Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi released an Urdu poetry album called ‘Shayarana – Sartaj’. Javed Akhtar, who spoke at the ceremony, emphasised the significance of the Urdu language and the part Punjab ...

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 is a multilingual nation, home to over 70 languages including Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Saraiki, and Urdu, as well as numerous minority languages. English plays a significant role in ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Even before the partition of India, the question of language was an issue of debate, which eventually turned into an acute dilemma for both Pakistan and India. Against this backdrop, Dr Muhammad ...

Carla Faye Radloff (1949-2012), a famed American linguist, in whose memory the anthology of essays titled ‘Languages of Northern Pakistan’ has been compiled and published, was a career member of SIL ...