Means of communication: ‘Urdu must be made official language’

Petitioner said that Urdu would be made the official language but that had not been done.

LAHORE: Chief justice of the Lahore High Court on Monday sought a reply from federal government and the assistance of the attorney general on a petition which seeks to make Urdu the official language. Petitioner Advocate Rana Ilmuddin Ghazi said Quaid-i-Azam had said that Urdu would be made the official language but that had not been done. The CJ heard arguments from the petitioner and adjourned the hearing.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 24^th, 2012.