Sindhi Language on Identity Card

Society Pakistan & World Affairs
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:salam2:

I guess many of us seen and know that all IDs are in urdu but the IDs which issued to ‘Sindhis’ are only in ‘Sindhi’ language. Any1 know why?

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I've my Id card in Sindhi. why not?

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Yes why not?

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But what is the reason behind issuing IDs only in 'Sindhi' where all others [Punjab, Balochistan, KPK, AJK] were issued in Urdu?

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because we owned our language and even we use Sindhi as a medium of instruction in educational institutes, whereas other felt inferiority complex against Urdu.

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National Identity Card should be in national language.

And national language of Pakistan is Urdu.

Teaching local language in schools is one thing, using it on national ID card is plain wrong.

Germany had this problem few centuries ago, but then they sacrificed local languages for one unified national language called German, and history is wittness what effect it had on them in terms of progress...

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You have right to have your own opinion but I respectfully disagree with you on this point.

In India, they allow local languages to flourish. This discrimination of languages cost us separation of East Bengal and we are still at it.

Urdu may be our national language, but more in the sense of communication language. Most of the population in rural Sindh don't know to write and read it and it was not necessary for them to do. Their language got literature, newspapers and was used as medium of instruction before 1947. Expecting people to leave the language which facilitates them all the way is not justified by anyway IMO.

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Muqawwee,

If an employee who don't knw 'Sindhi' nor understand what is written on the ID how will going to help/assist that person? And it looks very 'odd' to see one card in 'Sindhi' and remaining all cards in 'Urdu'.

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More reason to educate every Pakistani and allow one unified language to flourish, this helps end the linguistic divide as well.

In USA everyone speaks English.
In Japan everyone speaks Japanese
In China everyone speaks Chinese

Yes, there exisit local dialects, but one master language is a must. Not everything that India has is good per se.

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when Indian can allow local languages to flourish, why not Pakistan. In USA, how many languages got literature written for more than 3 centuries? Why a language which got such literature should be abandoned when its owners are alive?

This is a false assumption that promoting local languages would cost us unity of the country. Its otherwise proven by our history.

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Now you are mixing up the things.

Yes to both of these:

  • Teach the local languages in school as a subject.
  • Help local languages at literary level

But a big** NO** to use a local language in matters such as ID cards etc. overrideing national language.

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why big NO when people of province don't know to write and read national language. Have you ever been to rural Sindh. do you know there still exist a generation which can only speak one language and i.e. Sindhi. In such circumstances, why they don't have right to have their id cards in Sindhi?

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On the other hand, any province can demand Pakistani Passport in their local language.

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India has almost 450 local languages but only have two 'official' languages: English and Hindi.

Given the above fact, I don't see how India's example is relevant here.

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Its not a big issue LKK. appoint local people who know Sindhi in such areas to assist people or appoint who the language or have basic knowledge. Many Urdu speaking people who don't know how to read Sindhi are working in rural Sindh and they in a short span of time learn Sindhi and don't feel any problem in performing and interacting with people (including those who are not well versed with Urdu).

I've id card in Sindhi and I use it everywhere in Karachi without any hesitation. I even use it in legal documents. Last time, when I went for renewal, they asked me if I want it in Sindhi or Urdu. I preferred Sindhi.

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Passport is for international purposes my dear and is in English not in Urdu.

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Muqawee, what about SNIC? Are they also issuing in Sindhi language?

SNIC holds two languages Urdu and English only printed on it.

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Go through this link to get your knowledge corrected :slight_smile:

Languages with official status in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Indian states and union territories States [TABLE=“class: wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter”]

[TH=“class: headerSort”]No.
[/TH]
[TH=“class: headerSort”]State[/TH]
[TH=“class: headerSort”]Capital[/TH]
[TH=“class: headerSort”]Official Languages[/TH]
[TH=“class: headerSort”]Other officially recognised languages[/TH]

Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad
Telugu[SUP][56]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-56)[/SUP]
Urdu[SUP][57]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-57)[/SUP]

Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar
English[SUP][58]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-58)[/SUP][SUP][59]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-59)[/SUP]
None[SUP][60]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-60)[/SUP]

Assam
Dispur
Assamese (Asamiya)[SUP][61]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-assamofflang-61)[/SUP]
Bengali,[SUP][62]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-62)[/SUP] Bodo[SUP][61]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-assamofflang-61)[/SUP]

Bihar
Patna
Maithili, Bhojpuri, Hindi[SUP][63]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-63)[/SUP]
Urdu,[SUP][64]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-64)[/SUP]

Chhattisgarh
Raipur
Chhattisgarhi,[SUP][65]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-65)[/SUP] Hindi[SUP][66]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-Chhatofflang-66)[/SUP]
None[SUP][66]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-Chhatofflang-66)[/SUP]

