Pakistan ka matlab kya, La Illaha Illal Allah. ( — ; ''lit.'' ''What does

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

mean?... There is no God but Allah'') was a couplet and political slogan coined in 1943 by Urdu poet Asghar Sodai. The slogan became a battle cry and greeting for the

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, which was struggling for an independent country for the Muslims of South Asia, when

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ended and the Pakistan independence movement geared up. This slogan shows the religious identity of Pakistan too. In the present day, this slogan is mainly used by Pakistani Islamic religio-political parties in their rallies.

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