It was Wednesday, June 6, 1928. Stanley Baldwin, three-term Conservative British prime minister, rose “to propose a formal Toast of Gratitude and Admiration to the Editors and Staff of what was to be ...

IT must have been someone with a bureaucratic bent of mind who coined the expression “collateral damage” for civilians killed in a war. And how naughty was the one who concocted the interesting ...

KARACHI: The Urdu Dictionary Board has merged its 22 volume Urdu dictionary into two volumes to make an abridged dictionary. The new book also includes many new words and has added vernacular ...

The National Language Promotion Department (NLPD) has published linguistically improved Urdu dictionary 'Farhang-e-Talafuz' (Dictionary of Pronunciation) in 'Khat-e-Nastaleeq' to make it easier for ...

From endearing words like ‘Abba’ and ’Anna’ to Indian delicacies like ‘gulab jamun’ and ‘vada’ can now be found in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). As per the latest list of inclusions, 70 new ...

An Urdu thesaurus on your phone is a great idea, and that’s what Musharraf Ali Farooqi brings you with a new app. Edited excerpts from an interview with the Pakistani author Q. What led you to the ...