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Furthering the peace narrative: Find Raza

Furthering the peace narrative: Find Raza

The tiny dents that young activists like Raza Mahmood Khan make on the narrative of violence and coercion are precious, and worth preserving. Hopefully Raza will be produced in the Lahore High Court...
Peace activists in India honour Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir

Peace activists in India honour Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir

Thousands attended the funeral of Pakistani lawyer, human rights, peace and democracy advocate Asma Jahangir in Lahore on Tuesday – women, men, rich, poor, workers, lawyers, journalists, farmers,...
What happens when Indians and Pakistanis meet abroad

What happens when Indians and Pakistanis meet abroad

It is unfortunate that stories about hate and war get more traction on both sides of the border, compared to stories of friendship and peace As a Pakistani, I felt that Indian journalists were more...
Mera dost Raza, my friend Raza

Mera dost Raza, my friend Raza

I cannot find the words to express my grief over the disappearance of my dear friend Raza from Lahore. When I heard that he was missing, it shook me to the fibre of my being. How can a man who...
A young Indian activist’s anguished post about her disappeared colleague in Pakistan

A young Indian activist’s anguished post about her disappeared colleague in Pakistan

Young Indian activist Devika Mittal in Delhi has written a moving post about the disappearance of her friend and colleague Raza Khan in Pakistan. Mittal, one of the leaders of the cross-border youth...
#FindRaza Aaghaz-e-Dosti concerned about whereabouts of Raza Mehmood Khan

#FindRaza Aaghaz-e-Dosti concerned about whereabouts of Raza Mehmood Khan

The cross-border youth group Aaghaz-e-Dosti (start of friendship) has issued a statement expressing concern about the disappearance of Raza Khan, the group’s Pakistan Convener. Raza Khan was...
Rishi Kapoor: Want to see Pakistan before I die

Rishi Kapoor: Want to see Pakistan before I die

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, 65, wishes to visit Pakistan before he dies. “I am 65 years old and I want to see Pakistan before I die. I want my children to see their roots. Bas karva dijiye...
Kashmir: Commemorating nine years of cross-LoC trade

Kashmir: Commemorating nine years of cross-LoC trade

Business community highlights humanitarian and financial angles, urges India and Pakistan to provide better facilities To commemorate the ninth year of cross-border trade across the Line of Control...
Cross-border prisoners: Peace groups hail Pakistan government humanitarian gesture, urge more

Cross-border prisoners: Peace groups hail Pakistan government humanitarian gesture, urge more

The Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) welcomes the Pakistan govt. decision “to arrange a meeting of commander Kulbushan Jadhav with his wife, in Pakistan,...
Returning inadvertent border-crossers: Glimpses of humanity

Returning inadvertent border-crossers: Glimpses of humanity

Indian border security returns 12-year old inadvertent border-crosser to Pakistan A 12-year-old Pakistani boy apprehended by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Jaisalmer, India, has been...