Re: Lets learn local languages
Yeah they are. Especially among the educated/poetry lovers. In a sense really, if you love Punjabiyat, you eventually bring up Baba Bulleh Shah, Sultan Bahu, Baba Farid, Mian Muhammad Baksh, etc.
Heer Waris Shah is especially popular. You have the Indian folk music legends who have sung about Heer Waris Shah, Sassi Punnun, Mirza Sahiba, Sohni Mahiwal, Malki Keema, list goes on and on.
I actually learnt to read and write Urdu, because there were no resources available to learn the Pakistani Punjabi script, Shahmukhi (which is almost the same as Nastaliq)