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2:3 by Željko Heimer
There is no law which actually prescribes this flag. The nearest to a legal
official specification appears to be that issued in "Pakistan Standard 1700" of
1985 (confirmed by later information obtained by Armand du Payrat), and it is
upon these that the construction diagram has been prepared.
Christopher Southworth, 14 November 2004
Based on information at
http://www.pakistani.org/pakistan/flagspec.html here
are the specifications for the Pakistani flag, from a
Resolution Passed by Constituent Assembly.
"That this assembly resolves that the national flag of the federation of
Pakistan be of the following description.
"A dark green rectangular flag in the proportion of length and width 3:2 with a
white vertical bar at the mast, the green portion bearing a white crescent in
the centre and a five-pointed white heraldic star. The size of the white portion
being one-fourth the size of the flag, nearest the mast, the remainder three-fourths being dark green. the dimensions of the crescent and star are
obtained as follows:
"Draw the diagonal from the top right hand corner to the bottom left corner of
the green portion. On this diagonal establish two points 'A' and 'B'. Point 'A'
at a distance equidistant from top right and bottom left hand corners of the
green portion, i.e. the centre of the green portion. Point 'B' at a distance
from
the top right hand corner equal to 13/20th the width of the flag. With centre
point 'A' and radius 1.1/4th the width of the flag describe a second arc. The
enclosures made by these two arcs form the crescent. The dimensions of
the five-pointed white heraldic star are determined by drawing a circle 1/10th
the width of the flag. The circle surrounds the five points of the heraldic
star.
The star lies with one point on the diagonal at a point where the larger arc of
the crescent, if completed, cuts the diagonal."
Source: Letter to Dawn Editor, Monday Sept 21, 1998, by A.R. Thalpawala
There is no indication when the resolution was made (if it is 1998, then the
flag was changed [better defined] in this regard recently!)
However, this description is not at as correct as one might expect. I
believe it omits some part within this sentence "With centre point 'A'
and radius [...] 1.1/4th the width of the flag describe a second arc." I believe
that there is a part omitted where I indicated and that it should read
something of the sort:
"With centre point 'A' and radius [3/10th the width of the flag draw an arc.
With centre point 'B' and radius] 1.1/4th the width of the flag describe a
second arc."
In any case, I believe that the paragraph clearly shows that the crescent
and star are drawn towards the fly top corner (if you know what I mean) and
not towards any other direction we might think of (this detail shall come
handy when drawing other Pakistan flags not in ratio 2:3).
Željko Heimer, 31 August 2002
Where exactly is point B? I finally figured this out. Point B is the center point of the inner arc forming the crescent. Taking the hoist as composed of 20 units, point B is 13 units from the