Preserving the language: 3rd Hindko dictionary to be rolled out

Font has been developed to standardise Hindko script and work is under way on over a 100 books and publications


Our Correspondent August 23, 2015

PESHAWAR: The Gandhara Hindko Academy will soon publish the 3rd Hindko dictionary along with several other books. This was announced by Gandhara Hindko Board GS Muhammad Ziauddin during a meeting on Sunday. The first Hindko dictionary was compiled by writer Sultan Sakoon in 2003 and a second version was out in 2007. Talking on the occasion, academy director Prof Syed Anwar Shah said a font has been developed to standardise Hindko script and work is under way on over a 100 books and publications.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2015.

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