Why is it called Pakistan?

Pakistan means Land Of the Pure in Urdu and Persian. The name represented the "thirty million Muslims of PAKSTAN, who live in the five Northern Units of (British) India — Punjab, Afghania (also known as North-West Frontier Province), Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchistan. read more

In recent times, Pakistan has been called part of the New Middle East . [8] . The region forming modern Pakistan was home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then, successively, recipient of ancient Vedic , Persian , Turco-Mongol , Indo-Greek and Islamic cultures. read more

Ayub Khan, Pakistan’s first Cheif Martial Law Administrator, once tried to change the name to “Republic of Pakistan” in the 1962 Constitution. However, after protests from the Ulemas, the name was changed back to Islamic Republic of Pakistan, through an amendment to the constitution. read more