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In a 1948 speech, Jinnah declared that "Urdu alone would be the state language and the lingua franca of the Pakistan state", although at the same time he called for the Bengali language to be the official language of the Bengal province. [18] Nonetheless, tensions began to grow in East Bengal. [18] Jinnah's health further deteriorated and he ...
The ancient name of Quetta was Shalkot, a term by which it is still known among the people of the country. The district was held in turns by the Ghaznavids, Ghurids, and Mongols, and towards the end of the fifteenth century was conferred by the ruler of Herat on Shah Beg Arghun, who, however, had shortly to give way before the rising power of the Mughals.
Nagar was another small valley state to the north of Kashmir and shared the language and culture of Hunza. [27] In 1931 it had a population of 13,672, much the same as that of Hunza. [24] On 18 November 1947 its ruler, Shaukat Ali Khan (1917–2003), who had come to the throne in 1940, joined his neighbour in acceding to Pakistan. [27]
Sultanabad (Urdu: سلطان آباد) is a multiethnic katchi abadi, or informal settlement, located in central Karachi, Pakistan. [1]The majority of its residents are from the Pashtun community, [2] with many migrating to the area during the military operations in the tribal areas in the 2010s. [3]
Usmania Colony or Osmania Colony (Urdu: عثمانیہ کالونی) is a neighbourhood of Liaquatabad Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [ 1 ] After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Usmanai Colony was established by those who migrated from Moradabad .
At the time of the 2023 census, 94.16% of the population spoke Punjabi and 4.64% Urdu as their first language. [7] The main Punjabi dialects of the district are Jhangvi (or Rachnavi), and the standard Majhi dialect. There are many tribes and clans settled in the Okara District. The majority of the population of Okara are Punjabi speaking Muslims.
Urdu is taught as a compulsory subject up to higher secondary school in both English and Urdu medium school systems, which has produced millions of second-language Urdu speakers among people whose native language is one of the other languages of Pakistan – which in turn has led to the absorption of vocabulary from various regional Pakistani ...
After the state's official language Hindi (and co-official Urdu which is mutually intelligible), the Bhojpuri language is the second most spoken language with 25.5 million speakers or 11% of the state's population. [1] Other languages spoken are Awadhi, Braj, Bundeli, Bagheli and Kannauji. However, the exact speaker numbers for the languages ...