However, the report presented a view that time and effort given in the schools to Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, was inadequate. As long as East Pakistan survived, its history is replete with agitations, riots and movements to give an official status to Bangla. The wounds of the separation of East Pakistan were still fresh, when in 1972, demands were made to declare Sindhi a national language and the official language of Sindh. With its national language being Urdu, which, along with English, is also the official language, Pakistan has several regional languages. Language, the means of communication is foremost, with many regional languages in Pakistan threatened to the verge of extinction.

Source: Pakistan Today April 12, 2019 20:59 UTC