Should it be mandatory to learn at least 1 provincial dialect?

[KKF]

Re: Should it be mandatory to learn at least 1 provincial dialect?

@teggy

Urdu should, and would have sufficed but the problem that is unique to Pakistan is that some of us have found a way to even exploit the national language and built careers on that exploitation; whether in the garb of fighting for Urdu Speaking populace or at other times making their representative exploiters the national enemy. In theory and in practice we’re all Urdu Speakers because it is the national language of Pakistan; so shouldn’t we all have united representation? But we don’t.

And that’s the reason why I felt to float the idea that maybe we need to have an exchange of dialects. Let a Punjabi learn Sindhi, Balochi, and/or Pashtu fluently, and vise versa. If nothing else, we’ll all be able to communicate with each other better at inter-country level. Sometimes when the ego gets the best of us, a Pashto speaker saying something in Punjabi is enough to break the ice and dissolve the rising tensions. So why not own that process and use it to come together and form a somewhat common ground to rebuild from?

My suggestion may be full of assumptions, but I’m just thinking aloud.

i think Pakistan should have Urdu as the national language, English as official language and a regional language for each province.