Abstract
Today’s global spread of English has its colonial past in many parts
of the world. It came to the sub-continent in the sixteenth century and
was imposed as the official language in the nineteenth century. At the
time of independence, for a variety of reasons, English was adopted
as the official language of Pakistan, and Urdu as the national
language. This was seen by many as a temporary arrangement as it
was believed that Urdu would replace English once it is ready to
function as the official language. However, it could not happen even
today mainly due to the increasing international utility of English, as
I discuss in this paper, and a very slow-paced development of Urdu.
Dr. Muhammad Sheeraz . (2017) The Compromise Candidature of English and the Unifying Slogan of Urdu: The Past and the Present of Pakistan’s Linguistic Landscape, Mayar , Volume 17-18 , Issue 1.
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