Although the prevailing monsoon winds blow either from the North-East or the south-west, there are times when a depression originating in the Mediterranean can result in rainfall in Punjab.

虽然盛行的季风要么从东北或者西南吹来，但在某些时期源自地中海的一个低气压能造成旁遮普的降雨。

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For example, people from the state of Punjab, who speak the Punjabi language are called Punjabi's, while those from the state of West Bengal, who speak the Bengali language are called Bengali's.

例如，来自旁遮普邦，说旁遮普语的人被称为旁遮普人，而来自西孟加拉邦，说孟加拉语的人被称为孟加拉人。

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Roshaneh Zafar is hoping that the business of clean water will give the women of Muzaffargarh in Punjab in south west Pakistan a source of income after all their possessions were wiped out in the floods earlier this year.

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Distinctions between the Taliban in the north-west and older jihadi groups in Punjab have broken down.

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The south-west district shares its boundary with Punjab and Haryana, the two Indian states with the worst sex ratios.

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