Pakistan replaces English with Urdu as official language

[Indus Pakistan]

Great. So we replaced it with one British gift ( English) for another British gift ( Urdu )

Remind me what was the official language before the British came along?

 

[jamal18]

Pakistan replaces English with Urdu as official language

Javed Rana

Press TV, Islamabad

Pakistan has abolished English as an official language after almost seven decades of independence from Britain. Over 150 years ago, Britain officially replaced English with Persian and Urdu in the Indian sub continent which was divided into two separate states. Our correspondent Javed Rana has more from Islamabad.

More (video): PressTV - Pakistan replaces English with Urdu as official language

If its true, and it all goes through, I'm going to party like never before!!!!


All the ludoo's are on me!!

If I die tomorrow, I die happy!

 

[livingdead]

congrats...

 

[jamal18]

It will be difficult to communicate with international world without english. English is necessary as all modren knowledge bank in growing rapidly in English not in Urdu. Therefore only English must be the official language in Pakistan.

Sir, every single country has its own language as the official language , and does fine.

This includes every single European country; japan, Korean, Taiwan and so on.

 

[coffee_cup]

What about chinese? They prefer their own language and still doing pretty well.

Add to that:

- Germans
- Japanese
- French
- Spanish
- Koreans
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Danes
- Finish
- Norwegians
- Polish
- Czech
- Russians

Even smaller states like Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania promote their own languages.

The list of developed countries who have developed in their native languages is quite long.

This decision is very good! Teach English as an optional foreign language, but we must promote our national lanugage!

 

[Lord ZeN]

Great. So we replaced it with one British gift ( English) for another British gift ( Urdu )Remind me what was the official language before the British came along?

There was neither an official language nor a common unifying language for people living in North-Western part of Indian sub-continent but only had some regional languages like Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi, Brahui, Shina, Balti, Marwari etc. before the British came.

 

[RealNapster]

It will draw unnecessary attention, in my opinion. The timing is not probably right. First, ban on English words, then ban on English language. Can you tell me, what exactly is going on ?

ban ??
No . Sorry. It's called Replacing.
and in india every state have it's native language as "official language'' .. So why Pakistan can't ?

 

[SHAMK9]

Seriously? This is our government's priority?

 

[nForce]

ban ??
No . Sorry. It's called Replacing.
and in india every state have it's native language as "official language'' .. So why Pakistan can't ?

yes..wrong choice of words. I'll edit it.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

There was neither an official language nor a common unifying language for people living in North-Western part of Indian sub-continent but only had some regional languages like Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi, Brahui, Shina, Balti, Marwari etc. before the British came.

Persian .............

 

[Lord ZeN]

Persian .............

Imperial language and alien to 98% of locals living there. It didn't matter much as it was just a namesake official language . Even many local Indian Muslim rulers made it a state language but it didn't matter much in the end as only the Muslim royals ended up learning them.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Add to that:

- Germans
- Japanese
- French
- Spanish
- Koreans
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Danes
- Finish
- Norwegians
- Polish
- Czech
- Russians

Even smaller states like Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania promote their own languages.

The list of developed countries who have developed in their native languages is quite long.

This decision is very good! Teach English as an optional foreign language, but we must promote our national lanugage!

If you follow the European model then Pakistan would have:-

Pashto
Punjabi
Sindhi
Brahui
Baloch
etc

Give you a example

Latvian - 1.7 million speakers
Estonian - 1.2 million speakers

Estonian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Latvian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Then you have examples of Swiss. They are multi ethnic like Pakistan. So they have German, French, Italian and Romanch as official language. That is being fair to each community. Nobody say anything about unity. Swiss are far more united and stable then we are in Pakistan.

Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

Good move. India should follow suit.

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

Why they felt the need of this change? Documents in Urdu were already accepted in courts and others dperatment of government

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Imperial language and alien to 98% of locals living there. It didn't matter much as it was just a namesake official language . Even many local Indian Muslim rulers made it a state language but it didn't matter much in the end as only the Muslim royals ended up learning them.

Urdu is also alien to many. Anything new is alien. If Pashto or Persian adopted in 1947 by now they would also be "not so alien".

I say again Urdu and English were imposed by British. When imposed they were also alien in 1857 in what is now Pakistan. They got rid off Persian because they wanted to set up their own structures and get rid of the old order.