STEPS:

1. install all Urdu fonts available in package repos.

2. For Firefox, this problem can be solved by setting the Urdu (Nakash/Noori/Nastaleeq etc.) fonts as default fonts for Arabic. Go to:

Options/Preferences

-> Fonts & Colors

-> Advanced

-> Fonts for: select Arabic (instead of Western), and select Serif=Nakash, Sans-serif=Nakash (or instead of Nakash any Urdu font). 

AND MOST IMPORTANT:: Uncheck the box: Allow pages to choose their own fonts.

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3. For Chrome: Go to:

-> Settings::

-> Advanced Settings::

-> Web Contents -> Customize Fonts::

-> Fonts and Encoding: instead of default Western fonts, you have to:

select: Jameel Noori Nastaleeq/ PakType Naqash (or your Urdu font)::

Encoding: instead of Western, select Arabic.

If there is still any problem, kindly leave a comment below this note, or post it at the page.

~mubeen

Meeting Summary:

Attendees:

• Qasim Ayyaz (http://www.facebook.com/QasimAyyaz)
• Omer  (http://www.facebook.com/omer.pk)
• Babar Zahoor (http://www.facebook.com/babarzahoor)
• Haroon Idrees (http://www.facebook.com/haroonidrees)
• Zaid Munir
• Mustafa Qasim (www.twitter.com/mustafaqasim)

Talked About:

• Need of Ubuntu Pakistan and Open Source educational groups.
• Educating people especially IT student about use of Ubuntu.
• Promoting the culture of IT groups for the benifit of students and community.
• Organizing Ubuntu workshops in FAST University, Lahore.

Action Items:

• Qasim Ayyaz, Zaid Munir and Mustafa Qasim will meet in coming week to plan Ubuntu workshop in Lahore.