Why Don't Pakistanis Speak Arabic Either? 🇵🇰

Urdu is written in Arabic-style letters, but it's a close cousin of Hindi, shaped by centuries of Persian-speaking courts.
And only about 1 in 11 Pakistanis speak it as a first language (2023 census).
Is Pakistan Middle East, or South Asia? Tell me below.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Pakistan · https://www.geo.tv/latest/574766-punjabi-tops-as-most-spoken-language-in-pakistan · https://www.cal.org/heritage/pdfs/voices-urdu-language.pdf · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_conquest_of_Sindh

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