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  2. Patag (sword) - Wikipedia

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    A patag, also known as patang, is a type of Asian sword characterized as having a straight single-edged blade. Patags are traditionally produced in Bhutan.

  3. Urdu movement - Wikipedia

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    The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdū Lashkari Zaban ("Battalionese language") title in Nastaliq script.. The Urdu movement was a socio-political movement aimed at making Urdu (the standardized register of the Hindustani language) the universal lingua-franca and symbol of the cultural and political identity of the Muslim communities of the Indian subcontinent during the British Raj.

  4. Languages of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Urdu was chosen as a symbol of unity for the new state of Pakistan in 1947, because it had already served as a lingua franca among Muslims in north and northwest British India. [17] It is written, spoken and used in all provinces/territories of Pakistan , and together with English as the main languages of instruction, [ 18 ] although the people ...

  5. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...

  6. Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan) [9] (Urdu: متحدہ قومی موومنٹ (پاکستان) Muttahidah Qọ̄mī Mūvmaṅṫ Pākistān abbr. MQM-P) is a social liberal, Muhajir nationalist, and secularist political party. [10] [3] The leader of the party is Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. [9] The party's symbol is the kite.

  7. Toba Tek Singh (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "Toba Tek Singh" (Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ ALA-LC: Ṭobah Țek Siṉgh IPA: [ʈoːbəh ʈeːk sɪŋɡʱ]) is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto and published in 1955. It follows inmates in a Lahore asylum, some of whom are to be transferred to India following the 1947 Partition. According to a personal essay hosted at Columbia ...

  8. Jal Jal Mare Patang - Wikipedia

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    Jal Jal Mare Patang (pronounced [jəl jəl məre pətəŋ]) is a 2009 Gujarati language biographical play that was written by Mihir Bhuta and directed by Manoj Shah.The play depicts the life of 19th-century Indian writer and philosopher Manilal Dwivedi (1858–1898).

  9. Cinema of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    It featured a question and answer section titled "Yours Impishly," for which the sub-editor Asif Noorani took inspiration from I. S. Johar's page in India's Filmfare magazine. [25] Tabloids like these got their first controversial covers with the release of Neela Parbat on 3 January 1969 , which became Pakistan's first feature-film with an ...