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Quote by Faiz Ahmad Faiz
We cannot do without Urdu.
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The statement presents Urdu as essential, not merely useful or preferred. “Cannot do without” is a firm way of saying that the speaker and the group represented by “we” need Urdu and could not manage without it.
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- Dawn.com — “From the archives: An interview with Faiz Ahmed Faiz in 1982”
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