In enforcing Urdu as an official language at government offices, simple and easy to comprehend words should be used so that the common people can understand it easily, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid said on Monday.
While chairing the second meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Enforcement of Urdu as official language, the minister said that the government was committed to enforcing Urdu as language and would take steps to overcome all hurdles.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousuf, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Irfan Siddiqui and Secretary IB&NH Saba Mohsin Raza.
The minister called for avoiding difficult words and expressions, and asked for using simple and familiar Urdu words while translating from English.
The meeting reviewed the implementation status of the immediate measures approved by the prime minister and discussed progress on the decisions of the first meeting of the committee.
The meeting decided to invite the secretaries of various ministries in the next sitting so that they could apprise about the status of implementation and the problems faced by their respective ministries in this regard.
It was also decided that the committee would meet every week in future to complete its recommendations as early as possible.
The next meeting of the committee will be held on November 24.
