SABEEH Rahmani seemed a bit disappointed and perturbed at the Karachi Arts Council’s recently held International Urdu Conference and he had reasons to be so. He was speaking during the session on naat ...

NAAT is an Arabic word and it means, literally, praise. In Urdu, naat means the praise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). A poem with praise of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is also called naat in Urdu. In ...

Warning that language can serve as a "double-edged sword", the Unesco has said the continued use of Urdu in Pakistani schools has led to political tensions in the multi-ethnic country and recommended ...

While many nations are adopting English, Pakistan is going the opposite way, with the Supreme Court ruling for it to be replaced with Urdu as the official language. Urdu is beautiful, vastly ...