Join Deewa’s comprehensive debate on recognizing regional languages as national languages #Pakistan parliamentary committee on information and broadcasting has approved a resolution calling for the regional languages including #Pashto to be recognized as national languages of the country. As per law of the land, though there are technical difficulties & lengthy procedures involved for awarding national language status to regional tongues, people from across the country has welcomed this parliamentary move. Linguists believe that such moves to recognize regional languages at the national level will not only bring importance to the otherwise ignored mother tongues but will also help improve imparting education and creating economic opportunities in countries of diverse ethnicities like Pakistan. #Deewa #Washington2Khyber will have an in-depth debate with academic flavor on the topic today, Sunday. PST: 7:05 PM, Afghanistan: 6:35 PM ESD: 10:05am Our guests are 1) Marvi Memon –Member of Parliamentary committee on information and Broadcasting 2) Professor Abasin Yusafzai -Head of Pashto Department, University of Peshawar 3) Nasrullah Wazir- Chairman, Pashto Department, Quetta University 4) Pervesh Shaheen – A linguists and anthropologist 5) Noorul Amin Yusafzai- Art & cultural historian and a short story writer Host: @rahmanbunairee
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:23:20 +0000
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