Flags of Pakistan

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This is a list of flags used in Pakistan.

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
1947–present National flag of Pakistan Two stripes, three fourths green, one fourth white, with the traditional Islamic symbols of a crescent & star on the green section.

Government flags

Flag Date Use Description
1998–present Standard of the president of Pakistan The crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a green field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below.
1974–1998 Standard of the president of Pakistan The crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a green field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below.
1956–1967 Standard of the president of Pakistan The crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a blue field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below.
1954–present Standard of the prime minister of Pakistan Ratio: 1:1
?–Present Flag of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Emblem of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in gold on green field with gold side.
?–Present Flag of the Pakistan Federal Shariat Court Emblem of the Pakistan Federal Shariat Court in gold with white crescent and star and book on green field with white side.
1953–1956 Standard of the governor-general of Pakistan The governor-general flag of Pakistan was used from 1953 until 1956.
1947–1953 Standard of the governor-general of Pakistan The flag from 1947 to 1956, the governor-general of Pakistan used a dark blue flag bearing the royal crest (a lion standing on the Crown), beneath which was the word 'PAKISTAN' in gold majuscules. The same design is still used by many other governors-general. This last flag was the personal flag of the governor-general only. This flag was used from 1947 until 1952.

Civil ensign

Flag Date Use Description
1947–present Civil Ensign of Pakistan A red ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton influenced by the Red Ensign

Civil air ensign

Flag Date Use Description
?–Present Civil Air Ensign of Pakistan An ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton influenced by the British design

Provincial and territorial flags

Flag Date Use Description
2005–Present Flag of Sindh A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre.
1970–Present Flag of Punjab A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre. The emblem reflects Punjab's natural resources: its wheat, and the five rivers which give the province its name in Persian (from Punj = Five, Aab = Waters).
1901–1955 1970–2010 Flag of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre. The emblem shows a castle and a crescent moon. Underneath it are the letters NWFP - abbreviation of the province.
2011–2018 Flag of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre. The emblem shows a castle and two swords. Underneath it are the letters FATA – abbreviation of the province.
2011–Present Flag of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem on the flag shows the Jamrud fort which guards the Khyber Pass, and mountains in the back.
2005–Present Flag of Balochistan A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre. The emblem shows stylised mountains of this barren province and the principal mode of transport: the Dromedary camel, also the provincial animal of Balochistan.
2011–Present Flag of Gilgit–Baltistan A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem on the flag showing the Baltit Fort and the Skardu Fort which guards the Himalayas (including K2), the designated national peak in the back.
1975–Present Flag of Azad Kashmir The flag displays the Pakistani national colours, white and dark green, with a crescent and star to represent the Muslim majority, and a saffron square to represent the Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and other minorities of the disputed region, the colours are clearly influenced by the Mughal Empire. The four white stripes symbolise the main rivers of the Kashmir region; Indus, Jhelum, Chenab and Ravi. It also represents the five geographic divisions of the disputed territory, Baltistan, Gilgit, Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.[1]

Military

Flag Date Use Description
?–Present Flag of the Pakistan Armed Forces
?–Present Flag of the Pakistan Army A version of the Flag of Pakistan, with the Army's badge
?–Present Ensign of the Pakistan Air Force A light blue ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton, and the Air Force's roundel
?–Present Naval jack of the Pakistan Navy The Navy's badge on a blue field
?–Present Standard of the Pakistan Navy The Navy's badge defaced on the National Flag
?–Present Ensign of the Pakistan Navy National flag, but with ratio: 1:2
?–Present Flag of the Pakistan Coast Guards
?–Present Standard of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan Trimmed with green, white, red, yellow, dark blue, and light blue intermingled fringe; the national flag with which it is displayed has green and white intermingled fringe.
?–Present Flag of the chief of the army staff
Flag Date Use Description
?–Present Flag of the admiral of the fleet
?–Present Flag of the admiral
?–Present Flag of the vice-admiral
?–Present Flag of the rear-admiral
?–Present Flag of the commodore
?–Present Flag of the senior officer afloat

Manoeuvre corps

Flag Date Use Description
?–Present Flag of the I Corps A horizontal tricolor of red, white and red with a yellow lightning bold on the middle.
?–Present Flag of the IV Corps
?–Present Flag of the X Corps
?–Present Flag of the V Corps
?–Present Flag of the XI Corps A horizontal tricolor of red, white and red with a black triangle on the middle, and a red circle on the middle.

