Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

ELENA Bashir in her article ‘Urdu and linguistics: a fraught but evolving relationship’, published in Wisconsin University’s journal Annual of Urdu Studies, rightly pointed out that despite early ...

According to the popular myth, Urdu is a ‘camp language’ or ‘lashkari zaban’ because it originated in the army camps of the Mughals. The reasoning — if it can be called as such at all — behind the ...

When Urdu journalism is celebrating 200 years of its existence, it seems to be perhaps the best opportunity to clear some myths and misconceptions about Urdu. Urdu was born and flourished in India.

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is taking several steps to implement Urdu as an official language in all government departments under Article 251 of the Constitution. In this regard, the Ministry of ...

Despite Urdu being one of the official languages of India, Panjab University (PU) plans on merging the department of Urdu with the school of foreign languages. HT Image A committee constituted by vice ...