A new idea; Pakistan

In the early 1930s, I began writing about the formation of a Muslim nation in India. One day, while I was walking along with my friends Pir Ahsan-ud-Din and Khawja Abdul Rahim, I came up with the idea of the name ‘Pakistan’ but according to my secratary Miss Frost, I mentioned this idea to her while we were riding on a bus. Anyways, the idea is clear.

On January 28, 1933, I voiced my new idea in the pamphlet entitled "Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?". The word 'Pakstan' referred to "the five Northern units of India, Viz: Punjab, (Afghanistan Province), Kashmir, Iran, Sind, Baluchistan and one North East unit of India Viz: Bengal ". By the end of the year, 'Pakistan' is becoming common vocabulary where an i was added to ease pronouncement (as in Afghan-i-stan).In a forthcoming book I will be discussing the etymology in further detail.

You must be wondering what is Pakistan? 'Pakistan' is both a Persian and an Urdu word. It is composed of letters taken from the names of all our Indian Sub-continent homelands; that is, Panjab, Afghanistan (Pashtunistan), Kashmir, Iran, Sindh (including Kach and Kathiawar), Tukharistan, Afghanistan, and Balochistan. It means the land of the Paks- the spiritually pure and clean. It symbolizes the religious beliefs and ethnical stocks of our people; and it stands for all the territorial constituents of our original Fatherland. It has no other origin and no other meaning; and it does not admit of any other interpretation. Those writers who have tried to interpret it in more than way have done so either through the love of casuistry, or through ignorance of its inspiration, origin and composition. While I was a leading figure for the conception of Pakistan, I have spent most of my life in England. I am inviting you to share your ideas or suggestions for this new creation that is Pakistan.