Which nation's 'national anthem' is known as 'Qaumi Tarana' and alternatively 'Pak Sarzamin' (sacred land)?
Qaumi Taranah Qaumi Taranah The Qaumi Taranah (, , lit. "“National Anthem”"), also known as (, , lit. "“The Sacred Land”"), is the national anthem of Pakistan. Its music was composed by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949, preceding the lyrics, which were written by Hafeez Jullundhri in 1952. It was officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem in August 1954 and was recorded in the same year by eleven major singers of Pakistan including Ahmad Rushdi, Kaukab Jahan, Rasheeda Begum, Najam Ara, Naseema Shaheen, Zawar Hussain, Akhtar Abbas, Ghulam Dastagir, Anwar Zaheer, and Akhtar Wasi Ali. In early 1948, "A. R. Ghani", a
Qaumi Taranah in 1949, reflects his background in both eastern and western music. Twenty-one musical instruments and thirty-eight different tones are used to play the Qaumi Taranah, the duration of which is 80 seconds. The Urdu lyrics, written by the Pakistani Urdu-language poet, Hafeez Jullundhri in 1952, have commonality with Persian, making them understandable in both languages. No verse in the three stanza lyrics is repeated. The anthem has heavy Persian poetic vocabulary, and only uses one exclusively Urdu word 'kā'. Qaumi Taranah The Qaumi Taranah (, , lit. "“National Anthem”"), also known as (, , lit. "“The Sacred Land”"), is the