Pakistan Military Academy companies which were "named after the luminaries of Muslim military history" ("e.g.", Khalid, Tariq, Qasim, and Salahuddin). In March 1948, the First Battalion "was bestowed with Quaid-e-Azam’s patronage as Colonel-in-Chief, and the most coveted claim “The Quaid-e-Azam’s Own". Khawaja Nazimuddin gave the Quaid-e-Azam banner to the Pakistan Military Academy on behalf of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah. The Quaid-e-Azam banner is held aloft by the champion company at every passing out parade. "Regimental colours presented in 1950 by Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan and the National Standard in 1961 by General Muhammad Musa, the then-Commander-in-Chief of the
Mughal-e-Azam that his father was originally cast in the film but did not complete it. When asked if "Mughal-e-Azam" should be remade, he retorted: "It is the mother of all films; mothers cannot be remade". No sequels have been made, but "Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam" (2008) paid tribute with its title and by including in its plot part of the original stage play; it received very poor ratings from critics. In October 2016, producer Feroz Abbas Khan premiered a stage play based on the film with a cast of over 70 actors and dancers at Mumbai's NCPA theatre. "Mughal-e-Azam" ranks on the