[JimWayne]

Editor Weisman says that by calling Pakistan an acronym, Moynihan is referring to its name devised by its founders as an agglomeration of Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh and Baluchistan.

Pakistan was named as it means Land of the Pure. Pakistan was not created as an acronym. This is a myth - note that there is no B in the name. Had it been an acronym, there would be a B for Bengal (today's Bangladesh).

[fallujah-nuker]

Pakistan was named as it means Land of the Pure. Pakistan was not created as an acronym.

Choudhary Rahmat Ali first proposed the name "Pakistan," and he used it as an acronym in 1933.

At this solemn hour in the history of India, when British and Indian statesmen are laying the foundations of a Federal Constitution for that land, we address this appeal to you, in the name of our common heritage, on behalf of our thirty million Muslim brethren who live in PAKSTAN - by which we mean the five Northern units of India, Viz: Punjab, North-West Frontier Province (Afghan Province), Kashmir, Sind and Baluchistan.