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  2. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Although Urdu is widely spoken and understood throughout all of Pakistan, only 7% of Pakistan's population spoke Urdu as their native language around 1992. Most of the nearly three million Afghan refugees of different ethnic origins (such as Pashtun , Tajik , Uzbek , Hazarvi , and Turkmen ) who stayed in Pakistan for over twenty-five years have ...

  3. Urdu keyboard - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu keyboard is any keyboard layout for Urdu computer and typewriter keyboards. Since the first Urdu typewriter was made available in 1911, the layout has gone through various phases of evolution. [1] With time, the variety of layouts introduced in the 1950s for mechanized compositions have reduced to very few that are compatible with the ...

  4. Fitoor (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    22 September 2021. ( 2021-09-22) Fitoor ( Urdu: فتور, lit. 'obsession/madness') is a 2021 Pakistani television series, directed by Siraj-ul-Haque and written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah. It was produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under their banner 7th Sky Entertainment. [1] It premiered on 14 January 2021 on Geo Entertainment.

  5. Languages of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Urdu is the national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for inter-communication between different ethnic groups. [3] [4] Numerous regional languages are spoken as first languages by Pakistan's various ethnolinguistic groups.

  6. Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Etymology The name Pakistan was coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, a Pakistan Movement activist, who in January 1933 first published it (originally as "Pakstan") in a pamphlet Now or Never, using it as an acronym. Rahmat Ali explained: "It is composed of letters taken from the names of all our homelands, Indian and Asian, P anjab, A fghania, K ashmir, S indh, and Baluchis tan." He added, "Pakistan ...

  7. Pakistan Zindabad - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan Zindabad ( Urdu: پاکِستان زِندہ‌باد, transl. "Long Live Pakistan ") is a patriotic slogan used by Pakistanis in displays of Pakistani nationalism. [1] [2] The phrase became popular among the Muslims of British India after the 1933 publication of the "Pakistan Declaration" by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, who argued that the ...

  8. Political history of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The political history of Pakistan ( Urdu: پاکستان کی سیاسی تاريخ) is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders of Pakistan. Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, when the Presidencies and provinces of British India were divided by the United Kingdom, in a ...

  9. Associated Press of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    www .app .com .pk. Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) ( Urdu: مشارکتِ مطبع ، پاکستان) is a government-operated national news agency of Pakistan. [2] [3] [4] APP has News Exchange Agreements with 37 Foreign News Agencies and has "around 400 editorial staff including around 100 Correspondents at the District and Tehsil levels" .