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Over 160 killed Pakistan’s north as torrential rains wreak havoc
Business Recorder
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August 15, 2025
At least 160 people have countrywide lost their lives, including 150 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, due to incidents related to heavy rains, flooding, landslides, and lightning strikes over the past 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority...
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains kill 176 in India and Pakistan
Breaking News from Ireland
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Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 176 people and left scores of others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous...
Death Toll Rises To 32 As Heavy Rain Wreaks Havoc In Pakistan, PoK
ABP Live
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August 15, 2025
Peshawar/Islamabad, Aug 15 (PTI) At least 32 people were killed and many went missing as heavy rains lashed several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir over the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday. At least 16 people were killed...
Pakistan keen to enhance trade, people-to-people contacts with Bangladesh: PM Shehbaz
Business Recorder
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August 15, 2025
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said Pakistan was keen to enhance trade and people-to-people contacts with Bangladesh. PM Shehbaz said this as he received High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan Iqbal Hussain Khan for a courtesy call...
Rain triggers flash floods in India and Pakistan, killing more than 280
The Globe and Mail
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August 15, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:India's National Disaster Response Force and other security personnel carry out a rescue operation after Thursday's flash floods in Chositi village, Kishtwar district, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Aug. 15.Channi...
Pakistan Floods & Landslides Kill 24, Leave Dozens Missing Across Multiple Regions
ABP Live
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August 15, 2025
Peshawar/Islamabad, Aug 15 (PTI) At least 24 people were killed and many went missing as heavy rains lashed several parts of Pakistan, officials said on Friday. At least 16 people were killed and eight others injured as torrential rains on...
Heavy rains kill 24 across Pakistan, dozens missing
Telengana Today
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August 15, 2025
At least 24 people have died and dozens remain missing as torrential rains trigger flash floods and landslides across Pakistan. Authorities have deployed rescue teams, helicopters, and high-alert measures to safeguard residents and tourists in...
Pakistani graduates can now apply for China’s new “K visa”
ARY News
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August 15, 2025
Pakistan stands to benefit from China’s new K visa. The visa is for young foreign talent in science and technology. It opens a new path for Pakistani graduates, researchers, and professionals to work, study, and collaborate in China. What is the K...
When Courage And Compassion Trumped Religion: 12 Stories From The India-Pakistan Partition
News18
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August 15, 2025
Last Updated:August 15, 2025, 14:07 IST 1947 Partition: From the kulfi seller who whispered "don't fear" through gunfire to the soldier who sold jewelry to feed 14 families, ordinary people chose humanity over hatred In this September 17, 1947...
Haleon Pakistan Limited
Business Recorder
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August 15, 2025
Haleon Pakistan limited (formerly known as GlaxoSmithKline) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 2015. The principal activity of the company is the manufacturing, marketing and sales of consumer healthcare and over the...
Torrential rains claim 189 lives in K-P, five die in rescue helicopter crash
The Express Tribune
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August 15, 2025
A catastrophic wave of torrential rains and a deadly cloudburst wreaked havoc across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, leaving at least 189 people dead and 21 injured, while a Pakistan Army helicopter carrying flood relief supplies tragically crashed...
Pakistan flash floods kill 49, strand 1,300 tourists as toll soars
Sabah
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August 15, 2025
Flash floods unleashed by torrential rains have killed at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan and other regions in the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers raced to evacuate 1,300 stranded tourists from a landslide-hit mountain...
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains kill 120 in India and Pakistan
Express & Star
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August 15, 2025
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 120 people and left scores of others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous...
Aaditya Thackeray hits out at BCCI over India-Pakistan Asia Cup match
Mid Day Mumbai
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August 15, 2025
The outrage over India facing their arch-rival in the tournament results from the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, during which 26 tourists were killed on April 22 by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists in the name of religion Shiv Sena...
Meet the Pakistani Meat-Lover Who Created the Country’s First Plant-Based Kebabs
Green Queen
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August 15, 2025
5 Mins Read In a country where veganism is confined to health stores and imported products, Ghaas Phoos is spearheading the fledgling plant-based movement in Pakistan. Ailya Khan grew up on kebabs and tikkas, and hated vegetables. But her love for...
‘Blue Locker’ Ransomware Targeting Oil & Gas Sector in Pakistan
Security Affairs
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August 15, 2025
‘Blue Locker’ Ransomware Targeting Oil & Gas Sector in Pakistan Blue Locker ransomware hits Pakistan’s oil & gas sector, severely impacting Pakistan Petroleum; NCERT warns ministries of severe ongoing risk. This week Pakistan’s National Cyber...
‘Pakistan’s sleep is still disturbed’: PM Modi hails Armed Forces for Op Sindoor, warns Pak of decisive response
Financial Express
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Addressing the nation on the 79th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted the Indian Armed Forces for successfully carrying out Operation Sindoor. The PM said that the Operation marked a turning point in how India deals with...
Read This If You’re Traveling to Europe Soon: A Major EU Border Rule Change Is Coming
Wego Travel Blog
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August 15, 2025
*Images are for illustration purpose only EES starts 12 October 2025: stamps out, biometrics in What changes: The Schengen Area is replacing manual passport stamps with a digital entry/exit record (the so-called EES – Entry Exit System). On your...
From Lahore jail to Bose’s INA—women who fought for India’s freedom but remained forgotten
The Print
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August 15, 2025
New Delhi: In 1942, as India’s fight for independence raged elsewhere, resistance rose within the walls of Lahore women’s jail. A group of imprisoned women—freedom fighters, mothers, and young girls—stitched a flag from their clothes, stacked...
Indian restaurants are reviving the culinary legacy lost during Partition with Pakistani dishes on their menus
The Hindu
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August 15, 2025
In her book, Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory, author Aanchal Malhotra writes about the material memory that refugees from Pakistan carried with them during the Partition 1947— utensils, jewellery, soap...