RIP Dr Rajni Kothari
Pakistani activists paid tribute to prominent political scholar and peace activist Dr Rajni Kothari who passed away in Delhi on January 19, 2015, aged 86 years. Dr Kothari, born on August 16, 1928, was one of the founding members of the Pakistan India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD).
Participants at the Sindh PIPFPD meeting remembered Dr Kothari’s services to the people of South Asia. Advocate Aabida Ali Advocate presented a citation for Dr. Kothari, who authored several books and was associated with prominent research institutions, including the Center for the Study of Development Societies that he established in 1963.
PIPFPD urges talks
Anis Haroon, I.A. Rehman and Asad Butt: peace resolution
Some 75 members from around Sindh attended the provincial convention of the Pakistan India Peoples Convention in Karachi recently, chaired by prominent journalist I. A Rehman, President of the PIPFPD, Pakistan Chapter.
Participants adopted a Resolution expressing concern at the increasing tensions and cross-border firing incidents and demanding that both government initiate dialogue however instead of resuming dialogue from both sides are alleging each other through media. The Resolution urged both to relax visa restrictions to enhance people-to-people interaction. It demanded the restoration of secretary level talks as a first step towards talks to improve cooperation in the fields of trade, culture, education and most importantly fighting common issues like poverty and terrorism.
