Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. Headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. (Source: AP)
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces a contempt case for failing to deliver his speech in Urdu at the UN General Assembly in violation of a verdict by the country’s Supreme Court.
The court in September ordered the government to take steps for implementation of article 251 of the Constitution to make Urdu the official language.
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Source: The Indian Express