Chapter 5 - Languages

punjabi

Language spoken in the largest province, Punjab.

Balochistan

the least developed and least populated province.

Quaid Azam

He declared Urdu as the national language soon after independence.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

He declared Sindhi as the national language of Sindh along with Urdu.

Balochi

is the least developed language of Pakistan as it had its literature in the form of oral traditions.

Pashto

is spoken in the province of Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa and its literature contains resistance against foreign rule that is seen in the poetry of Khushhal Khan Khattak and Rahman Baba.

Sindhi

the language of Sindh, the second largest province.

Urdu

was declared as the medium of education in all public sector schools and a compulsory subject in private sector institutes.

Department of Sindhology

The ________ was set up in the University of Hyderabad.

Punjabi

For which language were the poets famous for: Waris Shah, Baba Farid and Bulleh Shah

Sindhi

Which language’s literature is closely linked with Islam as it is the first regional language that had adopted the Arabic script

Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and Sachal Sarmast

the two famous Sindhi poets

Department of Sindhology

department set up in the University of Hyderabad for Sindhi Language

Abaseen Arts Council

The Council which promoted Pashto Theatre.