Delivering a lecture was delivered on the “Creation of Bangladesh: Myths Exploded” Dr Junaid Ahmad reminded that at that time the present Pakistan and Bangladesh were known as West Pakistan and East Pakistan. Speaking at a university of language, the scholar delved upon the social and political dimensions of a language. ‘Urdu and other Pakistani languages suffering due to English’However, he said, Urdu was not the language of West part of Pakistan too. It was not the language of Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab or the present day Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the scholar said. He was of the view that Pakistan must maintain good relations with Bangladesh because what has happened now become a past.

Source: The Express Tribune February 24, 2018 05:50 UTC