The International Urdu Conference or Aalmi Urdu Conference (Urdu:عالمی اردو کانفرنس), is an international conference on Urdu language. The international conference consists of several Urdu scholars, writers and laureates from different parts of the world who contribute to the Urdu language. It is run and organized every year by the Arts Council of Pakistan.
From 2008 to present day, Arts Council of Pakistan were hosted 15th editions of International Urdu Conference. The last and 15th International Urdu Conference were held in Karachi from 1 December 2022 to 4 December 2022.
History International Urdu Conference started by the Arts Council of Pakistan, headquartered in Karachi in 2008, has become a yearly tradition eagerly anticipated by Pakistani writers and cultural figures. Renowned academics from India, United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, Iran, and other countries took part and presented their research papers, theses, and creative works on Urdu language.
Editions of conference +S.NoEditionStart dateEnd dateDurationLocationRef11st25 June 200826 June 2008Karachi22nd17 November 200921 November 2009Karachi33rd2 December 20105 December 2010Karachi44th22 November 201125 November 2011Karachi55th6 December 20129 December 2012Karachi66th28 November 20131 December 2013Karachi77th16 October 201419 October 2014Karachi88th8 December 201511 December 2015Karachi99th1 December 20164 December 2016Karachi1010th21 December 201725 December 2017Karachi1111th22 November 201825 November 2018Karachi1212th5 December 20198 December 2019Karachi1313th3 December 20206 December 2020Karachi1414th9 December 202112 December 2021Karachi1515th1 December 20224 December 2022Karachi
See also
Urdu movement Arts Council of Pakistan Pakistan National Council of the Arts Ministry of Culture Foundation for Arts, Culture and Education National Academy of Performing Arts (Pakistan) Culture of Pakistan
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