Disarmament and Equitable Global Economic Order

Sharing the universal concern of our age, Pakistan maintains the position that if mankind is to survive, the nuclear arms race must be halted.Pakistan has suggested that the United Nations should examine the regional perspectives on nuclear non-proliferation with a view to devising effective and equitable means to prevent the spread of nuclear arms. Pakistan has also made several equitable and non-discriminatory proposals by which Pakistan and India could keep our area free of nuclear weapons.

Foreign Relation of Pakistan

Guiding Principles:

The Guiding principles of  Pakistan's Foreign Policy are derived from the Pakistan Movement which embodied the struggle of the Muslim of South Asia for an independent and sovereign state wherein they could build a social order based on Islamic values and traditions.

For a State that came into existence as a result of its impelling sense of Muslim nationhood rooted in Islamic ideology, it was only natural that it should give its unreserved support to the liberation of Muslim still under colonial subjection, and to work ardently for the promotion of Islamic unity and solidarity.

Ethos of Pakistan's Foreign Policy is also determined by its experience of struggle against colonialism and its commitment to the principles and purposes of  the Charter of the United Nations, which hold out the promise for a just political world order in which nations can live in peace and security  and devote their energies for building a prosperous future.

Pakistan Economy

Pakistan's economy presents a story of continuous growth with rare cases of stagnancy. In the whole period of the country's history since it earned independence in 1947, the major stress has been on capital formation, on the one hand, and on alleviation of the people's poverty and elimination of socio-economic inequalities on the other. But never before in the history, such concrete measure were adopted for the distribution of wealth equitably as have been done by the political government which came as a result of general elections held in 1985 in the country. Programs chalked out the political level by the present elected government when brought within the framework of the Annual Development Programs of the last two years of the country's sixth Five -Year Development plan and within the fiscal policies as embodied in the annual budgets, are definitely leading the country towards a breakthrough both in economic management and public welfare measures.

Pakistan National Anthem

The National Anthem of Pakistan approved by the Government in August 1954, is a harmonious rendering of a three stanza composition with the tune based on eastern music but arranged in such a manner that it can be easily played by foreign bands.

The Anthem is evocative in spirit, extolling Pakistan as the centre of faith and freedom, a land of beauty and strength drawn from the people and the country. The Words touch upon the various facets of national life, with and invocation for the integrity of Pakistan.

The verses of the Anthem have been composed by a renowned poet of Pakistan, Abul Asar Hafeez Jullundhari; while the tube has composed by Ahmed G. Chagla, the well-known musician and composer.

The search for the suitable National Anthem was long and thorough. In December 1948, a committee was constituted by the Government under the chairmanship of Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar for this purpose. A tune composed by Ahmed G. Chagla, a member of the Tunes Sub-committee was selected in 1950 provisionally for use as an anthem on ceremonial occasions. 

The Pakistan Flag

The Pakistan Flag was designed by Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

Historically, the Pakistan Flag has associations the the flag which was hoisted at Dhaka on December 30,1906, when a meeting of the leaders representing the various Muslim political organizations of the South Asia subcontinent was held and the All- India Muslim League was formed. The flag used at Dhaka was green in colour with a white crescent and star in the centre.In the forty years of political struggle that followed the meeting at Dhaka, this flag was used continuously by the Muslim League. When these aspirations were fulfilled and Pakistan was established, it was felt that it would be in  the fitness of things to incorporate the motif of this flag into the National Flag of Pakistan.

The Himalayas

Stretching in the northern most territory of the country, from east to west, are a series of high mountain ranges which separate Pakistan from China, Russia and Afghanistan. They include the Himalayas, the Karakoram and the Hindukush mountains. With the assemblage of 33 giant peaks over 24,000 ft. (7,315 m), the region is the climber's paradise. Many summits are even higher than 26,000 ft. (7,925 m) and the highest K-2 (Mt. Godwin Austin) at 28,250 ft (8,610 m) is exceeded only by Everest. Inhospitable and technically more difficult to climb than even Everst, they have taken the biggest toll of human lives in the annals of mountaineering. The Karakoram Highway that passes through the mountains is the highest trade route in the world.

Land and People

Pakistan is a land of many splendors. The scenery changes northward from coastal beaches, lagoons and mangrove swamps to sandy deserts, desolate plateaus, fertile plains, dissected uplands and high mountains with beautiful vales, snow-covered peaks and eternal glaciers. This variety of landscape divides Pakistan into six major regions- the Northern High Mountainous Region, the Western Low Mountainous Region, the Potwar Uplands, the Baluchistan Plateau, the Punjab Plain and the Sindh Plain.