Around a hundred women have gathered in a community centre in Peshawar, the heart of Pakistan's fabled northwest -- but they are conversing in a dialect incomprehensible to the Pashtun ethnic group ...

Pakistan has recently issued a directive to grant its national language and lingua franca, the literary vehicle of South Asian Islam, Urdu, official status. Perhaps inspired by Indian Prime Minister ...

The language that the people of a country speak is the natural language for that country. This poses the question then, how could there be a problem when it comes to the language of East Pakistan?

This post is part of our special coverage Languages and the Internet. Pakistan today would seem primed for rapid growth in internet use. The country has had explosive growth of FM radio, satellite and ...

In today’s interconnected and globalized world, language is a key to unlocking economic potential, professional success, and educational advancement. Among all languages, English stands as the lingua ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — There's a new terrorism title in the increasingly crowded field of glossy propaganda publications. Al Qaeda has "Inspire" and "Resurgence," the Afghan Taliban has "Al-Somood" and ...