List of Pakistani flags

This is a list of flags used in Pakistan.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1947–present	National flag of Pakistan	Two stripes, three fourths green, one fourth white, with the traditional Islamic symbols of a crescent & star on the green section.
	1947-present	National flag of Pakistan (vertical)

Government flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1998–present	Standard of the president of Pakistan	The crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a green field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below.
	1974–1998	Standard of the president of Pakistan	The crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a green field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below.
	1956–1967	Standard of the president of Pakistan	The crescent and star surrounded by wheat branches on a blue field, with the Urdu name for Pakistan below.
	1954–present	Standard of the prime minister of Pakistan	Ratio: 1:1
	?–Present	Flag of the Supreme Court of Pakistan	Emblem of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in gold on green field with gold side.
	?–Present	Flag of the Pakistan Federal Shariat Court	Emblem of the Pakistan Federal Shariat Court in gold with white crescent and star and book on green field with white side.
	1953–1956	Standard of the governor-general of Pakistan	The governor-general flag of Pakistan was used from 1953 until 1956.
	1947–1953	Standard of the governor-general of Pakistan	The flag from 1947 to 1956, the governor-general of Pakistan used a dark blue flag bearing the royal crest (a lion standing on the Crown), beneath which was the word 'PAKISTAN' in gold majuscules. The same design is still used by many other governors-general. This last flag was the personal flag of the governor-general only. This flag was used from 1947 until 1952.

Civil ensign

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1947–present	Civil Ensign of Pakistan	A red ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton influenced by the Red Ensign

Civil air ensign

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Civil Air Ensign of Pakistan	An ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton influenced by the British design

Provincial and territorial flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Current Provinces
	2005–Present	Flag of Sindh	A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre.
	1970–Present	Flag of Punjab	A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre. The emblem reflects Punjab's natural resources: its wheat, and the five rivers which give the province its name in Persian (from Punj = Five, Aab = Waters).
	2011–Present	Flag of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem on the flag shows the Jamrud fort which guards the Khyber Pass, and mountains in the back.
	2005–Present	Flag of Balochistan	A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre. The emblem shows stylised mountains of this barren province and the principal mode of transport: the Dromedary camel, also the provincial animal of Balochistan.
	2011–Present	Flag of Gilgit–Baltistan	A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem on the flag showing the Baltit Fort and the Skardu Fort which guards the Himalayas (including K2), the designated national peak in the back.
	1975–Present	Flag of Azad Kashmir	The flag displays the Pakistani national colours, white and dark green, with a crescent and star to represent the Muslim majority, and a saffron square to represent the Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and other minorities of the disputed region, the colours are clearly influenced by the Mughal Empire. The four white stripes symbolise the main rivers of the Kashmir region; Indus, Jhelum, Chenab and Ravi. It also represents the five geographic divisions of the disputed territory, Baltistan, Gilgit, Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.
Former Provinces
	1901–1955 1970–2010	Flag of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)	A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre. The emblem shows a castle and a crescent moon. Underneath it are the letters NWFP - abbreviation of the province.
	2011–2018	Flag of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)	A traditional green flag, with the provincial emblem in the centre. The emblem shows a castle and two swords. Underneath it are the letters FATA – abbreviation of the province.

City flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Flag of Karachi
	?–Present	Flag of Lahore
	?–Present	Flag of Faisalabad
	?–Present	Flag of Hyderabad
	?–Present	Flag of Peshawar
	?–Present	Flag of Quetta
	?–Present	Flag of Islamabad
	?–Present	Flag of Sargodha

Military

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Flag of the Pakistan Armed Forces
	?–Present	Flag of the Pakistan Army	A version of the Flag of Pakistan, with the Army's badge
	?–Present	Ensign of the Pakistan Air Force	A light blue ensign with the Flag of Pakistan in the canton, and the Air Force's roundel
	?–Present	Naval jack of the Pakistan Navy	The Navy's badge on a blue field
	?–Present	Standard of the Pakistan Navy	The Navy's badge defaced on the National Flag
	?–Present	Ensign of the Pakistan Navy	National flag, but with ratio: 1:2
	?–Present	Flag of the Pakistan Coast Guards
	?–Present	Standard of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan	Trimmed with green, white, red, yellow, dark blue, and light blue intermingled fringe; the national flag with which it is displayed has green and white intermingled fringe.
	?–Present	Flag of the chief of the army staff

