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Pakistani PM to Asharq Al-Awsat: New Cooperation Opportunities with Saudi Arabia

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif places economic reform at the top of his country's priorities, 75 years after Pakistan's independence. Sharif believes a serious dialogue concerning Jammu and Kashmir is contingent on India stopping the "illegal acts" and "brutal treatment of innocent Kashmiris." In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Sharif…

Asharq Al-Awsat

India and Pakistan at 75: partition remains an open wound as new friction points arise

The global arena in which the nuclear-armed neighbours confront each other is changing radically

The Guardian - US

Monday briefing: From Germany to Japan, five plans to confront the energy crisis

In today’s newsletter: Nationalising utilities, firing up disused coal plants and restrictions on air con – this is how other nations are tackling spiralling energy chaos

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Data | 75 years of independence: A comparison of India’s growth with other nations across ten indicators

Where does India stand when compared to countries that had become independent in the same time period and with other developed nations?

The Hindu

Saudi Crown Prince, Pakistani PM Discuss Ways to Boost Bilateral Ties

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, received on Sunday a telephone call from Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Their talks focused on the fraternal and historic relations that bind their countries. They tackled opportunities for cooperation and ways to bolster relations in various…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Letters from those left behind: Afghans who worked for Australia describe desperation as they hide from Taliban

These are the stories of interpreters, embassy staff, guards and aid workers still trying to get to Australia a year after the fall of Kabul

The Guardian - AU

Australia wasn't always supportive of India becoming independent. But 75 years on, relations have thawed

On this day 75 years ago, after a long battle for self-government, Great Britain finally withdrew from the subcontinent – allowing independence for India and Pakistan.

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How were the States formed and how has the Indian map changed since 1947?

The last transformation of the Indian map happened in 2019 with the creation of the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh

The Hindu

‘We must forget about divisions’: one woman’s journey home 75 years after India’s partition

Chance encounter on Facebook led Reena Varma, 90, to visit family home she was forced to abandon in 1947

The Guardian - UK

Uttar Pradesh Police arrest Jaish terrorist

Saifullah is an expert in creating fake virtual IDs for terror outfits based in Pakistan and Afghanistan, says Anti-Terror Squad

The Hindu

India at 75 | This cross-border family gets ‘visa freedom’ on Independence Day

Man from Pakistani Sodha Rajput community gets Indian visa, after being separated from family for six years

The Hindu

What it was like asking for Salman Rushdie’s work in a Pakistan bookshop

As an aspiring writer I loved many exiled authors, from Márquez to Kundera, but with Rushdie the stakes were raised

The Guardian - UK

On the anniversary of partition, let’s consign the pitiless logic of Hindu v Muslim to the past

Since 1947, India and Pakistan have shared profound affinities across ferociously policed borders, say Indian novelist Pankaj Mishra and Pakistani writer Ali Sethi

The Guardian - UK

ISI-backed terror module busted ahead of I-Day celebrations in Punjab

Districts bordering the international border with Pakistan has been put on an alert ahead of Independence Day celebrations.

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‘Finally we are together’: partition’s broken families reunite after seven decades

Social media is helping long-lost relatives discover each other after a lifetime separated by the India-Pakistan border

The Hindu

U.P. Police: Many places were on hit list of alleged Jaish operative

Police say he was in touch with JeM handlers in Pakistan

The Hindu

There are better fast bowlers in Indian T20 cricket than Shami: Ponting

India have picked Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, and Arshdeep Singh as the three specialist fast bowlers with all-rounder Hardik Pandya being the fourth pacer in the 15-member squad for Asia Cup

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie attack prompts muted reaction in India and Pakistan

Majority of public figures have chosen not to comment on attempt on Indian-born writer’s life

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India dismisses four employees in Kashmir for anti-national activities

Indian administered Kashmir on Saturday sacked four government employees, citing their involvement in activities "prejudicial to the interests of the security of the state".

Reuters

Split families still suffer after 75 years of India-Pakistan partition

Ali Hasan Baqai and Abid Hasan Baqai, brothers split for 75 years by the partition of India and Pakistan, talk with their families on a video call, words and tears binding them but with no hope of reunion.

WEKU

75 years after India's violent Partition, survivors can cross the border — virtually

A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.

Al Jazeera

Displaced by partition, she visited Pakistan home after 75 years

Reena Chhibber Varma, undeterred by age and ailments, embarked on a journey that many thought was impossible.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: The story of India, 75 years in the making

“At the stroke of the midnight hour,” India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said, “when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”

Daily Mirror

The bloody legacy of Pakistan's creation in witness's own words

As Pakistan celebrates its 75th anniversary, Dr Mirza Mohammed Qadeer Baig tells in his own words the repercussions caused when the British left in 1947 and the horrors of Partition

WEKU

YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border

Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.

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