Urdu
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Pakistan: Litfests and Bookfairs – Two Worlds? by Ajmal Kamal
Ajmal Kamal argues that Karachi’s Literature Festival and its International Book Fair look past each other, the first favouring English-language writing, the second dominated by Urdu books of a religious-sectarian…
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The al-Bunjabis from al-Bakistan
A comment on Punjabis in Pakistan adopting Arabic-style lettering, such as licence plates, in place of Urdu, arguing that losing part of a native culture matters less if replaced by…
