Re: Changing Pakistan’s national language?
Unifying factor was severed with the military takeover in 1958 and the continuous disenfranchisement of the Pakistani populace which included west and east. Single most unifying factor was the creation of a country which was supposed to be for the ppl and by the ppl. Unfortunately, we all know what happened, establishment being afraid to share power with the ppl made it sure that any dissent was suppressed.
As for Iqbal/Faiz being victims of their environment is rather simplistic and an insult to their intellect. You are trying to rationalize your argument by bending and twisting historical facts and malign the Muslims of Northern India…
Your assumptions that urdu is not spoken across Pakistan is incorrect statement. It seems u hv not travelled across Pakistan, I hv and ppl living in Gilgit, Quetta, Peshawar, Lahore, Multan, Nawabshah, Larkana can converse with each other provided they speak urdu, no other language. Ever watch the national and provincial assembly sessions, urdu is the language spoken.
Making assumptions do not prove anything, look at the facts on ground. Pakistan is a federation of four units of different ethnic populations, how do they commuincate with each other? Language of their choice, nobody imposed urdu, it was already the language of the Muslims of undivided India. As a natural outcome, urdu was chosen for Pakistan.
Iam surprised for someone so acutely aware of his historical roots, you can deny the significance of urdu in the creation of Pakistan and enabling its various ethnic populace to converse.