Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan says that misguiding England's Urdu-speaking spinners helped him score 48 in the third Test against England in Rawalpindi. Sajid scored 48 not out in the first innings with the bat and added very important 72 runs for the ninth wicket with Saud Shakeel.

'To fool them...,' Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan on Urdu helping him score runs in Rawalpindi Test vs England

Recently, Bollywood lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar made headlines as he claimed that Urdu belongs to 'Hindustan'. “Urdu hasn't come from any other place...it is our own language.

Explained: Here's why Javed Akhtar said 'Urdu belongs to Hindustan'

Veteran poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has emphasised the importance of Urdu and the role Punjab played in its growth and prominence during an Urdu poetry album launch event.

Poet, lyricist, screenwriter Javed Akhtar says Urdu ‘doesn’t belong to Pakistan or Egypt, but to Hindustan’

A cafe in Islamabad, Pakistan has faced the wrath of the internet for cracking a joke on an employee which they thought was funny, but the internet disagreed. Owner of Cannolis cafe in Islamabad was recorded making fun of one of her employees for not being able to speak English fluently.

Pakistan: #BoycottCannoli trends on Twitter after owners mock employee for bad English

US public radio Voice of America (VOA) on Thursday called for Pakistan to lift a block on two of its websites, in Urdu and Pashto, as concerns grow over freedom of speech in the country.

US public radio 'Voice of America' calls for Pakistan to lift block on two websites

With the pervasion of Hindi and English words, Urdu seems to have lost its originality, purity and thus the importance.

Opinion: Is Urdu language dying because of Hindi infiltration?

Maulana Altaf Husain Hali provides a critical, path-breaking memoir of his great ustad, Mirza Ghalib

Opinion: Mirza Ghalib through the eyes of his peer

Musharraf Hussain is the lone BSP corporator of the Aligarh Municipal Corporation

UP: BSP corporator booked after insisting on taking oath in Urdu

Sanjiv, who founded the Rekhta foundation in 2013, felt the need to preserve, archive and digitise Urdu to make it more accessible

Celebrating Urdu, the language of love and poetry: In conversation with Sanjiv Saraf

The public interest litigation claims that the decision would result in the extinction of languages like Urdu, Sanskrit and Punjabi

PIL challenges AAP govt's education policy replacing Indian languages with vocational subjects

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