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It is written, spoken and used in all provinces/territories of Pakistan, and together with English as the main languages of instruction, [18] although the people from differing provinces may have different native languages. [19] Urdu is taught as a compulsory subject up to higher secondary school in both English and Urdu medium school systems ...
The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.
Parveen Shakir PP (pronounced [ˈpəɾʋiːn ʃɑːkɪɾ]; 24 November 1952 – 26 December 1994) was a Pakistani poet and civil servant of the government of Pakistan.She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature.
India (with 21 other regional languages) Pakistan (Official language in the province of Sindh along with Urdu and English) North and South Slavey: Northwest Territories (with Cree, Chipewyan, English, French, Gwich'in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, and Tłįchǫ (Dogrib)) Slovak: part of Serbia
Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
In 2005, Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak, a supporter of the more moderate Hanafi Barelvi school of Islam, established his own FM pirate radio station to compete with Shakir's station. Rivalry between the two clerics increased, causing tribal elders to denounce the two in December 2005 for fomenting sectarian tension.
In 2016, at a book launching ceremony in Lodhran, Punjab, the President of Urdu Department at Allama Iqbal Open University of Islamabad was quoted as saying: "Shakir Shuja Abadi is a renowned name in Saraiki poetry who holds true heart and feelings.
Khalil Shakir (born 2000), American football player; M. H. Shakir, a translator of the Qur'an; Zaid Shakir, American Islamic scholar; Shakir Ali (artist) (1875–1916), Pakistani artist and teacher; Shakir Ali (barrister) (1879–1962), Indian lawyer and politician; Samir Shakir Mahmoud, a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council; Mohammed ...