Tag: language
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Exclusive: You will not believe how many languages PM Shehbaz Sharif can speak
Prime Minister (PM) Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday during a two-day official visit. During the meeting, he had an informal conversation with the president in Russian language, which left many shocked. Earlier, when the Premier’s videos of conversing in other languages went viral, The Current reached out to Prime…
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PM Shehbaz talks with Palestinian President in Arabic
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif—who is currently in Kazakhstan—interacted with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Arabic at the sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Summit. In the brief talk, PM Shehbaz said that he is extremely grateful for the country’s help during the flood crisis in Pakistan. To…
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Urdu, Punjabi among most spoken non-official languages in Canada
Punjabi is the fourth and Urdu is the seventh most widely spoken language — predominantly spoken at home — in Canada according to new data released by Statistics Canada (StatCan), the country’s data agency. This is based on the 2021 census. Apart from English and French, Mandarin and Punjabi were Canada’s most widely spoken languages.…