1972 Sindhi Language Bill

Bill of law from the Sindh Assembly in Pakistan June 2024 Sindhi Language Bill Provincial Assembly of Sindh The bill to provide Sindhi language official status in Sindh. Pakistan Pakistan Flag_of_Sindh.svg Sindh 1972 07 03 y Mumtaz Bhutto This bill granted official status to the Sindhi language in the province of Sindh, as a result Sindhi became the first language in Pakistan to have its own official status. In force 1972 Sindhi Language Bill was introduced by the Chief Minister Mumtaz Bhutto on 3 July 1972, in the Sindh Assembly, Pakistan.23 September 2015 1972 riots: Was it a language issue? https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153263 14 February 2016 Herald (Pakistan)Ahmer Dr Moonis 2018-12-02 SOCIETY: SINDHI CULTURE AND SINDH'S URBAN SPACES https://www.dawn.com/news/1448774 2018-12-11 DAWN.COM en The 1972 Language violence in Sindh occurred starting on 7 July 1972,InpaperMagazine From 2012-10-06 A leaf from history: Language frenzy in Sindh https://www.dawn.com/news/754685 2018-12-11 DAWN.COM en when the Sindh Assembly passed the Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972SIND ACT NO.XIV OF 1972. http://sindhlaws.gov.pk/setup/publications_SindhCode/PUB-15-000232.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20181215172314/http://sindhlaws.gov.pk/setup/publications_SindhCode/PUB-15-000232.pdf 2018-12-15 2020-02-02 sindhlaws.gov.pk which established Sindhi language as the sole official language of the province, resulting in language violence in Sindh. Due to the clashes, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto explained that this bill is not against Urdu language. Later an ordinance was also promulgated to clarify it. The original bill as passed by the Sindh Assembly on 7 July 1972 is still in place.6 October 2012 A leaf from history: Language frenzy in Sindh https://www.dawn.com/news/754685/a-leaf-from-history-language-frenzy-in-sindh 14 February 2016 DawnReport Dawn 2018-03-19 Call to declare Sindhi official language https://www.dawn.com/news/1396156 2018-12-11 DAWN.COM en Clauses It provided inter alia that:6 July 1972 Sindhi Language Bill http://sindhlaws.gov.pk/setup/publications/PUB-13-000641.pdf 14 February 2016 Government of Sindh Clause 4 (1) Sindhi and Urdu shall be compulsory subjects for study in classes IV to XII in all institutions in which such classes are held. (2) The introduction of Sindhi as a compulsory subject shall commence at the lowest level namely class IV and by stages to be prescribed, be introduced in higher classes up to class XII. Clause 6 Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, the Government may make arrangements for progressive use of Sindhi language in offices and departments of Government including courts and the provincial assembly.The Sindhi Language Movement http://www.tariqrahman.net/content/scholorly_articles/sindhi_lang_mov.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180720105510/http://www.tariqrahman.net/content/scholorly_articles/sindhi_lang_mov.pdf 2018-07-20 2016-02-15 See also 1972 Language violence in Sindh Sindhi language Sindhudesh Muhajir people External links Laws for language: If the British used Sindhi, why shouldn’t we, experts urge minister References 30em Category:1972 in Pakistan Category:Government of Sindh Category:Language conflict in Pakistan Category:Politics of Karachi Category:Politics of Sindh Category:Sindhi language