The Olivier salad, a Russian-origin side dish, is popular in India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and one more South Asian country, typically made with potatoes, peas, apples or pineapples, and mayonnaise. In which South Asian country, home to Islamabad, is a different cabbage-and-apple-slaw version of Russian salad also popular?

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Pakistan. The Olivier salad is popular in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Vietnam as a side dish, and Pakistan also has a different cabbage-and-apple-slaw version of Russian salad.