The government’s decision to revert to Urdu as the medium of instruction in public schools up till Grade 3 this year has been met with reservations by some teachers who insist that it should apply up ...

The world has become a multi-lingual environment and therefore we should stop yearning for a controlled monolingual dream of the past and look towards a more diverse, vibrant and international future ...

The polity of our national confusion on most issues facing the country stems from the unresolved adoption of a single medium of instruction in schools. Living in a part of Lahore, which is the ...

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 is a linguistically diverse country with around 74 languages. According to the 1973 Constitution, Urdu is the national language, while English is the official language of Pakistan. The ...

Explore the bilingual upgrade in 100 Urdu schools, integrating English instruction for improved access to higher education.

While many nations are adopting English, Pakistan is going the opposite way, with the Supreme Court ruling for it to be replaced with Urdu as the official language. Urdu is beautiful, vastly ...

Roman Urdu is when Urdu stops wearing its elegant Nastaliq attire and slips into casual English jeans. Instead of “آنا,” we ...