News

Much has been written on the origin of Urdu. The word `urdu` itself is Turkish and means `army` or `camp`; our English `horde` is said to be connected with it. The Muslim army stationed in Delhi ...
Urdu is mixed in the same way that English is it has absorbed words from many languages.The third myth that Urdu is a Muslim language is more problematic. For about 500 years of its existence ...
From mushairas and qawwali parties to Pakistani soaps and Urdu poetry on TV, ... Dawn of an Urdu revival. Hindustan Times | By Zofeen Maqsood, New Delhi. Dec 15, 2014 03:22 PM IST .
In its report, Dawn Urdu described the scenic beauty of Pahalgam, noting that the town that lies about 90 km, nestled in a lush grassy meadow, ...
Pakistan is adopting Urdu as its official language, but with many people not speaking it, the move is proving divisive, as the BBC's Ilyas Khan reports.