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Local Language Content Development Training
   
Overview

RRC Technology at CRULP organized the first workshop on IDNs for Pakistani Languages at FAST-NUCES, Lahore on April 20th, 2008.

The purpose of this meeting was to discuss particular character set choices for local languages of Pakistan from Unicode Arabic block (U+0600-U+06FF, U+0750-U+077F) with reference to internationalized domain names. The objectives of the workshop were as follows:

(i) To identify the characters required for each language represented.

(ii) To identify confusable characters within a language.

(iii) To identify confusable characters across languages.

(iv) To identify the characters in these languages which are not represented in Unicode.
 
   
Guests  

  Name Organization  
  Mr. Shahzad Ahmad BytesForAll  
  Dr. Qasim Bughio

University of Sindh
  Dr. Imdad Ali Ismaili

University of Sindh
  Dr. Muhammad Abid University of Peshawar
  Dr. Salma Shaheen

Pashto Academy
  Mr. Siddiq Baloch

Balochi Academy
  Mr. Wahid Buzdar  
  Mr. Zahid Rauf

Balochistan University of Information and Management Sciences
  Dr. Muhammad Afzal Dr. A.Q. Khan Institute of Computer Sciences and Information Technology , Kahuta
  Ms. Jehan Ara Pakistan Software Houses Association  
  Mr. Ashar Nisar PKNIC  
  Mr. Hafiz Safwan Chohan National Language Authority
  Dr. Ahsan Wagha Pakistan Broadcasting Academy
  Mr. Arif Aslam Kundi Ministry of IT & Telecom
  Dr. Shaista Nuzhat Punjab Institute of Language, Art & Culture
  Dr. Khaver Zia Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
  Dr. Sarmad Hussain FAST-NUCES
  Mr. Belal Hashmi FAST-NUCES
  Mr. Shafiq-ur-Rehman FAST-NUCES  
  Mr. Aamir Ali CRULP, FAST-NUCES  
  Mr. Atif Gulzar CRULP, FAST-NUCES  
  Mr. Agha Ali Raza FAST-NUCES  
  Mr. Aasim Ali CRULP, FAST-NUCES
  Mr. Arfan Mansoor CRULP, FAST-NUCES
  Ms. Seemin Suleri CRULP, FAST-NUCES
  Ms. Sana Gul CRULP, FAST-NUCES
  Mr. Inam-ullah CRULP, FAST-NUCES
  Ms. Huda Sarfraz CRULP, FAST-NUCES
  Ms. Madiha Ijaz CRULP, FAST-NUCES
  Ms. Mahwish Bano CRULP, FAST-NUCES  
  Mr. Zahid Sarfraz CRULP, FAST-NUCES  
  Mr. Asad Mustafa CRULP, FAST-NUCES