The
national flag of Pakistan (
Urdu:
پاکستان کا قومی پرچم) was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the
Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, just three days before the country's
independence, when it became the official flag of the
Dominion of Pakistan.
It was afterwards retained by the current-day Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The flag is a
green field with a white
crescent moon and five-rayed star at its centre, and a vertical white stripe at the hoist side. Though the green colour is mandated only as 'dark green'
its official and most consistent representation is
Pakistan green, which is
shaded distinctively darker. The flag was designed by Amiruddin Kidwai, and is based on the
All-India Muslim League flag.