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Although Urdu is widely spoken and understood throughout all of Pakistan, [128] only 9% of Pakistan's population spoke Urdu according to the 2023 Pakistani census. [129] 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 ...
An English-Urdu bilingual sign at the archaeological site of Sirkap, near Taxila. The Urdu says: (right to left) دو سروں والے عقاب کی شبيہ والا مندر, dō sarōñ wālé u'qāb kī shabīh wāla mandir. "The temple with the image of the eagle with two heads." Most languages of Pakistan are written in the Perso-Arabic ...
Persian and Urdu are distinct languages. Persian is classified as an Iranian language, whereas Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language. They fall under the larger grouping of the Indo-Iranian languages, and hence share some linguistic features due to common descent. However, the majority of influence from Persian is direct, through a process often ...
The National Language Promotion Department (Urdu: اِدارۀ فروغِ قومی زُبان Idāra-ē Farōġ-ē Qaumī Zabān [ɪ.ˈd̪aː.rə.eː fə.ˈroːɣ.eː ˈqɔː.mi zə.ˈbaːn]), formerly known as the National Language Authority (or Urdu Language Authority), [1] is an autonomous regulatory institution established in 1979 to support the advancement and promotion of Urdu, which is ...
Maulvi Abdul Haq (Urdu: مولوی عبد الحق) (20 April 1870 – 16 August 1961) was a scholar and a linguist, who some call Baba-i Urdu (Urdu: بابائے اردو) (Father of Urdu). Abdul Haq was a champion of the Urdu language and he demanded for it to be made the national language of Pakistan. [3] [1]
Fitoor (TV series) Fitoor. (TV series) Fitoor ( { {Lang-ur| فتور | (Consumed by Obsession) 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.
A list of Urdu-language films in year order.The films listed here are mostly from Pakistan along with some Indian Urdu movies. For a full list of Pakistani films which includes Punjabi language and Bengali language films in addition to Urdu see List of Pakistani films.
It is the main authority of Urdu language and education in India, being one of two authorities responsible for the regulation of Urdu, the other being the National Language Authority of Pakistan. The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education, Department of Secondary and Higher ...