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                        <p><strong>ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel has 
called for the formation of a national language commission to develop 
criteria for giving national language status to all major languages 
spoken in the country.</strong></p><p>A meeting of the National 
Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National 
Heritage presided over by Marvi Memon of the PML-N on Thursday adopted a
 resolution for setting up the commission. The commission will protect 
and promote mother tongues of Pakistan, giving them the national 
language status to enhance inter-provincial harmony.</p><p>Azhar Jadoon,
 Talal Chaudhry, Gulam Bibi Barwani, Syed Ahmed Ali Shah, 11 other 
lawmakers and language experts attended the meeting.</p><p>The purpose 
of the meeting was to discuss the history and importance of Pakistan’s 
mother tongues, their national language status and their role in 
creating inter-provincial harmony.</p><p>In the resolution, the 
lawmakers appreciated the importance of the country’s major mother 
tongues like Balochi, Balti, Brushaski, Brahui, Hindko, Khowar, 
Kashmiri, Pahari, Pashto, Punjabi, Seraiki, Shina and Sindhi.</p>                    More at:<br></div><br><a href="http://www.dawn.com/news/1093026/na-panel-supports-commission-on-languages">http://www.dawn.com/news/1093026/na-panel-supports-commission-on-languages</a><br>
-- <br>Ayaz Ahmad<br>Lecturer in English,<br>Department of English,<br>Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan. <br>Ph.D. Research Scholar,<br>Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia),<br>University of Peshawar.<br>
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