‘Good sense of first language helps learn second language’ SHAZIA HASAN

KARACHI: “I went to an Urdu-medium school, did my Matric and didn’t go to college. I liked writing but there was no scope in Urdu journalism in those days. Then I taught myself English. The British Council library became my Oxford and Cambridge,” said senior journalist Ghazi Salahuddin during a panel discussion at a policy dialogue on ‘English Language in Pakistan Today’ with a focus on ‘class, the workplace and the shift in language use’ organised by the British Council at a local hotel here on Monday.

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