Tag: Urdu
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Shazeal Shoukat had to learn Urdu and it wasn’t easy
Shazeal Shoukat is a fresh face in the drama industry, catching the audience’s attention with her performances. Having spent most of her life in Canada, she moved to Pakistan to pursue her passion for acting. With roles in various dramas, her recent one, ‘Adawat,’ received high ratings. Shazeal prefers to stay true to herself, living…
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Zayn Malik can sing in Urdu and fans are going crazy
British singer Zayn Malik teamed up with Pakistani music band ‘Aur’ to release an Urdu song called ‘Tu Hai Kahan’. The Pakistani band shared a short preview of the new song on Instagram, announcing its release. Zayn Malik lent his vocal talents to the song, as seen in a video where he recorded part of…
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More than 50 per cent of candidates failed in Urdu CSS exam in last three years
In a surprising statistic, in the three last years at least 54.53 per cent of candidates, who appeared for the Central Superior Services (CSS) Examination failed Pakistan’s national language Urdu subject. In 2019, 30 per cent of candidates failed in Urdu, while in 2020 and 2021, the rate of failure shot up to 59 per…
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Sindh govt cancels registration of Karachi private school after teacher encourages class to laugh at student for speaking Urdu
An incident at Civilizations Public School, a private school in Karachi, went viral a few days ago when a distressed father uploaded a video where he narrated a harrowing account of what his son went through.The father revealed that his son’s teacher, Sadaf Mateen, had overheard the student speaking in urdu to his friends. She…
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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.…
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PM cannot read his oath correctly in Urdu, PPP responds to PM Khan’s comment on BBZ
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Wednesday mocked Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s Urdu accent without mentioning his name. The premier said, “It has been 13 years and you [Bilawal] still cannot speak in Urdu,” he said and repeated Bilawal’s infamous dialogue “barish ata hai tou paani ata hai [more water accumulates when…
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PM Khan says bank staff wearing ‘shalwar kameez’ won’t ‘frighten’ Pakistanis
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, during a ceremony held to approve the Rs100 billion in the Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar initiative on Friday, said that he was happy to see that banks have now started to converse in Urdu with their customers. “Banks have started talking to customers in Urdu, so now make the staff…
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What is in the Single National Curriculum books? In-depth data analysis of the syllabus
On August 16, 2021, Prime Minister Imran Khan officially launched the Single National Curriculum (SNC). The newly launched curriculum was prepared by the National Curriculum Council (NCC) and the Ministry of Federal Education, in consultation with the provinces. According to PM Khan, “SNC would transform the nation into a unified one.” What is SNC? According…
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Marriage called off after groom fumbles with Urdu
A marriage in India’s Uttar Pradesh was called off on Monday after the groom could not pronounce Urdu words correctly. As per reports, a man posing himself as a Muslim was exposed and handed over to the police when he could not pronounce Urdu words correctly during the marriage. The suspect hailing from Siddhartha Nagar…
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Cannoli Café’s logo is now in Urdu
Cannoli Café Soul in Islamabad, which had been in hot waters for mocking their manager for his English speaking skills, has updated and changed the logo with Urdu typography. The café owners, Uzma and Diya, had received a lot of backlash last week when they asked their manager Owais to introduce himself in English. When…