Urdu Language! Our National Language !
URDU “Are you from Urdu Medium or English Medium?” This was the third question followed by the interviewer after asking my name and education. I starred him up for a while and then answered, “English Medium.” The interview continued and all what I was thinking about during the whole time sitting on the chair that, “Was that question suppose to be a part of the interview?” “Why have we put English Language before our Urdu Language?” “Why is it important to have grip on a foreign language (English) rather than on our national language (Urdu)?” “Are we still under pressure of the English people?” Urdu is a really beautiful language. It’s a mixture of different other languages. Other names used for Urdu are Rekhta, Hindavi, Urdu-e-Muallah, Lahori and Dehlavi. Rekhta is a Persian word that means ‘to create a mixture.’ Urdu is the mother language of Pakistan after independence in 1947. It is broadly spoken and understood in Pakistan. Urdu is taught as a compulsory subject in both Ur...