Air Force rank flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?-Present	Flag of the air marshal
	?-Present	Flag of the vice air marshal

Naval rank flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Flag of the admiral of the fleet
	?–Present	Flag of the admiral
	?–Present	Flag of the vice-admiral
	?–Present	Flag of the rear-admiral
	?–Present	Flag of the commodore
	?–Present	Flag of the senior officer afloat

Manoeuvre corps

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Flag of the I Corps	A horizontal tricolor of red, white and red with a yellow lightning bold on the middle.
	?–Present	Flag of the IV Corps
	?–Present	Flag of the X Corps
	?–Present	Flag of the V Corps
	?–Present	Flag of the XI Corps	A horizontal tricolor of red, white and red with a black triangle on the middle, and a red circle on the middle.

Others

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Flag of the Army Air Defence Command	A horizontal bicolor of black and yellow with a symbol on the middle.
	?–Present	Flag of the Northern Light Infantry Regiment

Historical flags

Pre-colonial states

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	711–750	Flag of the Umayyad Caliphate	The White Umayyad Standard.
	750–945	Flag of the Abbasid Caliphate	The Black Abbasid Banner.
	1269–1596	Flag of the Delhi Sultanate according to the Catalan Atlas (1375)	A dark grey flag with a black strip left of center.
	1510–1524	Flag of the Safavid dynasty	A plain green flag with a yellow circle on the top.
	1524–1576	Flag of the Safavid dynasty
	1526–1858	Flag of the Mughal Empire	Mughal Empire flag that was primarily moss green with a Sun.
	1526–1858	Flag of the Mughal Empire	Mughal Empire Alam that was primarily moss green with a Sun and Lion.
	1576–1590 1599–1716 1729–1736	Flag of the Safavid dynasty
	1674–1818	Flag of the Maratha Empire (Bhagwa Dhwaj)	A saffron-coloured swallowtail flag.
	1709–1738	Flag of the Hotak dynasty	This flag was used by the Afghan Hotak dynasty.
	1716–1799	Flag of the Sikh Confederacy
	1738–1747	Flag of the Afsharid Iran	The standard of Nader Shah.
	1783–1856	Flag of the Omani Empire in Gwadar	A white field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right.
	1799–1849	Flag of the Sikh Empire (Nishan Sahib)
	1818–1842	Flag of the Durrani Empire	This flag was used by the Durrani Sadozais.
	1856–1958	Flag of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in Gwadar	A simple red field.
	1880–1882	Flag of the Emirate of Afghanistan	The standard of Abdur Rahman Khan.

British India

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1858–1947	The official state flag of the British Empire for use in India	The flag of the United Kingdom.
	1885–1947	Flag of the viceroy of India	The Union Jack with the insignia of the Order of the Star of India beneath the Imperial Crown of India.
	1880–1947	Flag of the British Raj: A civilian flag used to represent British India internationally.	A Red Ensign with the Union Flag at the canton, and the Star of India displayed in the fly.

Princely states of Pakistan

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1666–1955	Flag of the Khanate of Kalat
	1853–1955	Flag of the State of Khairpur
	1748–1955	Flag of the State of Bahawalpur
	?–1947	Flag of State of Chitral
	1849–1969	Flag of the State of Swat
	?–1974	Flag of the State of Hunza
	1507–1971	Flag of the Kingdom of Amb
	?–1969	Flag of Dir
	1742–1955	Flag of Las Bela
	1697–1955	Flag of the State of Kharan	A horizontal tricolor of blue red and green, with a small white crescent and star on the top right corner of the flag.

