State emblem of Pakistan
The national emblem of Pakistan was adopted in 1955 following a proposal by the government.
The coat of arms is a quartered shield symbolizing agriculture by representations of the four most important crops at the time of the adoption of the coat of arms (cotton, jute, tea, wheat) in one armorial field each. The first green field shows the heraldic figure in a silver erect lozenge, and the second and third fields show green heraldic figures in silver. The last or fourth field is divided silver-green and shows four plants.
The Mughal-style green floral wreath of jasmine, the national flower of Pakistan, around the escutcheon refers to the country's history.
The inscription band under the wreath contains the national motto coined by Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Urdu ايمان، اتحاد، نظم, Iman, Ittehad, Nazm ("Faith, Unity, Discipline"), in Urdu.
Above the coat of arms in green, a crescent moon laid to the left and a star representing the Islamic majority religion in Pakistan.
From independence in 1947 until the proclamation of the Republic in 1955, a flag drapery served as the national emblem.
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Other territories:
Hong Kong (PRC SAR) | Macau (PRC SAR) | Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) | Kurdistan, Autonomous Region (autonomous area in Iraq) | Palestinian Autonomous Territories (areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip)
Disputed territories:
Abkhazia | Arzakh, Republic of | China, Republic of (Taiwan) | Palestine, State of | South Ossetia | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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Coat of arms 1947-1955
National emblem of Pakistan
