Editing Pakistani English (section)

==Use in Pakistan==
Urdu and English are Pakistan's official languages. Many street signs, shop signs, business contracts and other activities use English. All documents used by government and court also include English,<ref>[http://www.supremecourt.gov.pk//judgment.htm A judgment of the Supreme Court.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120231122/http://www.supremecourt.gov.pk//judgment.htm |date=20 November 2008 }}</ref> despite a 2015 order by [[Supreme Court of Pakistan|Pakistan's Supreme Court]] to replace English at an official level with Urdu.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2015-07-28 |title=Why Pakistan Is Replacing English With Urdu |url=https://time.com/3975587/pakistan-english-urdu/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref>

English is most taught to Pakistani students in private schools, and in many cases the medium of instruction is also in English. Although there are also many public schools that teach in the local languages and Urdu,<ref>{{cite web |title=EDUCATION SYSTEM PROFILES Education in Pakistan |url=https://wenr.wes.org/2020/02/education-in-pakistan |website=World Education Services |date=25 February 2020 |quote=English has been the main language of instruction at the elementary and secondary levels since colonial times. It remains the predominant language of instruction in private schools but has been increasingly replaced with Urdu in public schools. Punjab province, for example, recently announced that it will begin to use Urdu as the exclusive medium of instruction in schools beginning in 2020. Depending on the location and predominantly in rural areas, regional languages are used as well, particularly in elementary education. The language of instruction in higher education is mostly English, but some programs and institutions teach in Urdu.}}</ref> there is a huge emphasis on English as a second language especially in standardised testing.<ref>[http://www.multilingual-matters.net/jmmd/018/0145/jmmd0180145.pdf Multilingual-matters.net]</ref> At college and university level, all instructions are typically in English.<ref>[http://www.uelowermall.edu.pk/pdfs/research_paper_02.pdf UElowermall.edu.pk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910040106/http://www.uelowermall.edu.pk/pdfs/research_paper_02.pdf |date=10 September 2008 }}</ref>

Pakistan boasts a large English language press and media. All of Pakistan's major dailies are published in or have an edition in English. State-run [[PTV World]] is a major English Language News Channel in the country, while previously [[Dawn News]] and [[Tribune 24/7]] were other English language news channels with one later switching its language to [[Urdu]] and the other was shut down. [[Indus News]] is now another major English language news channel in Pakistan. [[Code-switching]] (the concurrent use of more than one language, or language variety, in conversation) is common in Pakistan and almost all conversations in whatever language have a significant English component. The language of pleading in all courts of Pakistan is also English.