Language Policy in International Agreements: The Asian Experience with special focus on CPEC
November 16, 2019
Lahore School of Economics hosted its first International Conference on "Language Policy in International Agreements: The Asian Experience with special focus on CPEC" on 9 November 2019. The collation of three groundbreaking studies were presented at the conference with the fundamental objective to explore the implications of CPEC International Agreement on the language practices of stakeholders as there is no formal mutual language policy for CPEC between China and Pakistan; hence a high uncertainty exists about the roles of English, Urdu and local languages with the avant-garde of CPEC and Mandarin. The conference comprised of four sessions, which were attended by both international and domestic delegates, who presented their insightful comments pertinent to its fundamental theme. It is an unprecedented, visionary and a timely study.
Lahore School Pro-Rector, Dr. Azam Chaudhry, extended a warm welcome to the esteemed audience, including eminent scholars, policy-makers, academicians, students and other dignitaries. Dr. Azam stated that one of the key problems in Pakistan especially when it comes to CPEC is lack of language policy framework. Talking about the conference agenda he briefly introduced the audience to the four sessions which included presentations on:
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11/16/2019 12:25:00 PM,
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