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“The situation in Kashmir impacts all of us”

“The situation in Kashmir impacts all of us”

Dialogue with all stakeholders in Kashmir, including emerging youth leadership, is essential, stress speakers at seminar on ‘Kashmiri people’s perspective: myth and reality’ held recently in...
India releases Pakistani children who crossed border unintentionally

India releases Pakistani children who crossed border unintentionally

By Zahid Shirwani ISLAMABAD: Following diplomatic initiatives by High Commission of Pakistan in New Delhi, Indian authorities on Monday released two Pakistani children who unintentionally crossed...
Pebbles in the pond

Pebbles in the pond

Why India and Pakistan must continue dialogue By Lalita Ramdas A few weeks ago a small group of intrepid citizens from India and Pakistan, increasingly alarmed by the ratcheting up of tensions...
A minute for peace with Pope Francis, June 8, 2017, 1:00 pm

A minute for peace with Pope Francis, June 8, 2017, 1:00 pm

India Pakistan peace supporters have participated in several global prayer vigils in past years. What have these actions accomplished? We don’t know for sure but we do know that there is...
Why Indo-Pak peacemongers are true patriots

Why Indo-Pak peacemongers are true patriots

There’s a warlike spirit in the air. Prime-time warriors evoke a fantasy cartoon-strip machismo and call for India to “finish off” Pakistan. Well-heeled ‘nationalists’ and social media...
Pakistan vs India – Never just a cricket match

Pakistan vs India – Never just a cricket match

Pakistan-India encounters have always been larger than life, never just a game of cricket or any other sport. Pakistan vs India game in any sport is a festival, an occasion to bring people together,...
Retired officers and a vision for peace

Retired officers and a vision for peace

A young writer whose father served in the Pakistan Army reflects on issues highlighted by a peace resolution endorsed by a range of prominent people, including retired military officers My father...
Cross-border youth group connects classrooms

Cross-border youth group connects classrooms

The cross-border youth group Aaghaz-e-Dosti recently held its 9th “Indo-Pak Classroom Connect” recently, virtually bringing together students from Gujarat Public School, Vadodara,...
“Let there be no violence in Kashmir during Ramzan”

“Let there be no violence in Kashmir during Ramzan”

Concerned Citizens Group urges respite to violence in Kashmir, especially during the upcoming holy month A statement issued from New Delhi on 22 May 2017 by the Concerned Citizens Group, India, notes...
Countering hostile narrative: Thought leaders support India Pakistan peace resolution

Countering hostile narrative: Thought leaders support India Pakistan peace resolution

Some 900 thought leaders have already endorsed an India Pakistan peace resolution since it was privately initiated recently by a group of individuals who have come together in a loose cross-border...