“Humne Urdu k saath sautanon wala sulook kara hai aur almiya ye k ye samjhanay k liye bhi aik dusri zubaan ka sahara lena parega.” (We have always treated Urdu as a step-child and the worst part is, ...

Hassan Mirza (HM): The English language continues to dominate South Asia in many spheres of life, and its authority is almost unchallenged by many of the local languages. Will Urdu (also Hindi in ...

In Pakistan, debates about education tend to orbit around crumbling school buildings, lack of funds, outdated curricula, and ...

Arthur Dudney receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. Views expressed are his own. For a country seven decades old, Pakistan is dealing with a surprisingly fundamental political and cultural ...

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to implement Urdu as the country’s official language, replacing English in all communications 68 years after gaining independence from Great Britain ...