After so much capital has been invested in the English language in Pakistan, going back to Urdu might look strange A recent episode in which a woman hurled invectives on a security official at a toll ...

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 of ...

Urdu is on its way to becoming Pakistan’s official language, replacing “colonial” English, after a Supreme Court order was issued Tuesday. Three judges passed the judgment following a petition by a ...

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 language of ...

Indian writer, poet and songwriter Javed Akhtar, who has been making headlines lately for his bold and controversial statement about Pakistan, has now decided to declare that the Urdu language is an ...

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 it to ...

While launching an Urdu poetry album with actor-wife Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar emphasised the importance of the Urdu language and the role Punjab played in its growth. The veteran lyricist and ...

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, ...