ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the overall status of the use of the English language in Pakistan. It reviews relevant literature that discusses the background of the English language in Pakistan. The chapter aims to discuss the language policies of the country, where English has remained one of the important components in language planning and policy. It deals with a prognosis that English will remain a powerful language in Pakistan, although several unresolved issues remain. The dominance of the English language was established in colonial times with the introduction of English education. Most of the Muslims in the subcontinent were resistant to the imposition of the English language during colonial times due to political defeat by the British and the fear that it would dilute the blunt opposition to British dominance. Little research on the morphological and syntactic aspects of Pakistani English has been conducted.
