Hyderabad, January 05, 2026 | The Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering (AMBILE) had the honor of hosting a distinguished delegation comprising Dr. Huma Ghaffar, Professor at Aga Khan University, renowned Pakistani dancer and actress Sheema Kermani, and Mr. Kaleem Durrani, Founder of the Irtiqa Institute of Social Sciences, who visited the Institute on January 05, 2026.
The esteemed guests were warmly received by Mr. Amar Fayaz Buriro, Director, AMBILE, who welcomed them to the Institute and introduced them to the vibrant ecosystem of researchers, programmers, and developers working on cutting-edge Sindhi language technologies. During the visit, the delegation toured AMBILE’s facilities and interacted closely with the technical teams, gaining firsthand experience of the Institute’s digital language resources and Sindhi-language–based portals.
Mr. Amar Fayaz Buriro delivered a comprehensive presentation highlighting AMBILE’s mandate, vision, and progress, outlining both ongoing and successfully completed projects. The guests expressed particular appreciation for Bhittaipedia, AMBILE’s flagship digital humanities initiative dedicated to the poetry and philosophy of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, and acknowledged its potential as a global knowledge repository. They also showed keen interest in the Sindhi WordNet and several AI-driven initiatives, including the Sindhi Calendar, Edukid, and the agriculture-based AI tools for Sindhi farmers, which aim to blend indigenous knowledge with modern technology for practical community impact.
The visit was marked by an engaging and informal exchange with AMBILE’s programmers and developers, during which ideas were shared on language modernization, natural language processing (NLP), and the future of Sindhi in artificial intelligence platforms. The guests lauded AMBILE’s efforts in positioning Sindhi as a living, evolving language within global digital and AI ecosystems.
At the conclusion of the visit, Mr. Amar Fayaz Buriro presented AMBILE newsletters to the delegation. It was mutually agreed that collaborative awareness and academic sessions would be organized in Karachi at the guests’ respective institutions to promote understanding of Sindhi language technologies, advances in Sindhi NLP, and the broader intellectual value of Bhittaipedia among students, researchers, and cultural practitioners.
The visit reaffirmed AMBILE’s growing role as a national center of excellence for language engineering and digital humanities, and underscored the importance of cross-institutional collaboration in preserving and modernizing Pakistan’s rich linguistic and cultural heritage.