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	\| name = English ~~(Pakistan)~~		\| name = Pakistani English
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	\| image = Quaid-i-Azam's Will at Islamia College Peshawar.jpg		\| image = Quaid-i-Azam's Will at Islamia College Peshawar.jpg

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	{{Short description\|Varieties of the English language used in Pakistan}}		{{Short description\|Varieties of the English language used in Pakistan}}
	{{Use ~~Pakistani~~ English\|date = March 2019}}		{{Use Indian English\|date = March 2019}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2019}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2019}}

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	\| image = Quaid-i-Azam's Will at Islamia College Peshawar.jpg		\| image = Quaid-i-Azam's Will at Islamia College Peshawar.jpg
	\| states = [[Pakistan]]		\| states = [[Pakistan]]
	\| region = [[~~South Asia~~]]		\| region = [[Indian subcontinent]]
	\| speakers = ~~108 million~~		\| speakers = 10.8 crore
	\| date = 2022		\| date = 2022
	\| ref = <ref name=e25>[https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PK/status Pakistan] in {{e25}}</ref>		\| ref = <ref name=e25>[https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PK/status Pakistan] in {{e25}}</ref>
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	\| fam5 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages\|Anglo-Frisian]]		\| fam5 = [[Anglo-Frisian languages\|Anglo-Frisian]]
	\| fam6 = [[English language\|English]]		\| fam6 = [[English language\|English]]
	\| fam7 = [[~~South Asian~~ English]]		\| fam7 = [[Indian English]]
	\| ancestor = [[Old English]]		\| ancestor = [[Old English]]
	\| ancestor2 = [[Middle English]]		\| ancestor2 = [[Middle English]]
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	'''Pakistani English''' or '''English (Pakistan)''' ('''Paklish''', '''Pinglish''', '''PakEng''', '''en-PK'''<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2010-02-21\|title=Tongue-in-cheek: Not in my backside\|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/881972/tongue-in-cheek-not-in-my-backside\|access-date=2020-07-16\|website=[[Dawn (newspaper)\|Dawn]]\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2013-07-14\|title=English as lingua franca: A linguistic imperialism?\|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1028971\|access-date=2020-07-16\|website=[[Dawn (newspaper)\|Dawn]]\|language=en}}</ref>) is a group of [[English language\|English-language]] [[Variety (linguistics)\|varieties]] spoken in [[Pakistan]] and among the [[Pakistani diaspora]].<ref>McArthur, Tom, 1998. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-PAKISTANIENGLISH.html "Pakistani English."] in ''Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language''. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> English is the primary language used by the [[government of Pakistan]], alongside [[Urdu]], on the national level. While being spoken natively by only a small percentage of the population,<ref>{{Cite web \|title=People of Pakistan \|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pakistan/People \|access-date=2023-04-13 \|website=Britannica \|language=en \|quote=With the exception of this educated elite, English is spoken fluently by only a small percentage of the population.}}</ref> it is the primary language used in education, commerce, administration, and the legal and judicial systems.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Mariam \|first1=Durrani \|title=Banishing Colonial Specters: Language Ideology and Education Policy in Pakistan \|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1233&context=wpel \|publisher=University of Pennsylvania \|date=2012}}</ref>		'''Pakistani English''' or '''English (Pakistan)''' ('''Paklish''', '''Pinglish''', '''PakEng''', '''en-PK'''<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2010-02-21\|title=Tongue-in-cheek: Not in my backside\|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/881972/tongue-in-cheek-not-in-my-backside\|access-date=2020-07-16\|website=[[Dawn (newspaper)\|Dawn]]\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2013-07-14\|title=English as lingua franca: A linguistic imperialism?\|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1028971\|access-date=2020-07-16\|website=[[Dawn (newspaper)\|Dawn]]\|language=en}}</ref>) is a group of [[English language\|English-language]] [[Variety (linguistics)\|varieties]] spoken in [[Pakistan]] and among the [[Pakistani diaspora]].<ref>McArthur, Tom, 1998. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-PAKISTANIENGLISH.html "Pakistani English."] in ''Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language''. Retrieved 6 June 2009.</ref> English is the primary language used by the [[government of Pakistan]], alongside [[Urdu]], on the national level. While being spoken natively by only a small percentage of the population,<ref>{{Cite web \|title=People of Pakistan \|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pakistan/People \|access-date=2023-04-13 \|website=Britannica \|language=en \|quote=With the exception of this educated elite, English is spoken fluently by only a small percentage of the population.}}</ref> it is the primary language used in education, commerce, administration, and the legal and judicial systems.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Mariam \|first1=Durrani \|title=Banishing Colonial Specters: Language Ideology and Education Policy in Pakistan \|url=https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1233&context=wpel \|publisher=University of Pennsylvania \|date=2012}}</ref>

	It was first recognised as a distinct variety of [[~~South Asian~~ English]] and designated in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="Hashmi1978, 1987">{{cite book\| last =Hashmi\| first =Alamgir\| title =''Preface''. Pakistani Literature: The Contemporary English Writers\| orig-year =1978\| year =1987\| publisher =World University Service / Gulmohar Press\| location =New York / Islamabad}}</ref> Pakistani English, similar and related to [[Indian English]], is slightly different from other varieties of English in respect to vocabulary, accent, and other features.		It was first recognised as a distinct variety of [[Indian English]] and designated in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="Hashmi1978, 1987">{{cite book\| last =Hashmi\| first =Alamgir\| title =''Preface''. Pakistani Literature: The Contemporary English Writers\| orig-year =1978\| year =1987\| publisher =World University Service / Gulmohar Press\| location =New York / Islamabad}}</ref> Pakistani English, similar and related to its predecessor [[Indian English]], is slightly different from other varieties of English in respect to vocabulary, accent, and other features.

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