Others

Flag Date Use Description
?–Present Flag of the Army Air Defence Command A horizontal bicolor of black and yellow with a symbol on the middle.
?–Present Flag of the Northern Light Infantry Regiment

Political flags

Political parties: Former and Current

Flag Date Use Description
1996–Present Flag of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf A horizontal bicolor of green and red, with a star and crescent on the middle.
1993–Present Flag of Pakistan Muslim League (N) A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the right. The Tiger on the left is walking rightwards to the Crescent and Star.
1967–Present Pakistan Peoples Party A vertical tricolors of red black and green with a white crescent and star on the middle.
2016–Present Flag of Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan A vertical tricolors of 1/3 red, green and 1/2 white.
2002–Present Flag of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal A plain white flag with a black crescent on the middle. الله اكبر is written in the crescent and متحدہ مجلسِ عمل is written below it.
2002–Present Flag of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the middle.
1986–Present Flag of Awami National Party A plain red flag with a white "ANP" on the middle.
1989–Present Flag of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party A vertical tricolors of orange-red white and green with an orange-red star on the middle.
2003–Present Flag of the National Party A vertical bicolor of 1/3 green and 2/3 red. There are four stars on the four corners of the color red.
1996–Present Flag of the Balochistan National Party A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green.
2018–Present Flag of the Balochistan Awami Party A vertical tricolor of green white and green with a green crescent and star on the middle.
2018–Present Flag of the Grand Democratic Alliance A vertical bicolor of 1/3 white and 2/3 green with one white star on the green.
2008–Present Flag of the Awami Muslim League A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the middle and a small "AML" on the bottom right.
1990–Present Flag of Jamhoori Wattan Party A horizontal bicolor of red and green, with two white stars on the red and two white stars on the green.
2008–2012 Flag of Baloch Republican Party A horizontal bicolor of green and red overlaid by a blue triangle on the left with a white star on the blue triangle.
1986–Present Flag of Jamiat Ahle Hadith A vertical bicolor of white and green and on the upper part of the green side لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ‎ is written.
2015–Present Flag of Pasban-e-Pakistan A vertical bicolor of white and red with a white red star on a white circle on the red color.
2012–Present Flag of the Awami Workers Party A vertical bicolor white and red with a white star and

عوامی ورکرز پارٹی is written below it

2018–Present Flag of the Barabri Party Pakistan A vertical tricolor of green yellow and red with a red Equality sign "=" and on the middle.
1945–Present Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and its branches (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl) A flag with five horizontal black stripes and four horizontal white stripes.
1996–Present Flag of Jamote Qaumi Movement A vertical tricolor of blue, red and green, with a white crescent and star on the middle.
1989–Present Flag of Pakistan Awami Tehreek A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green.
2015–Present Flag of Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party A vertical tricolor of red, blue and green with a white crescent and star on the green side of the flag.
1997–Present Flag of Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) A vertical tricolor of red, black and green, with a black fist on a sword on the black section of the flag.
2012–Present Flag of Qaumi Watan Party A vertical tricolor of red, black and white.
2006–Present Flag of the Sindh United Party A vertical bicolor of 1/3 white and 2/3 red.
2002–Present Flag of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance A vertical tricolor of red, white and blue.
1970–Present Flag of Qaumi Awami Tahreek A vertical tricolor of red, black and red with a white star in the middle.
2010–Present Flag of the Bahawalpur National Awami Party A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow, and green that is connected by a black isosceles trapezium.
1992–Present Flag of Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan A vertical tricolor of red, green and white with a red مہاجر being written on the white side which covers 1/2 of the flag.
2009–Present Flag of the Sunni Ittehad Council
2016–Present Flag of Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek a plain red flag with a golden الله أكبر تحریک being written in the center.
2021–Present Flag of the National Democratic Movement A vertical bicolor of black and red.
2015–Present Flag of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan A plain green flag لبيك يا رسول اللهﷺ written on the center-north and تحریکِ لبیک پاکستان written below.
Election flag of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan A Vertical black stripe and horizontal tricolor of green, white, green with a black TLP being written on the white side of the flag.
2023–Present Flag of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the right overlaid by a white triangle and a red triangle issuing from the hoist.
2023–Present Flag of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians A horizontal tricolor of green red and green, with a small white crescent and star on the middle.
2024–Present Flag of Awaam Pakistan
1968–Present Flag of Mazdoor Kisan Party Plain red field with a white star on the middle.
1985–Present Flag of the Pakistan Christian Congress A vertical tricolor of red, yellow and green, with a red cross on the middle.
1991–Present Flag of the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party A vertical tricolor of blue, white and orange-red, with an orange-red Octagram (8-sided star) on the middle.
2002–Present Flag of the Pakistan Green Party A horizontal bicolor of yellow and green.
1929–Present Flag of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam A flag with two vertical sections, one with six black and white horizontal stripes and the other a plain red background with a star on the left and a leftwards facing crescent on the right
2002–Present Flag of the Communist Party of Pakistan and Communist Party of Pakistan (Thaheem) Red banner with a white hammer and sickle on the middle.
2008–Present Flag of the Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement A vertical bicolor of red and green, with the Swastika on the green side of the flag.
2012–Present Flag of Islami Tehreek Pakistan A vertical bicolor of red and black, with الله اکبر written in the shape of a khamsa on the top and written below it is

