Pakistan has not made Mandarin its third official language.
Senate had recommended that Pakistanis who work or will work for the Chinese project CPEC in future should be taught Mandarin to prevent communication errors
Pakistan has not made Mandarin its third official language.
Many media houses, including Outlook which sourced it from news agency ANI, ran the story on Tuesday that Pakistan passed a resolution adopting Mandarin as an Official language of Pakistan.
Quoting Pakistan's media channel Ab Tak which broke the incorrect news on TV, the news agency reported: "The Pakistani Senateon Monday approved a motion to declare Mandarin as one of the official languages of Pakistan. The motion said the step was necessary in view of ties between Pakistan and China."
Blame the snafu on Chinese whispers and officialese. What the House recommended based on Senator Khalid Parveen바카라s , was lost in the communication.
바카라This House recommends that, in view of the growing collaboration between Pakistan and China under the CPEC, courses of the Official Chinese Language should be launched for all current and prospective Pakistani CPEC human resource in order to overcome any costly communication barriers."
In plain English, what it meant was that the 바카라House recommends that Pakistanis who work or will work for the Chinese project CPEC in future should be taught Mandarin to prevent communication errors that could prove costly바카라.
The USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a network of infrastructure projects that are currently under construction throughout Pakistan that will connect China's Xinjiang province with Gwadar port in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
The 1973 Constitution recognises Urdu as Pakistan바카라s only . It also promises to make it the official language of the state. 바카라Article 251 of the Constitution says 바카라arrangements shall be made for [Urdu] being used for official and other purposes within [next] fifteen years바카라. A subclause allows the use of English until those arrangements are made; another subclause permits provinces to promote 바카라provincial languages바카라 alongside Urdu.바카라
Not just Indian media houses, even Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani also fell for the fake news. He tweeted: "In a short span of 70 years, Pakistan has flirted with promoting four languages that were not the mother tongue of many people in the country - English, Urdu, Arabic, and now Chinese -- ignoring native languages."
The 'fake news' did seem believable to most, considering Pakistan and China's growing affinity.
According to Dawn News, Pakistanis are more interested in learning the Chinese language than ever as they see the tides changing and expect that knowing Mandarin would mean more job opportunities in Pakistan and China.
There have been attempts to dilute the monopoly of Urdu as national language in a country where more Pakistanis are native speakers of Punjabi, Sindhi and Pashto.
A report : 바카라A private member bill was moved in the National Assembly to declare Balochi, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Shina and Seraiki as national languages alongside Urdu. The bill was shot down, mainly because it was seen as clashing with Article 251.바카라