اردو ڈیجیٹل اصطلاحات کا قومی منصوبہ
An operational workbench in support of the National Working Group on Urdu Digital and AI Terminology, a Pakistan Digital Authority initiative to establish nationally standardized Urdu terminology for digital government services and artificial intelligence, grounded in authoritative scholarship and developed through a Five-Pillar Source Framework.
The National Working Group on Urdu Digital and Artificial Intelligence Terminology is a Pakistan Digital Authority initiative to establish a unified, standardized, and practically usable Urdu terminology for digital government services and artificial intelligence.
The absence of a coherent Urdu digital lexicon has fragmented citizen-facing interfaces, hindered AI system localization, and limited Urdu's standing as a language of technology. The Working Group addresses this gap by producing nationally endorsed terminology across six phases spanning approximately twenty-one months, beginning with citizen-facing digital services and progressing through artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, emerging technologies, policy, and specialized domains.
Every term is developed through a Five-Pillar Source Framework that grounds terminology in authoritative English sources, Urdu linguistic scholarship, and Arabic, Persian, and Turkish reference pillars, ensuring cultural depth alongside technical accuracy.
جب زبان ڈیجیٹل ہو، تو قوم بھی ڈیجیٹل ہوتی ہے
Every term in the Working Group is developed through a rigorous methodology that grounds Urdu terminology in authoritative international sources, the language's own scholarly tradition, and the complementary heritage of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish terminology practice.
Primary Source
Authoritative international glossaries from which digital and AI terminology is curated. This defines what the Working Group translates from.
Linguistic Foundation
Existing Urdu terminology corpora consulted for linguistic continuity, preserving prior scholarly work rather than duplicating it.
Scholarly Heritage
Strategic benchmarking reflecting Urdu's deep scholarly and scientific Arabic inheritance, particularly for technical and administrative vocabulary.
Literary Heritage
Recognition of Urdu's deep literary and administrative Persian inheritance, a source of register, elegance, and established terminological patterns.
Methodological Peer
A methodological peer from the Islamic world whose language reform offers a successful modernization framework worth studying and adapting.
Subject matter experts carefully selected for their authority in Urdu linguistics, literature, translation, and applied technology. The composition places strong weight on Urdu scholarship, complemented by technology and engineering expertise.
Leadership & Secretariat
Chairman, Convener, and Coordination Focal Point
Chairman, Pakistan Digital Authority
Chairman, Pakistan Digital Authority. Provides executive endorsement and strategic oversight for the National Working Group. All formal outputs, decisions, and deliverables are submitted for approval and issuance under the authority of the Chairman.
Convener · Expert Advisor, PDA
Expert Advisor, Pakistan Digital Authority. Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity expert with over two decades of experience across fintech, digital government, and emerging technology ecosystems in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Appointed as Convener by the Chairman, Pakistan Digital Authority.
Coordination Focal Point, PDA
Pakistan Digital Authority. Serves as the coordination focal point for all communications, scheduling, and formal outreach to government entities, academic institutions, and language bodies on behalf of the Working Group.
Urdu Linguistics, Literature & Language Authority
Scholars serving as Linguistic Reviewers for terminological authenticity
Chairperson, Pakistan Academy of Letters
Distinguished scholar of Urdu Literature with over 36 years of academic and research experience. Former Dean, Faculty of Languages and Literature, International Islamic University, Islamabad. Author and editor of 19 books and over 60 peer-reviewed international articles. Focal Person (Pakistan), UNESCO World Atlas of Languages.
Senior Scholar & Former Federal Secretary
Senior Scholar, Translator, and Former Federal Secretary. Translator of more than ten books across Urdu and English. Former Secretary to the Federal Cabinet and Federal Secretary for three Ministries. Recipient of Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2019) for scholarly contributions. Currently a Member of the Governing Body, National Book Foundation.
Founder, Zinda Kitabain Initiative
Engineer, Author, and Founder of the Zinda Kitabain Initiative. Author and compiler of 55 books since 2012. Through Zinda Kitabain, he has revived and republished 382 rare and out-of-print Urdu works, including the most comprehensive republished collection of Urdu autobiographies from the subcontinent.
Technology, AI & Engineering Leadership
Senior technologists serving as Technology Reviewers for technical accuracy
Member (Technical), Telecom Appellate Tribunal
Member (Technical), Telecom Appellate Tribunal, Ministry of Law and Justice. Former Director General (Technical), PTA. Over 30 years in ICT engineering; represented Pakistan at ITU and UNESCO. Founder of YourMunshi, Pakistan's first AI-powered legal assistant.
Chairman & CEO, Technomen Kinetics
Chairman and CEO, Technomen Kinetics. Former Head of Reliability Engineering, NASA Cape Canaveral, USA. PhD in Artificial Intelligence (USA, 1989). Chairman, SNPC and SNPC II.
Chief Transformation Officer, Qarshi International
Chief Transformation Officer, Qarshi International. Former Director General, NADRA (2002 to 2006), where he led national IT consolidation and the country-wide network build-out. Over 35 years of senior technology leadership across Government, Banking, and Telecommunications, including CIO roles at PTCL, Punjab Information Technology Board, and Warid Telecom International. Recipient of the NCR National IT Excellence Award (2005).
The three governance documents that guide the methodology, standards, and source authorities of the Working Group.
Version 2.4
Charter document defining the Working Group's mandate, governance structure, objectives, and six-phase delivery framework.
Approved for Chairman review
Version 1.1.1
Editorial, typographic, and formatting standards for all Working Group outputs, including Unicode handling and Nastaliq rendering.
Living document
Version 1.2
Consolidated reference of authoritative English source glossaries and Urdu linguistic foundation materials supporting the Five-Pillar Framework.
Living document
