“The mushaira, to be held in cooperation with Dream Advertising, will bring together some of the best lyricists from India and Pakistan in keeping with the tradition of the Dubai mushaira followed ...

Pakistanis like me blog and tweet in English because that is our comfort zone. Pakistani private schools, many of which were legacy British colonial institutions (or pretend to be) had a bias for ...

Partition forced Urdu literature to mature and move away from the trivialities and joys of life. Also, it paid a heavy price due to the exodus of several writers to Pakistan, several academics have ...

Prof Dr Halil Toker, country director of the Yunus Emre Institute Turkish Cultural Centre in Pakistan, has been pivotal in promoting Turkish culture and language in Pakistan and Urdu language, ...

Renowned Urdu language poet, scholar, and eminent authority on Allama Iqbal, Professor Jagan Nath Azad died in New Delhi. He is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters, reports Kashmir ...

Pakistan is dropping English as its official language and switching to Urdu, a popular language in the Indian subcontinent. The long-rumored change was confirmed by Pakistani Minister of Planning, ...