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This is a list of flags used in Pakistan.

National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1947–presentNational flag of PakistanTwo stripes, three fourths green, one fourth white, with the traditional Islamic symbols of a crescent & star on the green section.

Government flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1998–presentStandard of the president of PakistanThe crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a green field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below.
1974–1998Standard of the president of PakistanThe crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a green field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below.
1956–1967Standard of the president of PakistanThe crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a blue field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below.
1954–presentStandard of the prime minister of PakistanRatio: 1:1
1953–1956Standard of the governor-general of PakistanThe governor-general flag of Pakistan was used from 1953 until 1956.
1947–1953Standard of the governor-general of PakistanThe 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

FlagDateUseDescription
1947–presentCivil Ensign of PakistanA red ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton influenced by the Red Ensign

Civil air ensign

FlagDateUseDescription
 ?–PresentCivil Air Ensign of PakistanAn ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton influenced by the British design

Provincial and territorial flags

FlagDateUseDescription
2005–PresentFlag of SindhA traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre.
1970–PresentFlag of PunjabA 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).
2011–PresentKhyber PakhtunkhwaA traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem on the flag shows the Jamrud fort which guards the Khyber Pass, and mountains in the back.
2011–PresentGilgit–BaltistanA 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.
 ?–PresentBalochistanA 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.
1975–PresentFlag of Azad KashmirThe 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]
2011–2018Federally Administered Tribal AreasA 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.
1901–1955 1970–2010North-West Frontier ProvinceA 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.

Military

FlagDateUseDescription
 ?–PresentFlag of the Pakistan Armed Forces
 ?–PresentFlag of the Pakistan ArmyA version of the Flag of Pakistan, with the Army's badge
 ?–PresentEnsign of the Pakistan Air ForceA light blue ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton, and the Air Force's roundel
 ?–PresentNaval jack of the Pakistan NavyThe Navy's badge on a blue field
 ?–PresentStandard of the Pakistan NavyThe Navy's badge defaced on the National Flag
 ?–PresentEnsign of the Pakistan NavyNational flag, but with ratio: 1:2
 ?–PresentFlag of the Pakistan Coast Guards
 ?–PresentStandard of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, PakistanTrimmed 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.
 ?–PresentFlag of the chief of the army staff
FlagDateUseDescription
 ?–PresentFlag of the admiral of the fleet
 ?–PresentFlag of the admiral
 ?–PresentFlag of the vice-admiral
 ?–PresentFlag of the rear-admiral
 ?–PresentFlag of the commodore
 ?–PresentFlag 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.

Political flags

Political parties

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
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
2002–Present Flag of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
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
2003–Present Flag of the National Party
1996–Present Flag of the Balochistan National Party A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green.
2018–Present Flag of the Balochistan Awami Party
2018–Present Flag of the Grand Democratic Alliance
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
1986–Present Flag of Jamiat Ahle Hadith
2015–Present Flag of Pasban-e-Pakistan
2012–Present Flag of the Awami Workers Party
2018–Present Flag of the Barabri Party Pakistan
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 black stripes and four 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
1997–Present Flag of Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
2012–Present Flag of Qaumi Watan Party A vertical tricolor of red, black and white.
2006–Present Flag of the Sindh United Party
?–Present Flag of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance A vertical tricolor of red, white and blue.
1970–Present Flag of Qaumi Awami Tahreek
2010–Present Flag of the Bahawalpur National Awami Party
1992–Present Flag of Muhajir Qaumi Movement – Haqiqi
?–Present Flag of Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek
2021–Present Flag of the National Democratic Movement A vertical bicolor of black and red.
2015–Present Flag of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
2023–Present Flag of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
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.
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
2002–Present Flag of the Pakistan Green Party A horizontal bicolor of yellow and green.
1929–Present Flag of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam
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
?–Present Flag of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
?–Present Flag of the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party

Opposition/Rebel flag

Flag Date Use Description
2007–present Flags used by Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan
1992–present Flag of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi A black field with a white circle on middle.
2004–present Flag of Lashkar-e-Islam
1996–present Flag of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
1996–present Flag of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1997–present Flag of Turkistan Islamic Party A blue flag with a white shahada and a smaller white crescent and star below it.
"Jihadist flag" used by some rebels groups in Pakistan (ISKP, Jundallah, IMU ISIS faction)
"Black standard" used by some rebel groups (al-Qaeda,Jamaat-ul-Ahrar , IMU ISIS faction) A plain black flag with the Shahada written on it on white.
"Baloch independent flag" used by Balochi separatist groups
2010–Present Flag of the Sindhudesh Liberation Army and other Sindh separatist groups A plain red flag with a white circle on the middle, with a black symbol inside the circle.

Former

Flag Date Use Description
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.
1988–1996 Former flag of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1930–? 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
1953–1957 Flag of Ganatantri Dal A horizontal bicolor of red and blue.
1950–1971 Flag of the All Pakistan Awami Muslim League
1990–? Flag of the Pakistan Hindu Party A plain Safron flag.
1995–2015 Flag of the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party
1997–2004 Flag of Millat Party
1970-2012 Flag of Tehreek-e-Istiqlal A horizontal tricolor of blue, red and blue.
1979–? 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
2016–2023 Flag of the Pak Sarzameen Party
?–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

FlagDateUseDescription
711–750Flag of the Umayyad CaliphateThe White Umayyad Standard.
750–945Flag of the Abbasid CaliphateThe Black Abbasid Banner.
751–842Flag of the Tibetan EmpireThe Snow Leopard Standard.
1002–10311st Flag of the Ghaznavidsa green field with a white crescent moon and a golden peacock.
1031–11872nd Flag of the GhaznavidsA black field with a golden disc in the center
1269–1596Flag of the Delhi Sultanate according to the Catalan Atlas (1375)A dark grey flag with a black strip left of center.
1510–1524Flag of the Safavid dynastyA plain green flag with a yellow circle on the top.
1524–1576Flag of the Safavid dynasty
1526–1858Flag of the Mughal EmpireMughal Empire Alam flag that was primarily moss green.
1576–1590
1599–1716
1729–1736		Flag of the Safavid dynasty
1674–1818Flag of the Maratha Empire (Bhagwa Dhwaj)[2]A saffron-coloured swallowtail flag.
1709–1738Flag of the Hotak dynastyThis flag was used by the Afghan Hotak dynasty.
1716–1799Flag of the Sikh Confederacy
1738–1747Flag of the Afsharid IranThe standard of Nader Shah.
1783–1856Flag of the Omani Empire in GwadarA white field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right.
1799–1849Flag of the Sikh Empire (Nishan Sahib)[3]
1818–1842Flag of the Durrani EmpireThis flag was used by the Durrani Sadozais.
1856–1958Flag of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in GwadarA simple red field.
1880–1882Flag of the Emirate of AfghanistanThe standard of Abdur Rahman Khan.

British India

FlagDateUseDescription
1858–1947The official state flag of the British Empire for use in IndiaThe flag of the United Kingdom.
1885–1947Flag of the viceroy of IndiaThe Union Jack with the insignia of the Order of the Star of India beneath the Imperial Crown of India.
1880–1947Flag 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

Flag Date Use Description
? Proposed flag for the Islamabad Capital Territory A 1:1 Flag

Former national flag proposals

FlagDateUseDescription
Proposed in 1947Louis Mountbatten's proposed flag for Pakistan[4]The flag of the All-India Muslim League with a small Union Jack in the canton.

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.
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