1972 Sindhi Language Bill
{{Short description|Bill of law from the Sindh Assembly in Pakistan}}
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{{Infobox law
| short_title = Sindhi Language Bill
| legislature = Provincial Assembly of Sindh
| long_title = The bill to provide Sindhi language official status in Sindh.
| territorial_extent = {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan
- {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Sindh.svg}} Sindh
| date_enacted = {{start date and age|1972|07|03|df=y}}
| introduced_by = Mumtaz Bhutto
| summary = This bill granted official status to the Sindhi language in the province of Sindh, as a result Sindhi became the first language in Pakistan to have its own official status.
| status = In force
}}
1972 Sindhi Language Bill was introduced by the Chief Minister Mumtaz Bhutto on 3 July 1972, in the Sindh Assembly, Pakistan.{{Cite news |date=23 September 2015 |title=1972 riots: Was it a language issue? |url=http://herald.dawn.com/news/1153263 |access-date=14 February 2016 |work=Herald (Pakistan)}}{{Cite web |last=Ahmer |first=Dr Moonis |date=2018-12-02 |title=SOCIETY: SINDHI CULTURE AND SINDH'S URBAN SPACES |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1448774 |access-date=2018-12-11 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}} The 1972 Language violence in Sindh occurred starting on 7 July 1972,{{Cite web |last=InpaperMagazine |first=From |date=2012-10-06 |title=A leaf from history: Language frenzy in Sindh |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/754685 |access-date=2018-12-11 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}} when the Sindh Assembly passed the Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972{{Cite web |title=SIND ACT NO.XIV OF 1972. |url=http://sindhlaws.gov.pk/setup/publications_SindhCode/PUB-15-000232.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215172314/http://sindhlaws.gov.pk/setup/publications_SindhCode/PUB-15-000232.pdf |archive-date=2018-12-15 |access-date=2020-02-02 |website=sindhlaws.gov.pk}} which established Sindhi language as the sole official language of the province resulting in language violence in Sindh. Due to the clashes, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto explained that this bill is not against Urdu language. Later an ordinance was also promulgated to clarify it. The original bill as passed by the Sindh Assembly on 7 July 1972 is still in place.{{Cite web |date=6 October 2012 |title=A leaf from history: Language frenzy in Sindh |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/754685/a-leaf-from-history-language-frenzy-in-sindh |access-date=14 February 2016 |website=Dawn}}{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Dawn |date=2018-03-19 |title=Call to declare Sindhi official language |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1396156 |access-date=2018-12-11 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}
Clauses
=Clause 4=
- (1) Sindhi and Urdu shall be compulsory subjects for study in classes IV to XII in all institutions in which such classes are held.
- (2) The introduction of Sindhi as a compulsory subject shall commence at the lowest level namely class IV and by stages to be prescribed, be introduced in higher classes up to class XII.
=Clause 6=
Subject to the provisions of the Constitution, Government may make arrangements for progressive use of Sindhi language in offices and departments of Government including Courts and Assembly.{{Cite web |title=The Sindhi Language Movement |url=http://www.tariqrahman.net/content/scholorly_articles/sindhi_lang_mov.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720105510/http://www.tariqrahman.net/content/scholorly_articles/sindhi_lang_mov.pdf |archive-date=2018-07-20 |access-date=2016-02-15}}
See also
External links
- [http://tribune.com.pk/story/337144/laws-for-language-if-the-british-used-sindhi-why-shouldnt-we-experts-urge-minister/ Laws for language: If the British used Sindhi, why shouldn’t we, experts urge minister ]
References
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