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The name was coined by Cambridge student and Muslim nationalist Choudhary Rahmat Ali,[46] and was published on January 28, 1933 in the pamphlet Now or Never!.[47] He saw it as an acronym formed from the names of the "homelands" of Muslims in northwest India — P for Punjab, A for the Afghan areas of the region, K for Kashmir, S for Sindh and tan for Balochistan, thus forming "Pakstan"!.[48] An i was later added to the English rendition of the name to ease pronunciation, producing "Pakistan"!. In Urdu and Persian the name encapsulates the concept of "pak" ("pure") and "stan" ("land") and hence a "Pure Land"Www@QuestionHome@Com