A massive fire that tore through a shopping centre in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, has killed 21 people, including a ...

Abstract: This paper gives an across-the-board comprehensive review and survey of the most prominent studies in the field of Urdu optical character recognition (OCR). This paper introduces the OCR ...

The resounding success of Jashn-e-Rekhta in Delhi and the Urdu Book Fair at Aligarh Muslim University indicate the enduring resilience of the language Despite the dazzling glare and shimmer of the ...

Nastaleeq, developed in 14th century Iran from the fusion of Naskh and Taleeq, emerged primarily as a Persian calligraphic hand — celebrated for its graceful, hanging rhythm and flowing curves.

It is while flipping through the yellowed pages of an old feedback register at Danish Mahal that I spot Manzoor Parwana. Seated quietly in his chair, sipping a glass of tea, the 77-year-old retired ...

Meta on Monday launched its first Urdu Large Language Model (LLM) in Pakistan, marking a significant advancement in artificial intelligence and language inclusion. The new model aims to enhance Urdu ...

Meta has rolled out an Urdu version of its artificial intelligence platform, Meta AI, for users in Pakistan, aimed at promoting digital inclusivity. The launch took place during the event “Future in ...

The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT), in partnership with Meta, on Monday hosted ‘Future in Focus: AI and Innovation,’ an event dedicated to advancing digital ...

Javed Akhtar, Anup Jalota, and Shekhar Suman will headline Bahar-e-Urdu 2025, celebrating 50 years of Maharashtra Urdu Sahitya Academy. The three-day Mumbai festival will feature seminars, Mushairas, ...

The popular notion goes that Urdu is to Muslims what Hindi is to Hindus, and yet this understanding could not have been further from the truth. A large body of historical and literary research ...

Once the lingua franca of North India, spoken in marketplaces, courts, and homes across caste and creed, Urdu today is too often boxed into a single identity — the language of Indian Muslims. But ...