Political flags

Political parties: Former and Current

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1996–Present	Flag of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	A horizontal bicolor of green and red, with a star and crescent on the middle.
	1993–Present	Flag of Pakistan Muslim League (N)	A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the right. The Tiger on the left is walking rightwards to the Crescent and Star.
	1967–Present	Pakistan Peoples Party	A vertical tricolors of red black and green with a white crescent and star on the middle.
	2016–Present	Flag of Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan	A vertical tricolors of 1/3 red, green and 1/2 white.
	2002–Present	Flag of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal	A plain white flag with a black crescent on the middle. الله اكبر is written in the crescent and متحدہ مجلسِ عمل is written below it.
	2002–Present	Flag of Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the middle.
	1986–Present	Flag of Awami National Party	A plain red flag with a white "ANP" on the middle.
	1989–Present	Flag of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party	A vertical tricolors of orange-red white and green with an orange-red star on the middle.
	2003–Present	Flag of the National Party	A vertical bicolor of 1/3 green and 2/3 red. There are four stars on the four corners of the color red.
	1996–Present	Flag of the Balochistan National Party	A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green.
	2018–Present	Flag of the Balochistan Awami Party	A vertical tricolor of green white and green with a green crescent and star on the middle.
	2018–Present	Flag of the Grand Democratic Alliance	A vertical bicolor of 1/3 white and 2/3 green with one white star on the green.
	2008–Present	Flag of the Awami Muslim League	A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the middle and a small "AML" on the bottom right.
	1990–Present	Flag of Jamhoori Wattan Party	A horizontal bicolor of red and green, with two white stars on the red and two white stars on the green.
	2008–2012	Flag of Baloch Republican Party	A horizontal bicolor of green and red overlaid by a blue triangle on the left with a white star on the blue triangle.
	1986–Present	Flag of Jamiat Ahle Hadith	A vertical bicolor of white and green and on the upper part of the green side لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ‎ is written.
	2015–Present	Flag of Pasban-e-Pakistan	A vertical bicolor of white and red with a white red star on a white circle on the red color.
	2012–Present	Flag of the Awami Workers Party	A vertical bicolor white and red with a white star and عوامی ورکرز پارٹی is written below it
	2018–Present	Flag of the Barabri Party Pakistan	A vertical tricolor of green yellow and red with a red Equality sign "=" and on the middle.
	1945–Present	Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and its branches (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam – Fazl)	A flag with five horizontal black stripes and four horizontal white stripes.
	1996–Present	Flag of Jamote Qaumi Movement	A vertical tricolor of blue, red and green, with a white crescent and star on the middle.
	1989–Present	Flag of Pakistan Awami Tehreek	A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green.
	2015–Present	Flag of Pakistan Justice and Democratic Party	A vertical tricolor of red, blue and green with a white crescent and star on the green side of the flag.
	1997–Present	Flag of Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)	A vertical tricolor of red, black and green, with a black fist on a sword on the black section of the flag.
	2012–Present	Flag of Qaumi Watan Party	A vertical tricolor of red, black and white.
	2006–Present	Flag of the Sindh United Party	A vertical bicolor of 1/3 white and 2/3 red.
	2002–Present	Flag of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance	A vertical tricolor of red, white and blue.
	1970–Present	Flag of Qaumi Awami Tahreek	A vertical tricolor of red, black and red with a white star in the middle.
	2010–Present	Flag of the Bahawalpur National Awami Party	A horizontal tricolor of red, yellow, and green that is connected by a black isosceles trapezium.
	1992–Present	Flag of Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan	A vertical tricolor of red, green and white with a red مہاجر being written on the white side which covers 1/2 of the flag.
	2009–Present	Flag of the Sunni Ittihad Council
	2016–Present	Flag of Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek	a plain red flag with a golden الله أكبر تحریک being written in the center.
	2021–Present	Flag of the National Democratic Movement	A vertical bicolor of black and red.
	2015–Present	Flag of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan	A plain green flag لبيك يا رسول اللهﷺ written on the center-north and تحریکِ لبیک پاکستان written below.
		Election flag of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan	A Vertical black stripe and horizontal tricolor of green, white, green with a black TLP being written on the white side of the flag.
