If you hear a name of some place, does it make you curious to know the brief history behind it? We should have high curiosity quotient that leads us to success in life. br br Do you want to know how Pakistan was named, just out of curiosity? Pakistan was named in 1947 during the separation of India and Pakistan, as suggested by the Indian Muslim league to the Britishers, and every letter in the name represents a province or name of a place which was then a part of Pakistan. Know further on this, through the video.