Nastaliq is the standard Calligraphy of not only Urdu but also Persian, Afghanistan (Dari, Uzbek, and Turkmen etc.) even in Pakistan and India other than Urdu Punjabi, Suraiki, Sindhi, Pashto, and Kashmiri etc.
In China Xingjian region in Turkey the Turkic Uyghur language all of these Language has Nastaliq as their Calligraphic style.
It was...