اسِلامی تحریک پاکستان all on the black side of the flag.

1970(?)–Present Flag of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference A plain green flag with a white crescent in the center and below it is an ideological expression written in diacritics: کشِمیَر بنے گا پاَکستان.
1990–Present Flag of the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party A flag with green and red diagonals and a white Chinar leaf in the Centre.
1906–1947 Flag of the All-India Muslim League A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the middle.
1985–1988 Flag of Rah-e-Haq A green flag with a white crescent and star on the middle, and five black stripes and four white stripes on the left.
2012–Present Flag of Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party
1988–1996 Former flag of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan A flag with five horizontal black stripes and four horizontal white stripes on the top left and a plain red section on the lower left, the rest is a green plain with the crescent moon and a star that has محّمدرسولﷲﷺ written in the center. written on the sides of the star are:

ابوبکر صدیق رضی الله تعالیٰ عنه, عمر فاروق رضی الله تعالیٰ عنه, عثمان غنی رضي الله تعالیٰ عنه, علی المرتضیٰ رضي الله تعالیٰ عنه, امیر معاویہ رضی الله تعالیٰ عنه

1995–Present Flag of Political Parties such as: A plain red flag with a white circle on the middle, with a black axe inside the circle.
1930–1970s Flag of the Sindh Hari Committee A plain red flag with a sickle and a star on the right.
1931–1970s Flag of Khaksar movement A modified Ottoman flag on a red background with a white crescent and star on the top right. The star is dividing the flag into four sections and the numbers ۱۳ and ۷۰ are written on two sections and اخوت is written (with diacritics) on the left section.
1953–1957 Flag of Ganatantri Dal A horizontal bicolor of red and blue.
1950–1971 Flag of the All Pakistan Awami Muslim League A vertical bicolor of 1/3 white and 2/3 green with four white stars on the four corners of the white side.
1990–2010s Flag of the Pakistan Hindu Party A plain Saffron flag.
1995–2015 Flag of the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party A plain red flag with a white Hammer and Sickle written on the middle and a golden CMKP written below.
1997–2004 Flag of Millat Party A red and green banner divided in half with a diagonal and with a white crescent and star on the middle of the flag
1970-2012 Flag of Tehreek-e-Istiqlal A horizontal tricolor of blue, red and blue.
1979–2000 Flag of Tehreek-e-Jafaria A horizontal tricolor of black, red and green.
1986–2013 Flag of the National Peoples Party A horizontal trocolor of green, white and red, and four red stars on the middle.
1988–1990 Flag of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad A green flag with nine white stars on the middles.
2010–2012 Flag of the Workers Party Pakistan A red flag with four white stars on top.
2012–2015 Flag of the Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan A horizontal bicolor of green and white, with a white AJIP written on the top.
2016–2023 Flag of the Pak Sarzameen Party A vertical tricolor of primarily red on the right and green and blue on the left.
2018–2023 Flag of the Awami Raj Party A horizontal bicolor of green and yellow, with a white crescent and star on the top.
2018–2023 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Gulalai) A vertical bicolor of red and white, with a white crescent and star on the left.

