This post is part of our special coverage Languages and the Internet. Pakistan today would seem primed for rapid growth in internet use. The country has had explosive growth of FM radio, satellite and ...

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That the two founding figures of Indian and Pakistani independence were united by a shared love of Urdu speaks eloquently of the language’s rich history. From left, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru, Vice ...

For many around the world, cheap Android smartphones are the only affordable way to access the internet. This is the case for a small population of natives living in the Swat Valley located in ...

Urdu-language maxims adorn a school in the Swat Valley, Pakistan. EPA/Bilawal Arbab For a country seven decades old, Pakistan is dealing with a surprisingly fundamental political and cultural problem: ...