	2023–Present	Flag of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party	A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the right overlaid by a white triangle and a red triangle issuing from the hoist.
	2023–Present	Flag of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians	A horizontal tricolor of green red and green, with a small white crescent and star on the middle.
	2024–Present	Flag of Awaam Pakistan
	2026–Present	Flag of Pakistan Awaam Raaj Tehreek
	1968–Present	Flag of Mazdoor Kisan Party	Plain red field with a white star on the middle.
	1985–Present	Flag of the Pakistan Christian Congress	A vertical tricolor of red, yellow and green, with a red cross on the middle.
	1991–Present	Flag of the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party	A vertical tricolor of blue, white and orange-red, with an orange-red Octagram (8-sided star) on the middle.
	2002–Present	Flag of the Pakistan Green Party	A horizontal bicolor of yellow and green.
	1929–Present	Flag of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam	A flag with two vertical sections, one with six black and white horizontal stripes and the other a plain red background with a star on the left and a leftwards facing crescent on the right
	2002–Present	Flag of the Communist Party of Pakistan and Communist Party of Pakistan (Thaheem)	Red banner with a white hammer and sickle on the middle.
	2008–Present	Flag of the Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement	A vertical bicolor of red and green, with the Swastika on the green side of the flag.
	2012–Present	Flag of Islami Tehreek Pakistan	A vertical bicolor of red and black, with الله اکبر written in the shape of a khamsa on the top and written below it is اسِلامی تحریک پاکستان all on the black side of the flag.
	1970(?)–Present	Flag of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference	A plain green flag with a white crescent in the center and below it is an ideological expression written in diacritics: کشِمیَر بنے گا پاَکستان.
	1990–Present	Flag of the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party	A flag with green and red diagonals and a white Chinar leaf in the Centre.
	1906–1947	Flag of the All-India Muslim League	A plain green flag with a white crescent and star on the middle.
	1985–1988	Flag of Rah-e-Haq	A green flag with a white crescent and star on the middle, and five black stripes and four white stripes on the left.
	2012–Present	Flag of Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party
	1988–1996	Former flag of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan	A flag with five horizontal black stripes and four horizontal white stripes on the top left and a plain red section on the lower left, the rest is a green plain with the crescent moon and a star that has محّمدرسولﷲﷺ written in the center. written on the sides of the star are: ابوبکر صدیق رضی الله تعالیٰ عنه, عمر فاروق رضی الله تعالیٰ عنه, عثمان غنی رضي الله تعالیٰ عنه, علی المرتضیٰ رضي الله تعالیٰ عنه, امیر معاویہ رضی الله تعالیٰ عنه
	1930–1970s	Flag of the Sindh Hari Committee	A plain red flag with a sickle and a star on the right.
	1931–1970s	Flag of Khaksar movement	A modified Ottoman flag on a red background with a white crescent and star on the top right. The star is dividing the flag into four sections and the numbers ۱۳ and ۷۰ are written on two sections and اخوت is written (with diacritics) on the left section.
	1953–1957	Flag of Ganatantri Dal	A horizontal bicolor of red and blue.
	1950–1971	Flag of the All Pakistan Awami Muslim League	A vertical bicolor of 1/3 white and 2/3 green with four white stars on the four corners of the white side.
	1990–2010s	Flag of the Pakistan Hindu Party	A plain Saffron flag.
	1995–2015	Flag of the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party	A plain red flag with a white Hammer and Sickle written on the middle and a golden CMKP written below.
	1997–2004	Flag of Millat Party	A red and green banner divided in half with a diagonal and with a white crescent and star on the middle of the flag
	1970-2012	Flag of Tehreek-e-Istiqlal	A horizontal tricolor of blue, red and blue.
	1979–2000	Flag of Tehreek-e-Jafaria	A horizontal tricolor of black, red and green.
	1986–2013	Flag of the National Peoples Party	A horizontal trocolor of green, white and red, and four red stars on the middle.
	1988–1990	Flag of Islami Jamhuri Ittihad	A green flag with nine white stars on the middles.
	2010–2012	Flag of the Workers Party Pakistan	A red flag with four white stars on top.
	2012–2015	Flag of the Awami Jamhuri Ittehad Pakistan	A horizontal bicolor of green and white, with a white AJIP written on the top.
	2016–2023	Flag of the Pak Sarzameen Party	A vertical tricolor of primarily red on the right and green and blue on the left.
	2018–2023	Flag of the Awami Raj Party	A horizontal bicolor of green and yellow, with a white crescent and star on the top.
	2018–2023	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Gulalai)	A vertical bicolor of red and white, with a white crescent and star on the left.

