It may come as a surprise to many that Urdu is not already the official language of Pakistan, given that in its spoken form, it is the lingua franca of the country and understood by virtually everyone ...

Pakistan's own Urdu ChatGPT, 'Qalb', has officially been launched, marking a historic milestone in the country's digital journey. Developed under the leadership of Taimoor Hassan, a Pakistani student ...

This post is part of our special coverage Languages and the Internet. Pakistan today would seem primed for rapid growth in internet use. The country has had explosive growth of FM radio, satellite and ...

When Hamid Henry wrote a play about Easter for a Pakistani television channel, he struggled to present the words "Paschal" and "Eucharist" in Urdu, the national language, for his Muslim viewers.