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Pakistan

by Zeljko Heimer
Flag adopted 14 August 1947, coat of arms adopted 23 March 1956.

The Pakistan Flag was designed by Ameer-ud-din Khidwai. The national flag of Pakistan is dark green in colour with a white bar, a white crescent in the centre and a five-pointed star. The significance of the colour and symbols used in the Pakistan Flag is as follows:

The white and dark green field represents minorities & Muslim majority, respectively.
The crescent on the flag represents progress.
The five-rayed star represents light and knowledge.

From http://www.pak.gov.pk/govt/flagdescrip.htm, collected by Dov Gutterman, 10 January 1999

Presidential flag

by Calvin Paige Herring

there has been recently some TV footage of pakistan's 50th anniversary military parades. On top of the review stand in Islamabad, there was a flag flying. It was exactly the same as the national flag; however, there was a yellow emblem that was exactly like that on the President's flag in place of the star and crescent. That flag was blue with a star and crescent surrounded by olive branches with the name Pakistan at the bottom (all in yellow). My quick question is: "Is this a new Presidential flag?" If so, does anyone know anything about it?

Calvin Paige Herring, 14 May 1998

DK Ultimate Pocket Book (1997, p.197) shows a flag similar to the national flag with the yellow emblem, but with the crescent and star mirrored (crescent facing the hoist - I suppose erroneously), and labels it "the President's flag".

Ivan Sache 27 Jun 1999

by Ivan Sache, using emblem by Calvin Paige Herring

The first flag was blue with emblem. The emblem was slightly modified 23 March 1956. The image posted by Paige seems to be the presidential flag adopted 8 February 1967 (the word "Pakistan" was writen in urdu and bengali, but 15 August 1973 the bengali letters were supressed). See Flagmaster 63.

Jaume Ollé, 17 May 1998

Album des Pavillons (1995, p. 200-201) shows the yellow emblem on a plain dark blue field, described by Jaume as the old President's flag

Ivan Sache, 27 Jun 1999

According to my sources the flag was the presidential one adopted on 23 March 1956. Probably in the 1960s the country name in Bengali was added (to the name in Urdu). Was in use until 8 February 1967. At this time it was changed to a national flag pattern but with the same golden emblem as before in the centre of the green part (the half moon pointed to the hoist). The name in the lower part says "Pakistan" and was written in Urdu and Bengali. On 15 August 1973 the Bengali word was removed (source Flagmaster 63). I don't have any news of a readoption of the old pattern.

Jaume Ollé, 29 Jun 1999

Baluch People

by Jaume Ollé

This is a flag of the Baluch people (that live in Pakistan, Afganistan and Iran), researched by Juanjo Gonzalez. It is a flag that was used for a revolutionary movement some years ago, but he is not sure if it is currently used.

Jaume Ollé, 16 September 1996

This flag (white with upside down red star) is used by Baloutche Warna (Baluch Warriors Organization) leed by Sirdar Akbar Khan Bugt. The flag is shown in the poster of aspirant peoples. Two other flags are reported from no vexillological sources:

the same flag with a green stripe in the lower part (the green is attributed to joining with the Islamic liberation struggle).

the same flag as the first one but with a green star instead red. It may be a variant of the first one or a mistake, or perhaps is used by a split-off of the Baloutche Warna.
Jaume Ollé, 1 February 1999

by Thanh-Tâm Lę, 28 January 1999

At the site at http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/3034/ there is a representation of a flag for Balochistan. As many of the links on that site seem spurious, there is some doubt as to the existence or authenticity of this flag.

Thanh-Tâm Lę, Chris Pinette, Phil Nelson, 28 January 1999