Naseeruddin Shah, Bollywood’s acting powerhouse, recently spoke to ‘Tried & Used Productions’ about the BJP government’s attacks on Urdu language. Condemning the enmity displayed towards Urdu, he said that other than Pakistan, India is the only country where the language is spoken. However, a comment given by the actor ignited the ire of Pakistani Twitter users. Shah said that in Pakistan, people speak more Punjabi than Urdu, and Sindhi is not spoken there at all. We would like to point out that Sindhi is the official language of Sindh province and is taught as a compulsory language in all schools there. Turns out, Naseeruddin Shah may know everything there is to know about acting, but he doesn’t have much general knowledge. Fact: There are 29.4 M Sindhi speakers in , 2017 Census. The numbers have risen from the census of ‘98. Sindhi language is used by the Sindh government & has always been used in education as a L1, L2 and as medium of education in foundational e...