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How Shalwar kameez became the national dress of Pakistan?

Zainab Hussain | 14 years ago

What is history of this dress?
How it got regarded as the national dress?
Who initiated it?

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Lol, I never thought of that :P

Nabeha | 14 years ago

I often do.

Zainab Hussain | 14 years ago

Asked by: Zainab Hussain | 14 years ago | Answers: 6 | Views: 10036

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Mahreen Khalid | 14 years ago

The shalwar came from pashtoon culture the kameez came from punjabi\sariki culture so quid-e-azam said lets make a dress that represent merger and union of two cultures and he asked fatimah jinnah his sister to wear one too and so it came into existence and was made national dress of Pakistan as it was modest and was symbol of unity between provinces.

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Answered by: Mahreen Khalid | 14 years ago

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Thanks for replying, wee an other reply says that it happened in the time of Zia ul Haq, or maybe It was not declared as national dress before 1970s.

Zainab Hussain | 14 years ago

Zia-ul-haq Enforced it as a only mode of dressing in his dictatorship period all in offices nation wide people whr forced to wear shalwar kameez but it was declared our national dress at the time of Quid-e-azam who came up with the conncept and declared it as national dress .

Mahreen Khalid | 14 years ago

Ahan thanks : )

Zainab Hussain | 14 years ago

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Rashid Shahzad | 14 years ago

I also want to know :)

Answered by: Rashid Shahzad | 14 years ago

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Khawaja Naveed Haider | 14 years ago

I think this has been taken from the Sub Continent when Pakistan, India and Bangladesh used represent one country. Shalwar Suit has also the depiction from the Islamic Culture.

Answered by: Khawaja Naveed Haider | 14 years ago

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Hmmm

Zainab Hussain | 14 years ago

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Aaquib Naved | 14 years ago

Salwar Kameez is the closest to Islamic dress (Evidently there is no such dress as Islmic, but one which covers the body in the maximum possible way). Salwar Kameez does pass this test and probably because of which it is the most preferred dress by women.

Answered by: Aaquib Naved | 14 years ago

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Hmm I dun knw think it has anything related to Islam.

Zainab Hussain | 14 years ago

Yea its not related with Islam.. Long loose gowns comes closest to Islamic dressing

Nabeha | 14 years ago

@Nabeha and @Zainab: The form of that long gown is almost same as Shalwar Suit... The difference is the only length.

Khawaja Naveed Haider | 14 years ago

@Naveed Thanks Naveed.. That's what I wnted to convey!

Aaquib Naved | 14 years ago

Okay yeah I got you, I might be an inspired version of gowns but not sure.

Zainab Hussain | 14 years ago

it cud*

Zainab Hussain | 14 years ago

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Faiq Latifi | 14 years ago

Its the cultural heritage of Sub-continent...!!

Answered by: Faiq Latifi | 14 years ago

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Anmolzahidah | 7 years ago

Kameez came from Hazrat Adam (AS) and shalwar in indo-pak culture

Answered by: Anmolzahidah | 7 years ago

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How Shalwar kameez became the national dress of Pakistan?

What is history of this dress? How it got regarded as the national dress? Who initiated it?

What is history of this dress?
How it got regarded as the national dress?
Who initiated it?