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Plea to make Urdu Pakistan's official language
dismissed
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 12:10:05 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
A petition seeking to direct the government to make Urdu the
official language of Pakistan has been dismissed by the Lahore
High Court.
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif Tuesday
dismissed the writ petition after the petitioner and his counsel
failed to appear before the court, the News International reported
Wednesday.
Sana Ullah, a local resident, had moved the petition.
He stated that the father of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali
Jinnah, during his address to students in Dhaka in 1948 had
announced making Urdu the official language of Pakistan.
He said that this wasn't done even after over 62 years and English
was made official language of the country.
The petitioner said that the constitution had also laid down a
provision to make Urdu the official language within a specific
period of time, yet nothing was done.
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