Tag: samosa
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Maryam Nawaz’s iftar with prisoners in Kot Lakhpat Jail sparks debate
The newly-elected Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz, broke her fast on Sunday with prisoners of the central jail in Lahore in Kot Lakhpath. She visited the prisoners in jail, after having been imprisoned there herself in the past. Videos released by her party showed her taking iftar with prisoners, giving them gifts and clothes,…
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Samosa recipes, Oppenheimer and Aliza Sahar; Pakistan’s most searched topics on Google in 2023
Billions of topics are searched on Google every day and at the end of every year, the search engine releases a list of the most popular searches. Google has now released a list of the most searched topics in Pakistan during 2023. The eight different categories disclosed include cricket matches, events/occasions, how-to, news, recipes, TV…
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Samosagate: Pakistanis vehemently defend their favourite snack
Pakistanis have vehemently reacted to a viral video which claims that their favourite desi snack, the humble samosa is, in fact, a very unhealthy thing to eat. Dr Muhammad Affan Qaiser has made a video about the negative side effects of the fried potato delight. Terming the samosa an “atom bomb of 400 calories”, he…
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Karachi man takes up educational expenses of boy selling samosas
A man in Karachi has come forward to bear the educational expenses of a child who recently went viral on social media. Video shows the boy selling samosas outside a local hospital. “I come here after I am done with school,” the boy had said in the video. When asked about the grade he studied in, he…
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‘Ask me about samosa, pakora prices, not IMF’
Former finance minister Asad Umar has reportedly refused to comment on the financial bailout package by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), saying he doesn’t have anything to do with it anymore. “Ask me about samosa and pakora prices instead,” he said when questioned about the IMF programme during a recent media interaction. The former minister…