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The national flag in ratio 1:2. Regarding the construction, there is of
course, the question on how this one is constructed. There are basically two
main approaches:
(a) retain all the construction elements as prescribed and only change the
starting ratio from 2:3, to 1:2
(b) reformat the "finished" 2:3 by only reformatting the rectangular fields.
Solution (a) may be more "orthodox"; it retains the horns and star to point
towards the fly top corner, however, that would make the emblem change the
"rotation" from vertical axis, and would make it's dimensions different.
Solution (b), on the other hand, retains the known emblem and its "rotation".
Anyway, if one tries to follow solution (a), one gets the crescent whose white
areas is larger then the half the full circle, so if there is a special
construction of this ensign, the inner crescent circle must be modified (by
either moving its center to some other point, or by changing the diameter).
However, there is a third solution (c): modification of the fields as in (b) and
then rotation of the emblem as a whole so the star points to fly top. I believe
that (b) is the simplest solution and is probably followed (and that
few people in Pakistan worry about this problem as much as I do here), and it is
anyway as it is pictured in Album des Pavillons (2000).
For those really interested in these possibilities, you can view the
solution (a) and
solution (c).
Željko Heimer, 8 September 2002
Armand du Payrat (some time ago) very kindly sent me the official specs for
the Pakistan Naval Ensign upon which he based the Album illustration. The sheet
illustrates both the National Flag and Naval Ensign, and gives some figures. The
National Flag is as we have it, the Naval Ensign is given as 91.5 wide with the
white panel at 45.5 and the green at 137. The centre-point of the circle which
creates the outer arc of the crescent is placed on the centre-point of the flag
with a radius of 28. The inner arc of the crescent is given with a radius of
25.5, however, neither its position on the diagonal nor the size/position of the
star is further defined. None the less, there is no doubt from the illustrations
that they are placed exactly as on the National Flag, and that the star is also
one-fifth the hoist.
By my highly sus