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The national flag of Pakistan (, ) was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, just four days before the country's independence, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of Pakistan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pakistan Flag specification: Resolution Passed by Constituent Assembly )〕 It was afterwards retained by the current-day Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The flag is a green field with a white crescent moon and five-rayed star at its centre, and a vertical white stripe at the hoist side. Though the green colour is mandated only as 'dark green',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Government of Pakistan: Flag description )〕 its official and most consistent representation is Pakistan green, which is shaded distinctively darker. The flag was designed by Amiruddin Kidwai, and is based on the All-India Muslim League flag.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Flag and Anthem )〕 The flag is referred to in the national anthem as the Flag of the Crescent and Star. It is flown on several important days of the year including Republic Day and Independence Day, Defence day and also on every morning(when sun shines full) at schools, colleges and offices,raises almost in all working areas with national anthem.And lowered before sunset. A designer named Amiruddin Kidwai studied the League’s flag, as he tried to design a flag for a new, independent nation. Finally he arrived at a design, and he presented it to the men who would run the new Pakistan government. The Pakistan government adopted his design on August 11, 1947. The Pakistan government has pronounced rules about the flying of the Pakistan flag. The government has called for display of the flag at full mast on March 23 of each year. That display recognizes both the adoption of the Lahore Resolution in 1940 and the Declaration of the Republic of Pakistan in 1956. Flag raisers in Pakistan also make a point of hoisting the flag each year on 14 August. That is considered to be Pakistan’s Independence Day celebration but not the actual date of independence which is August 15, 1947. Pakistan was carved out from British India as a home to Indian Muslims. ==History and symbolism== Before the Second World War, Muslims and Hindus lived together under the British Raj. A number of the Muslims formed the All India Muslim League. After the Second World War, when the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the flag of the Muslim League served as the basis for the flag of Pakistan. The green represents Islam and the majority Muslims in Pakistan and the white stripe represents religious minorities and minority religions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Pakistan flag )〕 In the centre, the crescent and star symbolizes progress and light respectively.〔 The flag symbolizes Pakistan's commitment to Islam and the rights of religious minorities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Basic Facts )〕 It is based on the original flag of the Muslim League, which itself drew inspiration from the flag of the Sultanate of Delhi, the flag of Ottoman Empire and the Flag of the Mughal Empire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flag of Pakistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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