Use stream of consciousness to answer the following. Urdu (/ rdu /; Urdu: ALA-LC: Urdu ( rdu) (listen), or Modern Standard Urdu ) is a Persianised and standardised register of the Hindustani language. It is the official national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. In India, it is one of the 22 official languages recognized in the Constitution of India, having official status in the five states of Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand, as well as the national capital territory of Delhi.

Answer this question based on the passage: urdu is the official language of which state?
To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: It is the official national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. Final answer: Pakistan.