NA bill proposes 'eight national languages' for Pakistan

A private bill seeking 'eight national languages' for Pakistan has been introduced in the National Assembly.

Written on January 26, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, national language, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Constitutional package contains 19 dissenting notes

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee for Constitutional Reforms (PCCR) has included in constitutional package 19 dissenting notes from various parties. According to details, 3 notes each came from Pakistan Muslim League-N, Awami National Party and PML-Q; 2 each from Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Baloch members and Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) and; 1 each from Jmiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), PML-F, Pakhtunkhwa Mili Awami Party and Jamat-e-Islami. PML-N’s dissenting note on the procedure of judges appointment says the judicial commission should either have the Law Minister or Attorney General as its member while the seventh member be nominated by the Chief Justice of Pakistan and not by the committee. The notes from PML-Q and PPP (Sherpao) relate to the new name of NWFP and the concurrent list. JUI-F’s note pertains to the Islamic Articles of the Constitution while JI has expressed its reservations regarding the age of compulsory education. The Baloch members’ dissenting note is in connection with provincial autonomy and NFC Award. MQM, the coalition partner of the government, has shown reservations on Federal Legislation List while ANP’s note relates to the issues of FATA and PATA and giving regional languages status of national language.

Written on April 2, 2010 | Posted in NWFP, Pakistan, Politics, national language | Leave a comment

Urdu: Our National Language—Really?

All the regular readers of Pro-Pakistan must be familiar with the Hasb-e-Haal posts. One day, a new post was put up and underneath it there were a lot of praises about how funny it was and all that. So for the first time that day, I saw the videos too. Initially I found it very

Written on March 21, 2010 | Posted in News, Pakistan, Pro Pakistan, Videos, national language, urdu | Leave a comment

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