Event
Feb 21
International Day of Mother Languages Seminar
Seminar was organized by the Pashto community on the occasion of International Mother's Language Day, in which many students and teachers participated. Seminar speakers were Dr. Gulzar Jalal and Dr. Danish Ahmed. In the first seminar, Huzaifa Deputy Sector Pashto Community Edwards College presented introductory note to the listeners of the village and the speakers. Speaker Dr. Danish talked about the rights of mother tongues on the occasion of the historic process of the international mother tongue day, the relationship between language and economy. Speaker pointed out how powerful languages violate mother tongue rights in bi-lingual and multilingual societies. After this, the speaker Dr. Gulzar Jalal talked about the importance of mother tongues, language and literature, Colonial discourse and hegemony.