Most Pakistanis have been brought up speaking our national language Urdu and English. Instead of conversing in Urdu, many of us lapse into English during everyday conversation. Even people who do not ...

Pakistan is a linguistically diverse country with around 74 languages. According to the 1973 Constitution, Urdu is the national language, while English is the official language of Pakistan. The ...

Pakistan has finally confirmed a long-running rumour of dropping English as its official language and switching to its mother tongue, Urdu. In an exclusive interview with TIME, Pakistan's Minister of ...

It has been a long brutalizing winter. Now weary with time, it’s almost desperate to cast off its burden and fade away, unloved, perhaps even forlorn. Much like famous poet Kaifi Azmi said in his ...

Bilingualism, in many cases even multilingualism, being a special quality of most Indians, it comes as no surprise that many scholars working in various English Departments of Indian universities and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'Check enclosed',” wrote Dorothy Parker. But I do not agree with her. To a 'desi' like me, the most beautiful words in the English language ...

The Punjab Textbook Board has announced that three books published under the Single National Curriculum (SNC) for grades 6, 7 ...

WHAT do they call a computer mouse in Urdu? ‘Chooha’? Definitely not, as ‘chooha’ literally means ‘rat’ in Urdu and it would sound funny in technical context. A computer mouse is simply ‘mouse’ in ...