Chinese and English in Pakistan

A road sign at the Gwadar Free Zone, operated by China Overseas Ports Holding Company, in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan. This port is a crucial part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. (Photograph dated July 4, 2018)

The photograph is from this article:

China’s increasing footprint in South Asia Through economic and military relationships, China’s strategic expansion in South Asia challenges India's influence. By Aparna Pande, GIS Reports Online (8/29/25)

No Urdu?

Selected readings

• "Is the Urdu script on the verge of dying?" (6/29/14)
• "Language in Pakistan", (12/28/2007)
• "Camp language" (12/31/2007)
• "Scripts, scriptures and scribes" (1/2/2008)
• "Urdu (?)-English vocabulary in Buddhist archeology and architecture" (2/8/21)

[h.t.:  Bill Triplett]