Letters from Dr. Abdul Haq, President of Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu Pakistan, to Miss Fatima Jinnah Regarding Urdu Conferences

Sub title : Correspondence on Urdu Conference in Quetta and Opposition to B.P.C. Report Excluding National Language Mention

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu Pakistan | Urdu Language | National Language

Date of publication: 1952

Language: English

Page: 2 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29174

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Correspondence | Abdul Haq -- Correspondence | Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu Pakistan -- Activities | Fatima Jinnah -- Madar-e-Millat -- Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu | Dr. Abdul Haq -- Urdu Language -- National Language | Urdu language -- Pakistan | Language policy -- National language -- Pakistan

Abstract: Letters from Dr. Abdul Haq, President of Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu Pakistan, to Miss Fatima Jinnah. The first letter (October 1951) requests her to inaugurate an Urdu Conference in Quetta on October 26–28, 1951. The second letter (December 27, 1952) expresses shock at the B.P.C. Report excluding the National Language, recalls Quaid-e-Azam's declaration that Urdu is the State Language of Pakistan, and requests Miss Jinnah to preside over a representative meeting in Karachi.

Description: Two letters from Dr. Abdul Haq, President of Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu Pakistan. The first letter requests Miss Fatima Jinnah to inaugurate an Urdu Conference in Quetta on October 26–28, 1951. The second letter expresses shock that the B.P.C. Report excluded mention of the National Language, recalls Quaid-e-Azam's declaration at Dacca in 1948 that Urdu is the State Language of Pakistan, and requests Miss Jinnah to preside over a representative meeting in Karachi to review the situation. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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