This was urged as the two-day Pakistan Mother Languages Literature Festival opened at the Lok Virsa on Saturday. “Urdu has been declared as the national language despite the fact that it is the mother tongue of only around five per cent of Pakistanis,” he argued. Earlier, while speaking at the inaugural session, SPO Chief Executive Saleem Malik said that it was important to support mother languages. Unsung Urdu literature continues to live on“Most people in the world know only one language, their mother tongue. This is the third consecutive year the festival is being held at Lok Virsa in connection with the world mother languages day, February 21.

Source: The Express Tribune February 18, 2018 04:18 UTC