Pashto Academy

Pashto Academy (Pashto: پښتو اکېډمي) is a language regulatory institution based at the University of Peshawar in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan responsible for the standardisation, advancement, and promotion of the Pashto language in Pakistan.[1][2][3] It was established in 1955 with the support of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with Maulana Abdul Qadir serving as its first director.[1][4] It was created following the precedent the Pashto Tolana in Kabul having been set up in 1937.[5] It is a research and publication institution with a focus on Pashto linguistic development and research. Areas studied and researched by the academy include Pashtun culture, literature, history, and the arts.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Centre of Pashto Language and Literature". University of Peshawar. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ^ Pollock, Sheldon Ivan (2003). Literary Culture in History: Reconstructions from South Asia. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0520228214.
  3. ^ Sebeok, Thomas Albert (1976). Current Trends in Linguistics: Index. Walter de Gruyter. p. 705.
  4. ^ Brown, Michael Edward; Ganguly, Sumit (2003). Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia. MIT Press. pp. 71. ISBN 978-0262523332.
  5. ^ Green, Nile; Arbabzadah, Nushin (2013). Afghanistan in Ink: Literature Between Diaspora and Nation. Hurst. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-84904-204-8.