Pakistan ka matlab kya, La Illaha Illal Allah. (Urdu: پاکستان کا مطلب کیا لاالہ الا اللہ — ; lit. What does Pakistan mean?... There is no God but Allah) was a couplet and political slogan coined in 1943 by Urdu poet Asghar Sodai.[1]

The slogan became a battle cry and greeting for the Muslim League, which was struggling for an independent country for the Muslims of South Asia, when World War II ended and the independence movement geared up.[2] This slogan shows the religious identity of Pakistan too.[3] Today mostly Pakistani religious parties uses this slogan in their rallies.

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References

  1. ↑ Ayres, Alyssa (2009). Speaking Like a State: Language and Nationalism in Pakistan. Cambridge University Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-521-51931-1.
  2. ↑ Ḥasan, Khālid (2001). Remembrances. Vanguard. ISBN 9789694023526. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Ayres, Alyssa (2006). "Religious Violence beyond Borders". In Linell E. Cady; Sheldon W. Simon (eds.). Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia: Disrupting Violence. Routledge. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-134-15306-0.
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