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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...
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...
‘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...
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...
Pakistan establishes new missile force after India conflict: PM
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Islamabad 15 August, 2025, 01:31 Pakistan will establish a new military force to supervise its missile capabilities, the prime minister has said, after its worst conflict in decades with South Asian arch-rival India. Prime...
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...
Flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill at least 49 people in Pakistan
ABC News - New York
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August 15, 2025
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan and elsewhere in the country over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers evacuated 1,300...
Modi warns Pakistan, rejects nuclear threats on India's Independence Day
Sabah
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August 15, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Friday that India will respond decisively to any future attacks, as the country celebrated its 78th Independence Day. Speaking from the historic Red Fort in New Delhi, Modi said India has...
Why do Pakistan and India celebrate Independence Day a day apart?
The National News
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At midnight on August 14, 1947, the Indian Independence Act came into being, effectively ending 200 years of British colonialism and splitting the country into India and Pakistan. “As from the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and...
Sports News | Greed for Money Stands Above Sacrifice: Aaditya Thackeray Takes Jibe at BCCI for Playing Pakistan in Asia Cup
Latestly
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August 15, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray launched a scathing jibe at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), stating that the board's "greed for money", which stems from competing in the fixture against...
Indian PM Vows to Punish Pakistan for Future Attacks
Tasnim News Agency
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August 15, 2025
Modi’s remarks on Friday come three months after nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan engaged in four days of intense fighting, their worst clash in decades. Modi addressed the country from New Delhi’s 17th-century, Mughal-era Red Fort, saying...
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How Trump has taken India-US-Pakistan dynamics back to Cold War era
Firstpost
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August 15, 2025
US President Donald Trump has been escalating the way to America’s India-Pakistan strategic re-set, back to the Cold War era. When everyone, starting with the Government of India, has conveniently addressed only his tariff talk viz India, no one,...
Germany in Talks with Pakistan to Stop Deportation of Over 2,000 Afghans
Khaama Press
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August 15, 2025
Germany is in talks with Pakistan to stop the deportation of Afghans eligible for asylum, seeking urgent solutions as Islamabad accelerates removals ahead of September. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has confirmed that Berlin is...
World Associated Press Flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan
Yahoo News
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan and elsewhere in the country over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers evacuated 1,300 stranded tourists from a...
Chehlum procession held under relaxed security in Islamabad
Dawn
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August 15, 2025
ISLAMABAD: The main procession related to Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) was held here Thursday with relaxed security measures. In view of the eradication of terror from Pakistan, political groups and local residents had demanded that the...
Flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan
WBAL - Maryland
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August 15, 2025
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan and elsewhere in the country over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers evacuated 1,300 stranded tourists from a...
Kuwait Work Visa guide for Pakistanis – August 2025
ARY News
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August 15, 2025
Kuwait is a popular destination for professionals and skilled workers from Pakistan. Many Pakistanis choose Kuwait because of its high salaries, tax-free income, and strong economy. The country offers many opportunities in oil, construction,...
The doctor from Sindh, once honoured by Pakistan, now forgotten
Scroll.in
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On August 14, 1947, the day Pakistan came into being, Karachi was swept up in jubilant celebration. A 4.8-km state procession wound its way through the city led by Viceroy Louis Mountbatten and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Quaid-e-Azam – Great Leader...
On India’s Independence Day, Modi vows to punish Pakistan for future attacks
WBAL - Maryland
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August 15, 2025
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbor if there are future attacks on India as he marked 78 years of independence from British colonial rule. Modi’s remarks Friday come three months...
Pakistan will set up Rocket Force Command: Shehbaz
The Hindu
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August 14, 2025
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan will establish a new military force to supervise its missile capabilities, the Prime Minister has said, after its worst conflict in decades with India. Prime Minister...