Pakistan Zindabad

Not to be confused with Pakistan Zindabad (anthem).

Pakistan Zindabad (Urdu: پاکِستان زِندہ‌باد, transl. "Long Live Pakistan") is a patriotic slogan used by Pakistanis in displays of Pakistani nationalism.[1][2] The phrase became popular among the Muslims of British India after the 1933 publication of the "Pakistan Declaration" by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, who argued that the Muslim minority in British India—particularly in the Muslim-majority regions of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan—constituted a nation of an irrevocably distinct nature from the rest of India on "religious, social, and historical grounds" owing primarily to the issue of Hindu–Muslim unity.[3] Ali's ideology was adopted by the All-India Muslim League as the "two-nation theory" and ultimately spurred the Pakistan Movement that led to the partition of British India. During this time, "Pakistan Zindabad" became a widely used slogan and greeting within the Muslim League,[4] and following the creation of Pakistan, it was also used as a rallying cry by Muslims who were migrating to the newly independent state from India as well as by those who were already within Pakistan's borders.[5] The slogan is commonly invoked by Pakistani citizens and Pakistani state institutions on national holidays, during times of armed conflict, and on other major occasions.[6]

  1. ^ Henna Rakheja May 15, 2012, DHNS (14 May 2012). "Manto brought to life". Deccanherald.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Pakistan, India have no option but to promote peace: Shahbaz". Thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. ^ Wolpert, Stanley (3 September 2009). Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India. Oxford University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-19-539394-1. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  4. ^ Stanley Wolpert (12 October 1999). India. University of California Press. pp. 103–104. ISBN 978-0520221727. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. ^ Marian Aguiar (4 March 2011). Tracking Modernity: India's Railway and the Culture of Mobility. University Of Minnesota Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0816665600. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  6. ^ Aqeel Abbas Jafari (2010). Pakistan Chronicle (in Urdu) (First ed.). 94/1, 26th St., Ph. 6, D.H.A., Karachi, Pakistan: Wirsa Publishers. p. 880. ISBN 9789699454004.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)