Goa
Panaji
Konkani [SUP][67]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-goa-67)[/SUP]

Gujarat
Gandhinagar
Gujarati,[SUP][68]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-Guj-68)[/SUP] Hindi[SUP][68]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-Guj-68)[/SUP]

Haryana
Chandigarh
Haryanvi, Punjabi[SUP][69]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-haryanaofflang-69)[/SUP]
[SUP][69]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-haryanaofflang-69)[/SUP][SUP][70]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-70)[/SUP]

Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Standard Hindi, Punjabi[SUP][71]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-71)[/SUP][SUP][72]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-hpofflang-72)[/SUP]
None[SUP][72]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-hpofflang-72)[/SUP]

Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar(S), Jammu(N)
Urdu, Punjabi [SUP][73]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-73)[/SUP]
None[SUP][74]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-74)[/SUP]

Jharkhand
Ranchi
Hindi, Odia, Santali[SUP][75]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-jharkofflang-75)[/SUP]
None[SUP][75]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-jharkofflang-75)[/SUP]

Karnataka
Bengaluru
Kannada[SUP][76]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-kannada-76)[/SUP][SUP][77]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-karnataka-77)[/SUP]
None[SUP][78]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-karnatakaofflang-78)[/SUP]

Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
Malayalam,[SUP][79]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-kerala-79)[/SUP] English[SUP][79]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-kerala-79)[/SUP]

Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal
Hindi[SUP][80]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-mp-80)[/SUP]

Maharashtra
Mumbai
Marathi[SUP][81]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-mah1-81)[/SUP][SUP][82]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-mah2-82)[/SUP]

Manipur
Imphal
Meiteilon (Manipuri)[SUP][83]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-83)[/SUP]
None[SUP][84]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-84)[/SUP]

Meghalaya
Shillong
English[SUP][85]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-85)[/SUP]
Khasi, Garo[SUP][86]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-86)[/SUP]

Mizoram
Aizwal
Mizo[SUP][87]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-mizoramofflang-87)[/SUP]
None[SUP][87]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-mizoramofflang-87)[/SUP]

Nagaland
Kohima
English[SUP][88]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-nagaofflang-88)[/SUP]
None[SUP][88]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-nagaofflang-88)[/SUP]

Odisha
Bhubaneswar
Oriya (Odia)[SUP][89]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-Orissaofflang-89)[/SUP]
None[SUP][89]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-Orissaofflang-89)[/SUP]

Punjab
Chandigarh
Punjabi[SUP][90]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-punjabofflang-90)[/SUP]
None[SUP][90]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-punjabofflang-90)[/SUP]

Rajasthan
Jaipur
Hindi, Bagri[SUP][91]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-rajasthanofflang-91)[/SUP]
[SUP][91]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-rajasthanofflang-91)[/SUP]

Sikkim
Gangtok
Nepali[SUP][92]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-92)[/SUP][SUP][93]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-93)[/SUP]
None[SUP][94]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-94)[/SUP]

Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Tamil[SUP][95]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-tnofflang-95)[/SUP]

Tripura
Agartala
Bengali, Kokborok, English[SUP][96]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-tripuraofflang-96)[/SUP]
None[SUP][96]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-tripuraofflang-96)[/SUP]

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Uttarakhand
Dehradun
Hindi[SUP][97]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-uttarkhofflang-97)[/SUP]
Urdu,[SUP][97]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-uttarkhofflang-97)[/SUP] Sanskrit[SUP][98]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-uttarkhoffsans-98)[/SUP]

Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Hindi[SUP][99]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-upofflang-99)[/SUP]
Urdu[SUP][99]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-upofflang-99)[/SUP]

West Bengal
Kolkata
Bengali, English[SUP][100]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-wbofflang-100)[/SUP]
Urdu, Punjabi, Nepali, Santali, Oriya, Hindi[SUP][101]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#cite_note-it1-101)[/SUP]

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Are you living in Kana Kacha? Multiple languages are being spoken in the US. People who do not speak English they have full right to bring translator. However English is de facto national language because 80% of population declare their first language as English. Canada is Bilingual. Have you visited Japan? In Japan both English and and varied version of Japanese are spoken. After China has become member of WTO, English has become their language of businesses. A number different Chinese dialects are spoken. Population of Japan and China perhaps is about 100% Chinese and Japanese. Other minorities forms a very small %age of the local population

Since 2005 I am residing in the US. Before I was resident of Canada for many years. I have visited many countries of the world and stayed quite some time including Japan and China. So don't argue with me on that.

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Don't know about it, as its not common till now and there is shortage of paper and all that even for renewal of passports.