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'''Pakistan ka matlab kya, La Illaha Illal Allah.''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|پاکستان کا مطلب کیا لاالہ الا اللہ}}}} — ; ''lit.'' ''What does [[Pakistan]] mean?... [[shahada|There is no God but Allah]]'') was a couplet and political slogan coined in 1943 by Urdu poet '''Asghar Sodai'''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Alyssa |last=Ayres |title=Speaking Like a State: Language and Nationalism in Pakistan |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-521-51931-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FddJQi1dQ30C&pg=PA194 |page=194}}</ref><br />
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The slogan became a battle cry and greeting for the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]], which was struggling for an independent country for the [[Islam in South Asia|Muslims of South Asia]], when [[World War II]] ended and the [[Pakistan Movement|Pakistan independence movement]] geared up.<ref>{{cite book|first=Khālid|last=Ḥasan|title=Remembrances|year=2001|publisher=Vanguard|isbn=9789694023526|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SgxlAAAAMAAJ&q=Pakistan+ka+matlab+kya|accessdate=29 October 2018}}</ref> This slogan shows the [[Islamic]] identity of Pakistan too.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ayres |first=Alyssa |chapter=Religious Violence beyond Borders |editor1=Linell E. Cady |editor2=Sheldon W. Simon |title=Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia: Disrupting Violence |publisher=Routledge |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-134-15306-0 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ccJ8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 |page=111}}</ref> In the present day, this slogan is mainly used by [[List of political parties in Pakistan|Pakistani Islamic religio-political parties]] in their rallies.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Pakistan Zindabad]]<br />
* [[Pakistan Movement]]<br />
* [[Pakistani nationalism]]<br />
* [[Islamisation in Pakistan]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani nationalism]]<br />
[[Category:Political terminology in Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu words and phrases]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani political slogans]]<br />
[[Category:Battle cries]]</div>Xavierncr