Pakistani writing in English is attracting ever-increasing attention, both in Pakistan and the West. This might seem to be a self-explanatory category, comprising writing produced in English by ...

“Chill karo, don’t do bewakoofi.” Millions of Pakistanis are familiar with this informal statement, which speaks more about our linguistic reality than any grammar manual. English is being reshaped ...

In the local context, choosing to write in English has so far proven to be a safe political choice because not a single Pakistani English writer has been banned or tried for anything critical since ...

In Pakistani English parlance "they try to express things in a more beautiful way — in a long way to express their feelings," ...

A dual-language road sign at the Wagah border— English on top, Urdu on the bottom— speaks louder than words. It demonstrates that English in Pakistan isn’t a foreign artifact but an operational ...