court after hearing to the Secretary Information observed that in view the reasons told by the Secretary, his request is fair and deferred the matter until July 02. The court in its order observed that the three provincial governments, except Punjab, have made significant progress for promotion of regional languages. On the last date of hearing it had taken notice that the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had enacted legislation while the province of Sindh has already made a law in this regard in 1972.
The court further observed that the province of Punjab has so far neither made any legislation nor introduced reforms that could ensure promotion of regional languages of the province.Earlier, Assistant Advocate General Punjab filed a report which the court termed unsatisfactory. He then sought some time at which the court directed him to submit a comprehensive report before the next date of hearing.
During the course of hearing Justice Jawad S Khwaja observed that Urdu as well as regional languages are our heritage which must be respected in all forms. Justice Mushir Alam, another member of the bench remarked that Urdu is the bouquet of languages at which Justice Jawad S Khwaja observed that his brother has used a very beautiful word for it.
On last hearing on June 5, the court had given last chance to the federal government for finalising strategy to declare Urdu as the official language as enshrined in Article 251 of the Constitution and sought comprehensive report before June 11.
The court on the request of Deputy Attorney General gave the federal government last chance to finalise strategy for declaring Urdu as the official language while except the province of Punjab it termed the reports of the other three provinces on the matter satisfactory.
Deputy Attorney General informed the court that prime minister is going to announce the policy on the matter in a week hence he pleaded the court to grant him one week’s time. The court after accepting the request of the Deputy Attorney General directed him to submit a comprehensive report before June 11, 2015.