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Fading Faces: Why Young Hindu Women in Pakistan Are Abandoning Traditional Tattoos

This is Beirut, 20/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Grinding charcoal with a few drops of goat’s milk, 60-year-old Basran Jogi peers at the faces of two young Pakistani sisters preparing for their first tattoos. The practice of elder women needling delicate shapes onto the faces, hands, and arms of younger generations stretches back centuries in the Hindu villages that dot the southern border ...

Nearly 200 Killed in Pakistan Monsoon Rains in 24 Hours

This is Beirut, 15/08 18:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered landslides and flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 194 people in the past 24 hours, the disaster authority said on Friday. Of those, 180 were reported in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the National Disaster Management Authority said. Another nine ...

Indian Filmmakers Rush to Cash In on Cross-Border Conflict

This is Beirut, 03/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Cinema India FIlms Pakistan Culture Art

Indian filmmakers are locking up the rights to movie titles that can profit from the patriotism fanned by a four-day conflict with Pakistan, which killed more than 70 people. The nuclear-armed rivals exchanged artillery, drone, and air strikes in May, after India blamed Pakistan for an armed attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir. The ...

When a Camel Becomes a Symbol

This is Beirut, 21/07 11:55 - Reading : less than a minute

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In June 2024, in a village in southeastern Pakistan, a young camel named Cammie was brutally mutilated when a farmer cut off her front leg after she wandered into his field in search of food. Rescued by an animal shelter in Karachi, Cammie was fitted with a prosthetic leg and is now learning to walk again. Cammie is no longer just an injured ...

Pakistan to Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

This is Beirut, 21/06 18:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Pakistan announced on Saturday that it would recommend U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing his role in resolving the recent conflict between India and Pakistan – an accolade he has openly said he craves, Reuters reports. Some Pakistani analysts believe the move could be a calculated effort to influence ...

Pakistan Extends Ban on Indian Flights Over Its Airspace for One More Month

This is Beirut, 23/05 17:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Pakistan’s aviation authority said on Friday it would extend a ban on Indian airlines using its airspace for another month, after the worst violence between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades. The ban was announced on April 24 as both sides traded diplomatic tit for tat measures that spilled into a four-day military conflict. More than 70 ...

India-Pakistan Ceasefire Holds after Early Violations

This is Beirut, 11/05 17:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A ceasefire appeared to hold on Sunday between India and Pakistan, hours after the nuclear-armed rivals accused each other of violating a truce that brought them back from the brink of all-out war. The ceasefire was agreed on Saturday after four days of missile, drone and artillery attacks that killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing ...

Rubio Urges India and Pakistan to Communicate to 'Avoid Miscalculation'

This is Beirut, 10/05 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged India and Pakistan to restore direct communication to "avoid miscalculation" in a series of calls as the conflict neared all-out war, the State Department said early Saturday. Rubio placed telephone calls to the rivals' top diplomats and, for the first known time since the conflict erupted, also spoke with ...

Pakistan Says Indian Missiles Strike Air Bases as Conflict Spirals

This is Beirut, 10/05 05:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Pakistan's military on Saturday said India launched another wave of missiles targeting three air bases -- including one on the outskirts of the capital -- as the conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours spiralled toward full-blown war. The South Asian countries have exchanged fire since Wednesday, when India launched air strikes on what ...

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