Tag: #urdu

  • Cannoli Café’s logo is now in Urdu

    Cannoli Café’s logo is now in Urdu

    Cannoli Café Soul in Islamabad, which had been in hot waters for mocking their manager for his English speaking skills, has updated and changed the logo with Urdu typography.

    The café owners, Uzma and Diya, had received a lot of backlash last week when they asked their manager Owais to introduce himself in English. When he struggled with speaking fluent English, they made fun of him by commenting on his salary.

    After the incident sparked outrage on social media, the owners issued an apology but netizens did not buy it saying the apology sounded ‘arrogant’.

    Read More: Adnan Siddiqui, Sheheryar Munawar lambast Cannoli owners for mocking manager’s ‘English’

  • EXCLUSIVE: Bilawal’s Urdu tutor says he makes her proud

    EXCLUSIVE: Bilawal’s Urdu tutor says he makes her proud

    Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who has become apt at addressing political rallies and press conferences in Urdu after initial hiccups, is taking language lessons from party stalwart Shehla Raza.

    The PPP chairman had had teething problems at the outset of his political career has a much stronger grip on the language.

    The PPP leader and former Sindh Assembly speaker, who was featured in The Current Life, said it was true that Bilawal was taking Urdu lessons from her.

    “My heart grows every time I see him speak Urdu. Yesterday (while addressing Gujranwala rally), you must’ve seen that when he was delivering his speech, he had noted down his points in English. He used to take a look at his points and then talk,” said Shehla.

    According to the former speaker, the PPP chief used to speak Urdu as a kid but having stayed away from the country for such a long time, his ability to speak the national language suffered.

    Shehla Raza said she couldn’t stand Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fayyazul Hasan Chohan, Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed and would never appear on TV show alongside them.

    The PPP leader also revealed that she had gotten her leg fractured twice during her career as a politician.

  • Humayun Saeed’s sehri sparks a debate on Urdu grammar

    Humayun Saeed’s sehri sparks a debate on Urdu grammar

    Pakistan’s resident hero Humayun Saaed got himself into a sticky situation after he shared details about his first sehri of Ramzan.

    It all started when Humayun posted a picture of his sehri on social media.

    Following this, a local digital media outlet shared Humayun’s tweet asking ‘Dahi hota hai ya hotee hai?’

    In response to their question, Humayun wrote, “I think hoti bhi hai aur hota bhi hai…hmm jaisay (yaar mujhe Dahi khani hai…yaar mujhe dahi khana hai nahin bolte…mere khayal se tou dahi hoti hai hota nahin hai.”

    Another media outlet, Galaxy Lollywood shared Humayun’s response on the matter prompting him to say “Acha yaar maan gaya…dahi hoti hai.”

    After this whole debate, we bet that Humayun will not be sharing his sehri and aftari meals on social media in the future.

  • VIDEO: Pakistani-origin British MP Afzal Khan takes oath in Urdu

    VIDEO: Pakistani-origin British MP Afzal Khan takes oath in Urdu

    Pakistan-origin British MP Afzal Khan who recently won in the general elections honoured his Pakistani roots by taking his oath in Urdu.

    Taking to Twitter, Afzal expressed his feelings on his win and shared the video of his oath-taking.

    “Thrilled to be back in Parliament as an MP for Manchester. I am proud to represent a city where over 200 languages are spoken,” Afzal wrote.

    At least 15 British citizens of Pakistani origin won seats in the United Kingdom’s (UK) General Elections.

    According to the results, most British-Pakistanis won their electoral contests from the Labour Party followed by the Conservative Party. UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson belongs to the Conservative Party.

    More than 70 candidates of Pakistani origin had been given tickets by Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats parties for the first time, whereas, many contested the UK general election as independent candidates.

  • VIDEO: ‘PM Imran addressed UN in Urdu,’ boasts Zartaj Gul

    VIDEO: ‘PM Imran addressed UN in Urdu,’ boasts Zartaj Gul

    Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul has said that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan “is the only PM who addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in his beautiful mother tongue, Urdu”.

    In a video doing rounds over the internet, Gul, while addressing a gathering, can be heard as saying, “It is our Prime Minister Imran Khan who managed to garner respect for white shalwar kameez and spoke to the UN in his beautiful mother tongue, Urdu.”

    WATCH VIDEO:

    Twitterati are trolling the minister for her remarks that suggest she didn’t even watch PM Imran’s address.

    Here’s his complete speech… in English.