The name of Pakistan (Pakistan) in Persian means the land of purity. The name was first used in 1312 (1933) by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who published it in the Journal "today" or "never". The name was made as a sermon of the names of the main Islamic lands related to the West Indies. Officially it was established as the territory of Pakistan in 1326 (1947) and in 1336 (1957) it established the first "Islamic Republic" state. Pakistan is commonly known as "Pak", especially in the Indian subcontinent.