Historical flags

Pre-colonial states

Flag Date Use Description
711–750 Flag of the Umayyad Caliphate The White Umayyad Standard.
750–945 Flag of the Abbasid Caliphate The Black Abbasid Banner.
1269–1596 Flag of the Delhi Sultanate according to the Catalan Atlas (1375) A dark grey flag with a black strip left of center.
1510–1524 Flag of the Safavid dynasty A plain green flag with a yellow circle on the top.
1524–1576 Flag of the Safavid dynasty
1526–1858 Flag of the Mughal Empire Mughal Empire Alam flag that was primarily moss green.
1576–1590
1599–1716
1729–1736		 Flag of the Safavid dynasty
1674–1818 Flag of the Maratha Empire (Bhagwa Dhwaj)[2] A saffron-coloured swallowtail flag.
1709–1738 Flag of the Hotak dynasty This flag was used by the Afghan Hotak dynasty.
1716–1799 Flag of the Sikh Confederacy
1738–1747 Flag of the Afsharid Iran The standard of Nader Shah.
1783–1856 Flag of the Omani Empire in Gwadar A white field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right.
1799–1849 Flag of the Sikh Empire (Nishan Sahib)[3]
1818–1842 Flag of the Durrani Empire This flag was used by the Durrani Sadozais.
1856–1958 Flag of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in Gwadar A simple red field.
1880–1882 Flag of the Emirate of Afghanistan The standard of Abdur Rahman Khan.

British India

Flag Date Use Description
1858–1947 The official state flag of the British Empire for use in India The flag of the United Kingdom.
1885–1947 Flag of the viceroy of India The Union Jack with the insignia of the Order of the Star of India beneath the Imperial Crown of India.
1880–1947 Flag of the British Raj: A civilian flag used to represent British India internationally. A Red Ensign with the Union Flag at the canton, and the Star of India displayed in the fly.

Princely states of Pakistan

Flag Date Use Description
1666–1955 Flag of the Khanate of Kalat
1853–1955 Flag of the State of Khairpur
1748–1955 Flag of the State of Bahawalpur
?–1947 Flag of State of Chitral
1849–1969 Flag of the State of Swat
?–1974 Flag of the State of Hunza
1507–1971 Flag of the Kingdom of Amb
?–1969 Flag of Dir
1742–1955 Flag of Las Bela
1697–1955 Flag of the State of Kharan A horizontal tricolor of blue red and green, with a small white crescent and star on the top right corner of the flag.

Flag proposals

National flag proposals

Flag Date Use Description
1940 Choudhry Rahmat Ali's proposed flag for a 'Pak Commonwealth of Nations' Flag of a proposed Pakistan with a small white crescent on the top left and ten white stars on the right and bottom on a plain green field.
1942 "The Millat of Islam and the menace of 'Indianism'", A pamphlet by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Flag of a proposed Pakistan with a thin white crescent on the left and five white stars on the right on a plain green field.
1947 Lord Mountbatten's proposed flag for Pakistan[4] The flag of the All-India Muslim League with a small Union Jack in the canton.

Provincial and territorial proposals

Flag Date Use Description
2004 The diagonal design differentiates it from the national flag. The square shape makes the triangles symmetric. Black is added to give it a distinct look. Black was the colour used for the flag at the time of Muhammad's conquest of Mecca.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Azad Kashmir (Pakistan)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  2. ^ Kadam, Vasant S. (1993), Maratha Confederacy: A Study in Its Origin and Development, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, p. 128, ISBN 978-81-215-0570-3
  3. ^ "Nishan Sahib Khanda Sikh Symbols Sikh Museum History Heritage Sikhs". www.sikhmuseum.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. ^ Dipesh Navsaria (July 27, 1996). "Indian Flag Proposals". Flags of the World. Retrieved March 14, 2020.