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.
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.
New paths of progress, we resolve to tread Proudly our nation stands with a high head Our flag is aflutter above the moon and the stars As planets look up to us be it Mercury or Mars No harm will now come from anywhere for sure O Land of the Pure!
The nation has tasted success at last Now freedom struggle is a thing of the past The wealth of our country knows no bounds For us are its benefits and bounty all around Of East and West, we have no fear O Land of the Pure!
Change has become the order of the day No one is a slave in the nation today On the road to progress, we're swiftly going along Independent and fortunate, happy as a song Gloomy winds are gone, sweet freedom's in the air O Land of the Pure!