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‘Mrs Kaur, who used to work at the family plumbing business Basi Gas on Leeds Road, speaks Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi and said cancer is still a taboo subject for some Asian people.’.‘Two thirds of the pupils speak Urdu or Punjabi as their mother tongue.’.‘The team members, who between them can speak Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi, are based at St John's health centre in Halifax and work throughout the Calderdale area.’.‘Gurmukhi is not only used by Sikhs but by Hindus as well as Muslims living in Punjab to represent their common spoken language, Punjabi.’.‘An additional 439,239 people reported speaking other Indic languages, such as Punjabi, Bengali and Malayalam.’.‘Pupil Rida Munir, six, yesterday proudly told of how she could speak three languages, Punjabi, Urdu and English.’.‘Pakistan was divided into two portions: West Pakistan (containing Pathans, Panjabis, Beluchis) & East Pakistan (containing the Bengalis).’.‘For all this and more, it has been the collective failure of all Punjabis - we the people, the politicians and the bureaucracy.’.‘Troubles, of course, were not new to Punjab or the Punjabis.’.‘The Balochi nationalists have been critical of the induction of a large number of Punjabis and Pashtuns into the province to work in this project.’.‘This book, would prove to be a great help to research scholars, and would help acquaint modern Punjabis with a person who left a lasting impact on society.’.‘In fact, the Punjabis are no longer considered outsiders, Punjabi signboards are seen even at the British High Commission visa gate.’.‘They simply don't have the skills or education to compete with the Punjabis, with their money and business instincts and garish, brightly-lit shops.’.‘Slated as the most important annual event for the Punjabi community in Delhi, it is also one of the most eagerly awaited television events for Punjabis all over the globe.’.‘At just about this time, a young man in Delhi was setting about spreading musical literacy among his fellow Punjabis - while not necessarily excluding the rest of creation.’.‘Bhangra legend Gurdas Maan is known for his hard-hitting songs about young Punjabis losing touch with their culture, and other sensitive issues such as political and religious corruption.’.‘The Bengalis of East Pakistan were encouraged, in fact forced, to secede from Pakistan because with them around, the Punjabis stood no chance of calling the shots in a united Pakistan.’.‘While the Chief Minister has taken a bold stand, it remains to be seen if the Congress, which had always harmed the interests of the Punjabis, will actually work for the welfare of the state, he pointed out.’.‘The group would first use local Kashmiri militants only as helpers and guides and would keep both the armed operations as well as leadership with non-local cadre generally Punjabis from Pakistan.’.

‘We noticed that Badshah Khan's references to the Pakhtuns' neighbours - Punjabis in Pakistan, Tajiks in Afghanistan, and Iranians - were not always magnanimous.’.