In another portion of his speech, Jinnah referred to the proximity of Urdu with Islamic and Arabic moorings as further justification, but that reference had only limited relevance. The language of ...

Authenticity is the key, so much so that Arif Zakaria, who plays Jinnah, makes it a point to stumble over in the Urdu speech scenes and speak haltingly even though he is fluent in the language.

Urdu songs and poetry were presented ... The contents of the speech clearly indicate that Jinnah desired Pakistan to become modern, progressive, enlightened, inclusive and an open country for ...

By most accounts, however, Jinnah was fluent in English and Gujarati, but only had rudimentary Urdu. On 5 June 1893 ... the Congress,” he said in a 1938 speech to the Aligarh Muslim University ...