Editorial Reviews - Urdu-Language Culture From the Publisher Chapters: Urdu-Language Singers, Urdu-Speaking Countries and Territories, Urdu Poetry, Pakistan, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Ghazal, Marsia, Urdu in Aurangabad, Shayari, Atif Aslam, List of Urdu Language Poets, Karbala Ta Karbala, Mukhammas, Naat, Kafi, Qasida, Bait Bazi, Mushaira, Nazm, Soaz, Doha, Maqta, Zabd Shuda Nazmein, Sehra, Beher, Radif, Qaafiyaa, Triveni, Matla, List of Marsia Writers, Musaddas, Kalam, Mavra, Kulyat, Khawab Saray Hain Shikasta. Excerpt: Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The name Pakistan (Urdu pronunciation: ) means Land of (the) Pure in Urdu and Persian. It was coined in 1934 as Pakstan by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, a Pakistan movement activist, who published it in his pamphlet Now or Never. The name is a portmanteau representing the "thirty million Muslims of PAKISTAN, who live in the six Northern Units of British Raj Punjab, Afghania (now known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Kashmir, Islamabad Capital Territory, Sindh and BalochisTAN." However, the authorship of the name is controversial. It is also maintained that the word Pakistan was invented by Khawaja Abdul Rahim and he obtained Sir Muhammad Iqbals blessings for his coinage.. Sir Muhammad Iqbal himself wrote to Prof. Edward John Thompson of Oxford University, that "Pakistan scheme proposes a separate federation of Muslim Provinces directly related to England as a separate dominion. This scheme originated in Cambridge. The authors of this scheme believe that....".. The word "authors" means that there are more than one author. According to Stephen Philip Cohen,a group of Indian students at Cambridge proposed naming it Pakistan. "The Priest King" wearing Sindhi Ajruk, ca. 2500 BC. National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi Menander I was one of the rulers o... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23235 Synopsis Chapters: Urdu-Language Singers, Urdu-Speaking Countries and Territories, Urd