It may come as a surprise to many that Urdu is not already the official language of Pakistan, given that in its spoken form, it is the lingua franca of the country and understood by virtually everyone ...

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LONDON — Pakistan has chosen “Zinda Bhaag” as its contender for the foreign-language Academy Award race. The film is in the Urdu and Punjabi languages, produced by Mazhar Zaidi and written and ...