Tarana-e-Pakistan is claimed to be the first national anthem of Pakistan that was played on Pakistan's national radio on 14 August 1947. An unsubstantiated claim is that it was composed by Jagannath Azad at the request of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. It was never officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem and the "Qaumi Tarana" was officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem in 1954. History Controversy For the first time in 2004, it was claimed by an Indian journalist that the first national anthem of Pakistan was written by Jagan Nath Azad, a Hindu poet from Isakhel in Mianwali, on the personal request of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It was alleged that Jinnah asked Azad to write the anthem on 11 August 1947 and that it was later approved by Jinnah as the official national anthem for the next year and a half. However, this claim is historically unsubstantiated, disputed and controversial. Many historians, including Safdar Mahmood and Aqeel Abbas Jafri, reject this claim and believe that Jagan Nath Azad neither met Jinnah nor wrote Pakistan's first national anthem. Lyrics See also Pakistan Zindabad (anthem) Dil Dil Pakistan Flag of Pakistan State emblem of Pakistan Pakistan School Song References External links The mystery about our national anthem Bring back Jagannath Azad's Pakistan anthem Historical national anthems National symbols of Pakistan Pakistani music Asian anthems Pakistan national anthems