![]() Today, it is all but forgotten, despite the fact that it was the first song played by Radio Pakistan when the station began broadcasting at the stroke of Pakistan’s creation in August 1947. Very few know that almost seven years before Hafeez Jalandhari’s Pak Sar Zameen was officially adopted as the country’s national anthem (in 1954), Pakistan already had an anthem. ![]() Sar Zameen-e-Pak: The first anthem (1947) We trace this evolution by reviewing a plethora of national songs from 1947 till the present. In the last 70 years, the Pakistan national song has evolved through various governments, wars and music styles.
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