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Urdu was an amalgam language that took its genesis in what was the Northern Part of Undivided India centered around Delhi. The Muslims who migrated to Pakistan post-partition took that language with them. Needless to say, it went in the luggage of the 'Mohajirs' which in turn caused stresses in Karachi whose original inhabitants spoke Sindhi, and to alesser extent in West Punjab. But Jinnah was insistent that Urdu must prevail over all regional languages; which in turn led to the 'Language riots' in East Bengal. Then, the rest is History....... which was well-documented by great journalists such as Anthony Mascarenhas.
British replaced Persian with Urdu long before partition, so Urdu was already being used in all provinces of Pakistan (West Pakistan at that time) except Sindh. So, Muslim migrated to Pakistan brought language with them part is only true for Sindh not whole Pakistan.