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LAHORE - Like other parts of the country, International Mother Language Day was marked
in Lahore on Wednesday.

Pakistan Academy of Letters and Punjabi Institute of Arts and Culture organised seminars
in this connection.

International Mother Language Day is marked every year on February 21 across the globe.
The cultural organisations and institutions continued the discourse on the importance of
mother language.

In a seminar organised at Pakistan Academy of Letters philosopher Qazi Javed presided
over the panel discussion and shed light on the importance of the mother language. He
was of the view that every nation on earth achieved success as they seek knowledge first
in their mother languages.

He said in Punjabi language much work has to be done to induct the language into stream-
line. On the occasion, Asim Butt and Muhammad Jamil from PAL were present in the panelists.

PILAC also organised seminar in which Punjab HEC Chairman Dr Nimaz Din presided over
the panel discussion. Speakers in their speeches urged to induct the Punjabi language as
mandatory subject from the beginning. They said it is the right of children to seek knowledge
in their mother language tongue. It was also suggested that to promote the Punjabi language
and to preserve the already fading language from the government sector, international
literature should be translated in Punjabi language.

They said Punjabi language had jewels in the form of Sufi poets. Lyrical poetry of Sufi poets
had significantly contributed in preservation of Punjabi language, they added.

Source:The Nation, February 23, 2017