Language

Speakers at two-day literary festival call for granting equal status to all languages of the country

Read here what's the second languages of other countries that explains their cultural identity

Pakistan's 200 million people speak 72 provincial and regional tongues, including official languages Urdu and English

One of the reasons cited is the low percentage of people with access to the Internet

Scientists say the research could provide insight into the origins of human language

'I hadn’t realised how bad this language barrier was. It divided Karachi into parts that shouldn’t have existed'

Says out of 250 applications for scholarship, only one was eligible

Ten students participate in Japanese Language Speech Contest

The participants at panel discussions reminded the audience Pashto has historically never been “free”

Soofi says the Punjabi language suffered most under British rule

Can you imagine the fear and helplessness of students and teachers when faced by angry gunmen?

Syed Mohammad Anwer has encased the unique form in a coffee table called ‘Samrup Rachna: Apni Boli (Hindi-Urdu)’

Rarely spoken as a mother tongue in India, Sanskrit is often dismissed as a dead language

Some of the finest poets, authors and artists of today will join hands to pay tribute to the majestic language

Thinking of language as an ethnic or a national entity restricts our ability to use it as a resource for development

Creating a new language — ‘Pakistani’ — will be representative of all Pakistanis

It’s when you make language an issue that it actually becomes an issue

The conference has been organised to celebrate 100 years of Urdu in Turkey.

The embassy said the initiative was part of increasing educational cooperation between Brazil and Pakistan

Urdu to be a second medium of language while all official business will be bilingual