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Indians and Pakistanis debate over Pakistani rock salt
On Saturday, Suraj Jain from Jalandhar shared photos of the product on the India Pakistan Heritage Club group's Facebook page with the caption: "Dear Pakistani friends. Hum aapka NAMAK khate hai (we eat your salt) !!!!" The statement was met with warmth by Pakistani page members who shared the socio-cultural context with their Indian counterparts.Many Pakistanis were surprised that Pakistani salt with such a brand name and packaging was allowed to be sold in the Indian market.
Pakistan points fingers at India on cross-border terrorism
In what is a classic case of playing victim with the pot calling the kettle black, Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to hold accountable the "masterminds" who continue to support, finance, and sponsor cross-border terrorist attacks into its territory, Dawn reported.
'Ghettoisation': Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi jumps into India's hijab row
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday waded into another controversy, by commenting on the hijab row in India's Karnataka state.He claimed that India is depriving Indian Muslim girls from getting education just because they want to attend their classes wearing their religious headgear.
Bedevilled Indo-Pak relations keep bilateral trade frozen
While both neighbouring countries refrain from changing their aggressive stance against each other; the soaring relations have had a major impact on bilateral trade, inflicting losses worth billions on traders, who see no positive sight of resumption any time in the near or the far-fetched future.
Hindu teacher sentenced to life imprisonment for 'blasphemy' in Pakistan
Additional Sessions Judge Mumtaz Ali Solangi delivered the verdict on Tuesday. It has taken the court two years to pass the final order. Nautan Lal has been in jail since 2019 as an undertrial prisoner. Additional Sessions Judge Mumtaz Ali Solangi delivered the verdict on Tuesday. It has taken the court two years to pass the final order. Nautan Lal has been in jail since 2019 as an undertrial prisoner.
Backchannels working between India & Pakistan, claims businessman
"If things improve between the two neighbours, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could visit Pakistan in a month," the chairman of Nishat Group told a gathering of businessmen at the Lahore Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday. He advised the two countries to resolve their disputes and start trade to fight poverty in the region.
Pakistan terms India's claims on nuclear proliferation 'dubious'
The delegate's comments came in response to Indian Ambassador Pankaj Sharma's statement, in which, he criticized the Pakistani counterpart for raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, relating it to bilateral and regional issues.
Pak study blames polluted air from India for toxic smog in Lahore
A joint investigation report of Bahauddin Zakariya University and NUST University has said that the polluted air coming from India formed the toxic smog in Lahore, Samaa TV reported. The report said the city's air was not clean for a single day in 2020, therefore the number of asthma and heart patients has increased. Pakistan has taken up the matter with India but did not get a response and without some intervention from across the border, the problem cannot be tackled, the report said.
Imran Khan govt most corrupt in Pakistan's history: Maryam Nawaz
Leader of the Opposition in the Pak National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif said the PTI govt "has broken all records of corruption in the last 20 years. Among the Asia-Pacific region, Pakistan has unfortunately been ranked as the 5th most corrupt country."
Petrol price up by 55.22% during Imran's tenure
The prices have surged from 95.24 PKR per litre to 147.83 PKR per litre as of January 15, 2022, an increase of 52.59 PKR in the per litre tariff of this commodity. During the last 10 years or 120 months between January 16, 2012 and January 16, 2022 or the period when PPP, PML-N and PTI had all called the shots, the petrol prices have surged by 65 per cent
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