ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will hold soon an International Urdu Conference to promote language and literature as a tool to uphold unity and harmony and among various linguistic groups and civilizations.
It will be the part of the university's concerted endeavour to provide academic and intellectual input for promoting national cause through literary and cultural activities, a press release Thursday said.
The event is meant to promote Urdu language at national and international level, as well as holding dialogue on its importance in the country's socio-economic development, Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Shahid Siddiqui said.
Apart from writers and intellectuals from Pakistan, scholars and experts are also being invited from the countries like India, Turkey and Iran.
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