List of Pakistani flags

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This is a list of flags used in Pakistan.

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[edit] National Flag

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Pakistan.svg 1947 - Present National flag of Pakistan Two stripes, four fifths green, one fifth white, with the traditional Islamic symbols of a crescent & star on the green section.

[edit] Government Flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the President of Pakistan.svg Presidential flag of Pakistan The crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a green field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below. (rarely used)
FlagofPrimeMinister.JPG Prime Minister of Pakistan Ratio: 1:1
(rarely used)

[edit] Civil Ensign

Flag Date Use Description
Civil Ensign of Pakistan.svg 1947Present Civil Ensign of Pakistan A red ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton influenced by the British design

[edit] Civil Air Ensign

Flag Date Use Description
Civil Air Ensign of Pakistan.svg Civil Air Ensign of Pakistan An ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton influenced by the British design

[edit] Military

Flag Date Use Description
Ensign of the Joint Service A tricolor of dark blue, red and light blue representing the navy, army and air force, with the Joint Service badge
Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg Ensign of the Pakistan Army A version of the Flag of Pakistan, with the Army's badge
Pakistani Air Force Ensign.svg Ensign of the Pakistan Air Force A light blue ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton, and the Air Force's roundel
Naval Ensign of Pakistan.svg Naval ensign National flag, but with ratio: 1:2
Naval Jack of Pakistan.svg Naval jack of the Pakistan Navy The Navy's badge on a blue field
Pkcjcsc.gif Ensign 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.

[edit] Provincial and Territorial Flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of Sindh.PNG Sindh provincial flag A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre.
Punjab provincial flag 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).
PK-NWFP.svg N.W.F.P provincial flag 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.
Balochistan provincial flag 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 Pakistani Balochistan.
Flag of Azad Kashmir.svg Azad Jammu and Kashmir territory flag 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 symbolize the main rivers of the Kashmir region; Indus, Jhelum, Chenab and Ravi.
Northern Areas flag
Federally Administered Tribal Areas flag
Islamabad Capital Territory flag
Juangadh and Manavadar flag (former territory annexed to India; August 18, 1947-1948)

[edit] Vice Regal flags

Flag Date Use Description
(1947-1952) (1953-1956) Governor-General of Pakistan The pattern used in the Indian subcontinent (Burma, India, Pakistan and Ceylon) representing the British monarch was without the yellow scroll - the letters were directly on the blue field shows a lion standing on a crown upon a blue field. Two patterns delimited by 1953 should theoretically exist. These would have been used in what's now Bangladesh, too.[1]

[edit] Cultural

Flag Date Use Description
Flag used by the Pakistani community in the United Kingdom and in general to represent dual Pakistani-British identity Colours of the Pakistani national flag, as well as the crest blended into the Union Jack[2]

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