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 ...

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 ...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed federal and provincial governments to adopt Urdu as official language in the country. Announcing the verdict on petition filed by Advocate Kokab Iqbal, ...

The abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir marked the end of Urdu as the only official language, a status it enjoyed for 131 years. Making any language official is always complex and political in nature ...

That the two founding figures of Indian and Pakistani independence were united by a shared love of Urdu speaks eloquently of the language’s rich history. From left, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, Vice ...

Sudha Pai in 2002 stated, “If a language is not characterised by political neutrality, it too often becomes the tool by which this language group seeks to extend its domination over the minority ...