Nepal seeking India's help for Urdu education

Urdu will grow only when the number of people who know Urdu, grows. Pakistan in this case is guilty of letting go of a good opportunity in playing a role for the development of Urdu in Nepal. We can just hope that India helps Nepal, since Urdu is one of the official languages of India. NCPUL should help Tribhuvan University.

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KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 12: With an ‘‘indifferent’’ Pakistan not responding to its request for help, first made four years ago, Nepal’s Tribhuvan University is now turning to India to revive its Urdu department.

The department has been shut since 2001 ever since Pakistan stopped sending Urdu professors—it had been the practice since 1985 with Islamabad even paying salaries.

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