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Annual Meeting of FLI Executive Board Held

FLI’s Executive Board convened its annual meeting on April 20, 2024, with all six board members and Executive Director in attendance. The meeting opened with the recitation of the Holly Quran and was presided over by FLI Chairman, Mr. Rozi Khan Burki. The board undertook a detailed review of FLI’s performance over the past year, […]

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Professor Henrik Liljegren’s Contributions to Pakistani Languages Recognized at Workshop Conclusion

Professor Henrik Liljegren’s contributions to linguistic preservation in Pakistan have been widely recognized as scholars and language advocates call for him to be honored with Pakistan’s highest civilian award, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz. This demand was voiced by Dr. Kamal, Head of the English Department at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), during the closing ceremony of a week-long […]

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Exploring the Undocumented and Under-Documented Languages of Pakistan

Islamabad, April 14, 2025—A five-day linguistic workshop focusing on Pakistan’s undocumented and under-documented languages commenced today at the English Department of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad. This workshop is being facilitated by renowned linguist Dr. Henrik Liljegren, Head of the Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University, Sweden. Coorganized by the Forum for Language Initiatives […]

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FLI Celebrates the Fourth Book of 2025!

We are glad to share another achievement in our journey of preserving indigenous languages. FLI has published its fourth book this year, dedicated to one of our highly vulnerable target languages, Gawarbati. This publication is a heartfelt tribute to the late Abdul Manan Gohar, a poet whose creative legacy lives on through his timeless verses. […]

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FLI Publishes Its First Book of 2025

FLI proudly announces the publication of the first book of 2025, marking the sixth book in the Dameli language. This remarkable release is the first-ever poetry book in Dameli, featuring a poetry collection by Asmat Ullah—an FLI trainee committed to language strengthening within his community. Although Asmat Ullah does not claim to be the first […]

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A Day of Celebration

On February 21st, coinciding with International Mother Language Day, dozens of Bateri language speakers gathered in Kohistan to mark a historic moment—the first publication in their mother tongue, the Bateri Alphabet. The event, held at a nearby school, was joyously attended by community members who eagerly celebrated the debut of the book in their language. […]

Conference President

Dr. Elena BashirElena Bashir wrote her PhD dissertation on the Kalasha language in the Linguistics Department at the University of Michigan (USA). During the course of that work she discovered both the many similarities and the differences between Khowar and Kalasha.  Since then (1988) her major research focus has been on Khowar, about which she […]