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Queen’s Baton handed over to India as kids exchange handkerchiefs

Queen’s Baton handed over to India as kids exchange handkerchiefs

WAGHA: The torch of XIX Commonwealth Games, Queen’s Baton Relay, has been handed over to host nation India in a glaring and sparkling ceremony at Wagha Border on early Friday. A large number of...
Indian Home Minister arrives in Pakistan

Indian Home Minister arrives in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram arrived here Friday to attend SAARC Home Ministers’ conference to be held on June 26. Interior Minister A. Rehman Malik received his Indian...
Pakistan, India to deny terrorists space

Pakistan, India to deny terrorists space

By Mariana Baabar  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says the Indo-Pak foreign secretary-level talks held on Thursday have shown that there is a room for optimism and there are good prospects for future relations...
CG torch to get colorful welcome at Wagah border

CG torch to get colorful welcome at Wagah border

KARACHI: The torch of Commonwealth Games (CG), symbolizing the ardent flame of the participating players and athletes’ spirit, will pass along Pakistan’s Wagah border Friday morning. The...
Aman Ki Asha voice of peace-loving people, says leader of Yatrees Thursday, June 24, 2010

Aman Ki Asha voice of peace-loving people, says leader of Yatrees Thursday, June 24, 2010

By our correspondent NANKANA SAHIB: The group leader of visiting Indian Sikh pilgrims and member of Amritsar Shrumani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Sardar Amarjit Singh has said he has brought the...
Chautala for peace through sports

Chautala for peace through sports

LAHORE: On its way to India, the Commonwealth Games torch Queen’s Baton Relay 2010 carrying the message of “Peace through Sports” landed here at the Allama Iqbal International...
Pak-India for joint efforts towards trust building

Pak-India for joint efforts towards trust building

ISLAMABAD: Top Indian and Pakistani diplomats pledged Thursday to strive for sustained dialogue to get the nations’ fragile relations back on track and deny militants space to derail the...
Indo-Pak border: the road not yet taken

Indo-Pak border: the road not yet taken

By Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Nation-states and their borders are products of specific histories, and are shaped by political processes that need to be interrogated. In the Indian subcontinent we need...
“Peace is not a privilege but our right”

“Peace is not a privilege but our right”

Sardar Abrar Rashid attends a Peace Chain hanky ceremony at a school in Abbottabad Peace building is nothing new for the students and teachers of Modernage Public School and College, Abbottabad, They...
Before dealing with Kashmir, India & Pakistan should try SIX EASY STEPS TO PEACE

Before dealing with Kashmir, India & Pakistan should try SIX EASY STEPS TO PEACE

SINGLE-CITY VISA WHAT Both countries restrict entry to each other’s citizens. India has started an online visa process for Pakistani citizens but it’s not seen as good news because...