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In this Occasional Paper, the linkages between language, nation and state in the centralized federation of Pakistan are examined. During the first decade after partition in 1947, Pakistan saw the emergence of a Bengali language movement. It morphed into a struggle for autonomy and eventually led to the secession of East Pakistan and the ...
Mar 25, 2022 · Pakistan has four provinces, and every province has its language. Inside schools’ different languages for communication are used in the country. Similarly, research has revealed that the use of Urdu in teaching Mathematics to primary school students had a positive impact ( Maqbool et al., 2018 ).
- Tahira Begum
Sep 20, 2022 · In pre-partition India, Urdu was considered a resource as the language of intellectuals and literature. During British rule, English did not immediately replace Urdu as the language of formal communication. However, it ripped Urdu off its heritage of being a resource for intellectuals, administration, economy, political and social mobility.
Mar 29, 2021 · Urdu was named a national language at the birth of Pakistan, and again in the drawing up of the 1973 constitution, and was later promoted as a unifying symbol of Pakistan (Haque, 1993) as well as a language of Muslim unity (Channa, 2017; Rahman, 1996). However, English remained the language of several domains of power, such as administration, judiciary, military, higher education, and commerce ...
- Muhammad Azeem Ashraf, David A. Turner, Rizwan Ahmed Laar
- 2021
Sep 13, 2015 · The language controversy. Yaqoob Khan Bangash. Political Economy. September 13, 2015. If history is any guide, the recent moves towards immediately enforcing Urdu as an official language seem ...
Dec 31, 2018 · This critique is based on the critical analysis of the language and education policies in Pakistan and their impacts on the sociolinguistic situation in the region. The article is poised on the ...
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Aug 24, 2021 · It begins with the colonial language policies and the Hindi-Urdu controversy before the emergence of Pakistan as an independent state. However, the main focus is on the way language was used as a ...
