Mabaahis. Najeeba Arif, a former academic now serving as chairperson of Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, has candidly ...

I do not remember what kindled my interest in Urdu, but while I was in college, I joined Jamia Millia University’s correspondence course to learn it. It did not take me far, and then other priorities ...

The signboards along the Srinagar-Leh (NH-1), currently written in English and Hindi, will soon feature names in Urdu as well ...

Suspicious late-night radio signals in coded Bengali, Urdu, and Arabic detected by amateur Ham radio operators along the Indo ...

The second death anniversary of renowned poet, playwright, and literary icon Amjad Islam Amjad is being observed on Monday.

Parents and a local NGO have raised concerns over severe overcrowding at RC Mahim Municipal (Urdu) School after students from ...

“The inclusion of Urdu aligns with the guidelines of the Indian Roads Congress (IRC:67), which emphasize the importance of bilingual or multilingual road signs for improved safety. By adding Urdu, BRO ...

A heated discussion on ‘Urban Dialogues: Karachi Katchehri’ allowed for a rare public forum to discuss the future of Pakistan ...

Two new papers, published in the journal Nature, by scientists from Russia and Ukraine, further solidify this claim about the origin of the Indo-European family of languages that include Sanskrit, ...

IN ARABIC, qaseeda means a panegyric ode and ‘burda’ means a shawl-like fabric worn over the shoulders, a mantle. Qaseeda Burda , or Qaseedatul Burda, is a famous poem in Arabic that offers heartfelt ...

It brought back so many memories of my teenage years when I travelled to Pakistan in 1997 for my aunt’s wedding. My elder brother, a big fan of the Urdu singer, requested I bring back, as a gift, the ...