Tag: Language

Demanding immediate resignation, different representatives of civil society on Monday protested against the Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on his alleged use of unethical...

It is unfortunate to see the stigma attached to one of the most beautiful of the languages on the planet i.e. Punjabi. To the...

How come ‘Butt’ was never banned? They wanted to ban Jesus Christ? Really? How come they think of banning ‘Jesus Christ,’ and not ‘Moses’ and...

Pakistan’s mobile operators were on Sunday scrambling to block text messages containing any of over 1,600 “obscene” terms banned by the country’s telecommunication authority...

Last night, I was watching Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai’s interview on TV. He speaks in an American accent! Two years ago when I went...

The Sindh government has lately decided to introduce Chinese language as a compulsory subject for secondary classes from 2013. However, I think that this...

Mian Muhammad Shabaz Sharif, Chief Minister, Punjab, roared and slammed in a mammoth gathering at Lahore the other day. Like many others, I had...

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is using derogatory language in its campaign against the federal government, which is not suitable for civilised leadership of...

The use of abusive language is popular these days amongst many in the young generation. The major factor for this is uncensored media. Everyone...

The Confucius Institute at National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad held a two-day teachers’ training workshop on “Urdu version of Chinese learning materials...

Mothers who dress like their daughters and dads who use slang like “innit” cause the biggest embarrassments to their children, a new study has...

Punjab University (PU) External Linkages Director Maria Maldonado organised a presentation on “Spain: Language and Culture” at the Department of English on Tuesday. PU Vice...

Responding to the rejection of the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2008 - that sought the national language status for regional languages - by the National...

KARACHI -The nations who forget their language and culture are nowhere to be found on the planet, said Sindh Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development Minister Rafique Engineer. He said this while addressing the closing session of the two-day national literary conference on 'Analysis of promotion of Sindhi language and literature' organised by the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Sindhi Department in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC)

KARACHI - The federal government should give Sindhi and other local languages of the country the status of a national language besides taking special measures for their promotion, demanded speakers at a literacy conference on Tuesday. The two-day national literary conference on 'Analysis of promotion of Sindhi language and literature' is being organised by the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Sindhi Department in collaboration with the Higher Education

LAHORE - Punjabi Language Movement (PLM) chief Chaudhry Nazeer Kahut along with other Punjabi writers, intellectuals, activists and supporters on Monday went on a hunger strike against what they termed was a 'discriminatory attitude' meted out to the Punjabi language by the establishment.
The hunger strike was staged in connection with the International Mother Language Day in front of the Punjab Assembly in support of the Punjabi language rights. Kahut was joined in the hunger

PESHAWAR: The women legislators of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly staged a walkout Friday when Deputy Speaker Khushdil Khan snubbed a ruling party female member to avoid cross talk during the proceeding, saying he could exercise his powers to send her out of the house.
The protest was triggered after Khushdil used harsh words while asking Munawar Sultana of Awami National Party (ANP) to follow the rules of the house. "I will kick you out; don't make the house the jock," he remarked