Feroz Afridi, a celebrated Qatar-based Pashto poet and writer, has translated the poignant and thought-provoking novel ‘Bhag Bhari’ into Pashto language, renaming it ‘Bakhturah.’ Bhag Bhari is a ...

ALLAMA Iqbal’s first poetic collection in Urdu, Baang-i-Dara, was first published in 1924. But before Iqbal could bring out ...

Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has said that there are efforts, backed by foreign funding, to weaken Pakistan in the same manner as Palestine, Iran, Iraq, and ...

"Urdu is the finest specimen of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, or Hindustani tehzeeb," observed the Supreme Court. In today's ...

If the ideals of 'unity in diversity' have withstood the test of time in India, the overriding influence of Hindustani films ...

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, ...

In India, Urdu remains an official language in several states and continues to thrive in cultural, literary, and cinematic ...

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, ...

Let us make friends with Urdu and every language. The prejudice against Urdu stems from the misconception that Urdu is alien to India. This opinion, we are afraid, is incorrect as Urdu ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such as the qasida — used to praise someone or a marsiya, a song of sorrow that have faded out,” he say ...