SAHIWAL: The provincial higher education department has sought comments from the principals of all colleges in the province regarding promotion of Punjabi language among the students.

The comments were sought by the public instructions (colleges) director through a letter (No SO (A-II) 1-29/2013) circulated among all directors of colleges.

According to sources, the letter was based on a memorandum issued by Ms Parveen Malik, the Pakistan Punjabi Adabi Board (PPAB) secretary on Feb 24.

It was argued in the memorandum that the Punjabi language should be introduced as medium of instruction in all primary schools of Punjab like the other three provinces – Sindh, Khyber Pakhtun Khwah and Balochistan – where Sindhi, Pushto and Balochi were being respectively used as the mediums of instruction in primary schools, the sources said.

The PPBA had issued the memorandum on the last International Mother Language Day and sent it to high-ups in the province, including the Punjab chief secretary, higher education secretary, education minister, governor and the chief minister.