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  "id": 16591635,
  "title": "Broken record: A 'holocaust' in East Punjab, literacy rates and the Palestine question",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/broken-record-a-holocaust-in-east-punjab-literacy-rates-and-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T10:06:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2039961/broken-record-a-holocaust-in-east-punjab-literacy-rates-and-the-palestine-question"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two weeks after independence, communal violence, particularly in East Punjab, dominated the headlines, with the Quaid-i-Azam having to make a fervent appeal for peace. In other major developments between Aug 25 and 31, 1947, Madar-i-Millat Ms Fatima Jinnah reiterated the need for women’s literacy, Pakistan opened its first embassy in Washington DC, while different solutions to the Palestine…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}