Pakistan's lingua franca (4)

I believe the answer is:

urdu

(Other definitions for urdu that I've seen before include "Language spoken by Moslems in Pakistan and India" , "Pakistani tongue" , "Pakistani language" , "Language closely related to Hindi" , "Asian language written in Arabic script" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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