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Ditching Urdu, Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif speaks in English at UN, faces contempt case


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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