Members of the Aman ki Asha Facebook group initiated the following statement that was posted on the Aman ki Asha Facebook page on August 12. Endorsements received until
August 15, 2016, are included in the signatories’ list below.
This statement pertains to India-administered Kashmir, as an area that is a source of the dispute between the two countries where violence is devastating lives, although there are other conflict areas within both countries too.
The undersigned agree that:
- There is no violent solution to Kashmir. It has to be based on dialogue and reconciliation.
- The Indian government must replace its current methods of dealing with dissent and develop a sensible non-lethal method of managing the situation. Pellet guns must be immediately shelved.
- Stone pelters must replace their methods with non-violent ones.
- The intimidation of the moderates in the region must stop.
- Kashmiris of all shades must be made a party to the peace process and peace dialogue so that the two governments get a perspective of people as well.
- Peace mongers in India, Pakistan and Kashmir need to sit together and explore a possibility of a joint stand and policy on Kashmir.
- The governments must facilitate dialogue between Kashmiris of all shades.
- The governments of India and Pakistan must restart the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue, with a plan on how and at what stage Kashmiri leadership of all shades would be made part of the dialogue. Rather than starting afresh, the discussion on resolution of Kashmir should start from where the Manmohan Singh and Musharraf government left it back in 2007.
- Sports, art, music and people-to-people contacts must be allowed without any hindrance.
Endorsed:
- Samir Gupta
- Saeed Ahmed Rid
- Ruchhita Kazaria
- Anita Dixit
- Beena Sarwar
- Sheema Kermani
- Zohra Yusuf
- Aliya Harir
- Aman Alam
- Bhatta Som
- Devika Mittal
- Kami Kidwai
- Ilmana Fasih
- Konchadi Vasanth Pai
- Malik Omaid
- Ruchira Gupta
- Mayur Indi
- Urooj Murtaza
- Neelam KG
- Parshu Narayan
- Ravi Kallianpur
- Reema Amin
- Sehyr Mirza
- Siddharth Manu
- Yasmeen Kazi
- Mohammed Layeeque: I endorse..to achieve peace in the area, be it India or Pakistan side Kashmir …and solution between India and Pakistan.
- Aashish K Mishra
- Mamta Rohra
- Sheharyar Rizwan
- Devang Shah
- Pt Kuldeep Vyas: Lawyer, Jaipur; I endorse the statement
- Amna Buttar
- Saad Nagi: Measured in language, but explicit in purpose — I fully support this. Everyone who supports peace must rally behind such efforts. The bloodshed must end; far too many lives have been lost, and opportunities wasted
- Gopal Jain
- Umer Ali
- Rahul Ghosh: I endorse. New Delhi
- Syeda Jasmine Jaffer
- Dr. Preeti Gupta
- Arman Haque: Thank you for bringing up this initiative. Don’t know how far an impact it will have. But every small step towards peace is a significant one. I support the cause
- Haresh Jiwnani
- Farheen Ghori
- Amrieeta Arun
- Ijlal Haider: Endorsed by a common Pakistani dreaming for peace
- Jasveen Mintu: I am always wth peace steps..
- Abdul Jabbar Malik
- Shabnam M Khan
- Nasima Kareem
- Fatima Harris
- Mona Kazim Shah
- Waqas Ali Muluk
- Ambika Bhargava: Here for peace and love
- Sanna Ejaz
- Farooq Ishraq
- Rabia Adeel: Dialogue plz . agreed 200 %
- Sarah Ashraf
- Aasif Abdullah
- Usman Zia
- Razin Karu
- Baaz Singh Sandhu
- Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi
- Md Aammar Zaki
- Sushma Sureka
- Syed Rubaid Ahmad
- Muzammil Syed
- Ghulam Ali Murtaza
- Ahsan Arshad
- Ali Shahbaz
- Babar Saleem
- Ravi Kumar Singh
- Atif Siddiqui
- Muzamil Tahir
- Prabhu De A
- Sadaf Aijaz
- Zebaish SK: With you
- Ken Shulman
- Zareen
- Musharraf W Baba
- Maria Nadeem
- Mohsin Ali
- Zabeeh Memon
- Shabbir Ahmed
- Sehrish Khan
- Kishwar Sultana
- Asif Shah
- Namra Naysr
- Afzal Rahim Khan Yousafzai
- Mahe Tayyibah Munir: Pakistan and India should negotiate with each other and emancipate Kashmir as an independent state. This would not only pave peaceful ways among Pakistan and India but also allow Kashmir to prosper more.
- Harmeet Singh Walia
- Shreya Prakash Agarwal
- Ajay Garodia
- Amit Modi
- Fawzia Halim Rahman: I endorse it fully,i prefer a friend rather than an enemy at my door.Kashmir should not hold the peace between two nations to ransom and become the bain of our friendship.It should be and can be amicably resolved by both the countries through dialogue,where there is a will there is a way. Jai Hind
- Sanjay Raj Lanka
- Nikunj Saraogi
- Kamran Ali Ahmed: Endorsed. Let’s give peace a chance. Let’s try our luck with love. Cheers to all those who believe that ‘dialogue’ is the way forward! 🙂
- Umair Ahmad
- Altaf Qadir
- Mohsin Hassan Akhtar
- Ras Siddiqui
- Sharif Awan
- Sheeba Hamid
- Irfan Ali Mirza
- Samina Noman
- Gautam Arora
- Aman Sheikh
- Swati Sharan
- Saleem Basha
- Nasreen Khan
- Rubayat Kadir
- Muhammad Uzair Khan
- Azhar Siddiqui
- Md Ikhlas
- Safia Bokhari
- Mazhar Malik
- Syed Irtiza Haider
- Aabida Ali
- Shahzad Zaffar
- Ibrahim Sajid Malick
- Zeeshan Majid
- Shabbir Hasan
- Raees Zaidi
- Raja Satti
- Silvy Hamid
- Shilpa Mundra Baheti
- Sabiha Yasmin
- Muhammad Nazim
- Shahid Ahmed Khan
- Varsha Agarwala
- Shweta Raval Sharma
- Waqar Haider
- Dr. Fuad Halim
- Saira Shah Halim
- Manzar Jameel
- Sanjay Agarwal
- Payel Banerjee, Bangalore
- Madan Chawla: Always for peace. Count me in.
- Vikas Azad: i like the methods to bring peace in kashmir n support it
- Umair Ahmad
- Altaf Qadir
- Mohsin M. Siddique
- Ras Siddiqui
- Shahba Subzposh
- Faiyaz Ahmad Khan
- Sharif Awan: I support the initiative.
- Sheeba Hamid
- Rafia Arshad: endorsed strongly
- Mirza Irfan Ali
- Neha Gusain
- DrShaikh Mohammad Tarique
- Nouman Sheriff
- Farook Chomasa
- Numair A. Abbasi
- Sarah Kirmani: I totally endorse this.
- Syeda Shiwal Raza.
- Zunaira Qayum Ali
- Sarah Awan
- Sheikh Muhammad Farjad
- Yashwanth Gadiyar: Eh Aman ki Bhasha hai
- Shahab UR Rahman
- Naeem Ahmed Bajwa
- Urwah Sultana
I fully endorse it. No alternative to dialogue.
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