Opposition/Rebel flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2007–present	Flags of the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan	A plain white field with لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ written in black on the center and below تحریکِ طالبان پاکستان is written in diacritics in black color along with a black sword below it.
			A plain white flag with لا إله إلا الله written in black on the center and a black circle below it with محمد رسول الله written in white on it.
	1992–present	Flag of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi	A black field with a white circle on middle.
	2004–present	Flag of Lashkar-e-Islam	A plain black field with لشكرِ اسلام written in white in the middle.
	1996–present	Flag of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi	A flag divided into a two sections. The top part has two black and two white horizontal stripes. The lower section of the flag is a plain red field with فقاتلو لمتہ الکفر written in white and a sword below in the center.
	1996–present	Flag of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan	A flag with five horizontal black stripes and four horizontal white stripes on the top left and a plain red section on the lower left, the rest is a green plain with the crescent moon and a star that has محّمدرسولﷲﷺ written in the center. written on the sides of the star are: ابوبکر صدیق رضی الله تعالیٰ عنه, عمر فاروق رضی الله تعالیٰ عنه, عثمان غنی رضي الله تعالیٰ عنه, علی المرتضیٰ رضي الله تعالیٰ عنه, امیر معاویہ رضی الله تعالیٰ عنه
	1997–present	Flag of Turkistan Islamic Party	A blue flag with the shahada لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ in white and a smaller white crescent and star below it.
	2000's–Present	Flag used by rebels groups in Pakistan including: Islamic State – Khorasan Province Jundallah (Pakistan) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (Daesh)	A plain black flag with لا إله إلا الله written in white on the center and a white circle below it with محمد رسول الله written in black on it.
	1988-Present	Flag used by rebel groups including: al-Qaeda Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (al-Qaeda)	A plain black flag with the Shahada لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱللَّٰهِ‎ written in white color on it.
	2000's–Present	Flag of various Balochi separatist groups including: Balochistan Liberation Army Baluch Liberation Front Lashkar-e-Balochistan (inactive) Baloch Nationalist Army (Dissolved)	A horizontal bicolor of green and red overlaid by a blue triangle on the left with a white star on the blue triangle.
	2010–Present	Flags of various Sindhi separatist groups including: Sindhudesh Liberation Army Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army	A plain red flag with a white circle on the middle, with a black hand holding a black axe inside the circle.

Flag proposals

National flag proposals

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1940	Choudhry Rahmat Ali's proposed flag for a 'Pak Commonwealth of Nations'	Flag of a proposed Pakistan with a small white crescent on the top left and ten white stars on the right and bottom on a plain green field.
	1942	"The Millat of Islam and the menace of 'Indianism'", A pamphlet by Choudhry Rahmat Ali	Flag of a proposed Pakistan with a thin white crescent on the left and five white stars on the right on a plain green field.
	1947	Lord Mountbatten's proposed flag for Pakistan	The flag of the All-India Muslim League with a small Union Jack in the canton.

Provincial and territorial proposals

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004	Unofficial Proposed flag for Islamabad Capital Territory By Dr. Tariq Saleem Marwat, September 19, 2004	The diagonal design differentiates it from the national flag. The square shape makes the triangles symmetric. Black is added to give it a distinct look. Black was the colour used for the flag at the time of Muhammad's conquest of Mecca.

See also

• National Flag of Pakistan

External links

• "Pakistan - Index of all Pages".
• "Pakistan Ensigns".