Peshawar
February 22, 2021
NOWSHERA: Writers and poets on Sunday urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to declare Pashto as an official language in offices of government departments and a compulsory subject in schools from class one to Matric level.
The demand was made at a march organised by the Gandhara Pashto Adabi Jirga from Shobra Chowk to Nowshera Press Club. The march was organised in connection with the International Mother Language Day, which is being marked all over the world on February 21.
Faqir Shah Faqir of the Gandhara Pashto Adabi Jirga, provincial president Shakil Waheedullah of Mazdoor Kissan Party, Nawaz Khattak of Malgari Wakilan, Latif Shah Shahid of Malgari Leekwalan led the march and spoke on the occasion.