Zubair Qureshi
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood has inaugurated the National Language Processing Laboratory and Mobile Apps prepared by the National Language Promotion Department.
He also addressed a seminar titled “Standardization of Urdu Orthography-Problems and Solutions.”
Federal Secretary National Heritage and Culture Division, Dr Arshad Mahmood, Director General of the Organization, Dr Rauf Parekh, eminent poet and scholar Iftikhar Arif and Guest of Honour Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik also addressed the inaugural session whereas Dr Asghar Nadeem Syed made a virtual address.
Dr Rashid Hameed moderated the session.
Shafqat Mahmood stated that the establishment of a processing laboratory was an important step for the promotion and implementation of Urdu as only those languages will be able to survive in today’s world which adopt the latest technology.
Federal Secretary Dr. Arshad Mahmood also expressed his pleasure on the online availability of Urdu-English Dictionary and Urdu Legal Dictionary on mobile apps prepared by the NLPD.inent scholars and linguists Dr. Najeeb Jamal, Dr. Iqbal Fana, Aijaz rahi, Dr. Tehseen Firaqi, Hafiz Suhail Abbas, and Dr. Najeeba Arif, Dr. Tanzeem Firdaus, Dr. Sofia Khushk, Dr. Fakhira Naureen, and Dr. Rafi uddin Hashmi gave their valuable input regarding the topic under discussion.
Various aspects of Urdu Orthography also came under debate in the second session after the lunch.
