India is a success story, when it comes to national harmony and unity, as far as their policy on language is concerned. We cant say the same.
Come on lets not turn exaggerate to an extent that it becomes a joke. Maybe the Bangalis were also listening to Urdu music when they revolted, right? Though what you essentially said negates having Urdu even more because it is uniting us with the Indian culture. I listen to more English songs than urdu songs, so that means I should replace Urdu with English?
Although Urdu is the official national language, it is spoken as a native tongue by only 8 percent of the population according to official figures (even they are far stretched, but lets assume they are correct)
Oh yeah, the same old Punjab runs Pakistan theory again. Punjabis arent stopping anyone from having their own language as the official language of the province. I wonder why this so called Punjabi regime sticks to Urdu then. Musharraf’s punjabi was very commendable too. People do take language seriously, again, people were killed in an attempt to force Urdu on Pakistanis.
Yes, and with it, maps changed too. 55% of our population who we forced to speak Urdu are no longer part of us. I guess there will be no urdu left in future either.
Perhaps I should quote him again… He said he agrees with me, and puts Urdu, Punjabi, Pashtu etc in the same boat. Thats what Ive been suggesting, you cant have Urdu as the sole national language. Read his post again (ill post it again in bold). Most sane people who learn from mistakes and look beyond ethnic bias agree with me. Again, those who advocate and prefer their own languages are not enemies of Pakistan like you suggested.
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Thanks LOTD, I hope people start to understand this mess we have created.