To withstand the challenges of globalisation, Urdu must build its own empire of knowledge. It has to create and disseminate knowledge in every field, with every important book from any language of the ...

WITH the rise of the English language as global lingua franca and with our educational system adopting English — at least partially, if not entirely — as medium of instruction, many raise the question ...

Dr. Abid Moiz, physician and scholar, argues that Urdu must move beyond poetry to embrace science and modern knowledge. His ...

Until a quarter of a century ago the debate whether Urdu should be adopted as the medium of instruction or not would come up in conversations. Now rarely does one hear such arguments that used to take ...

Usually associated with sweet poetic expression of love and romance, Urdu is equally effective in communicating and popularising science, said Nakul Parashar, director of Vigyan Prasar, Department of ...

Close to 40% non-Urdu teaching at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu) were drawing salaries despite having no knowledge of the Urdu language, university vice-chancellor Dr Mohammed Aslam ...