978-8126908295.
- ^ a b c Milli Naghmay (DVD) - Song List
- ^ PTV Live
- ^ "Ae Watan Pyaare Watan by - Ae Watan Pyaare Watan Lyrics,Ae Watan Pyaare Watan MP3 Download". Radioreloaded.com. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ "Lyrics for Ae Watan Pyare Watan by Amanat Ali Khan". Muziq.net. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ Central Intelligence Agency (2012). The CIA World Factbook 2012. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1616083328.
- ^ "Pakistan creates new anthem record – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ "Pakistan creates new anthem record – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ Ahmad, Nihal (2005). A History of Radio Pakistan. USA: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195978704.
- ^ "Program Schedule". Pakistan Television Corporation. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
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