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English rubs shoulders with Urdu on banners, billboards and shop fronts in Pakistan While many nations are adopting English, Pakistan is going the opposite way, with the Supreme Court ruling for ...
For Pakistan’s founders, Urdu was to be the glue cementing together the new country. The pre-partition Muslim League rejected suggestions that English, Hindi, or Hindustani be the official ...
Pakistan is dropping English as its official language and switching to Urdu, a popular language in the Indian subcontinent. The long-rumored change was confirmed by Pakistani Minister of Planning ...
Pakistan has finally confirmed a long-running rumour of dropping English as its official language and switching to its mother tongue, Urdu. In an exclusive interview with TIME, Pakistan's Minister ...
Pakistan’s national language and Pakistan’s national poet”. Then he told me how the Iqbal Chair and Urdu department at a Turkish university were abolished because of a lack of interest of ...
will lead a series adaptation of Urdu-language novel “Umrao Jaan Ada.” A classic of Urdu literature, the novel, written by Mirza Hadi Ruswa in 1899, is known for its portrayal of the culture ...
has made an exciting announcement for the upcoming 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). For the first time in the tournament's history, fans will enjoy full-match commentary in Urdu.
The lyricist-writer also stressed that Urdu language doesn't belong to Pakistan or Egypt, but to 'Hindustan'. Explaining the importance of Urdu language, Javed Akhtar said "Urdu hasn't come from ...
Speakers at the Punjab University Invention to Innovation Summit on Thursday suggested that Pakistan and India can improve relations through Urdu Corridor between the two neighbourly but distanced ...