Urdu as our national langauge

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Re: Urdu as our national langauge

@Jolie

^ No where in the document suggest that Urdu was “imposed” as whined by ethno-nationalists. The last sentence clearly states that in area where it was not the popular language, arrangements should be made to teach it as an optional subject. What’s wrong with that? How is this any different from French and other Europeans learning English as an “optional subject” in their respective countries? Is it a bad thing?

The language issue has always been blown out of proportion by certain communities. The ever so exaggerated Bengali discontent over language wasn’t any different from the discontent KPK government has with Punjab over water and gas profit. In other words, nothing that cannot be resolved and put behind. But separation of Bangladesh happened over a very particular reason! And let’s not do any aeeen baeen shaeen when it comes to acknowledging and condemning that reason!

The issue here is of language and approach to allow communities using their languages freely as a medium of instruction, communication at forums like constitutional assembly. So lets be very specific on the questions (instead of already agreed points that Bengalis did faced political and economic suppression):

1. How was it justified to insist for only one state language, when majority (Bengalis) did not approve the idea?

2. How will you justify banning use of Sindhi in Karachi university as medium of instruction during 1950s?

3. How will you justify action during One-Unit where mentioning name of Sindh on letters was enough reason to reject delivery by Pakistan post?

Don’t you think that these all actions lead to mistrust among the communities over the period and such steps should not have been taken at the first?

PS: last sentence quoted in my post above was for 1937 and not period after 1947. If the matter was resolved in 1937, this should have been given consideration by Muslim League Leadership after 1947 for all the areas forming part of Pakistan. I don’t think its difficult to differentiate use of Urdu as optional language (in East Pakistan) than denying the majority language (Bengali) as second state language.