The water factor
May 11, 2010
Bilal Farooqi
News, Water is life
By Amitabh Mattoo Water is likely to be the most divisive issue between India and Pakistan in the future. Or water could, with imagination and political will, become the basis for enduring bilateral...
UNIDO to survey Punjab to set up food processing clusters
May 10, 2010
Bilal Farooqi
Global Media, News
The Times of India CHANDIGARH: With “Aman ki Asha” brightening up between India and Pakistan, the United Nation’s Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) is getting a survey...
The trust deficit
May 07, 2010
Beena Sarwar
Conversations, News
Dear Beena, (May 6 2010) I am heartened too by our PMs meeting in Thimphu. But let me say that I also have hope from such events as your Aman ki Asha seminar, where there’s discussion between...
‘I vow my children won’t live in a halved Kashmir’ Peace in our time POSSIBLE
May 05, 2010
Aman Ki Asha
News
A 10-Step Formula: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chief of the all-party Hurriyat Conference, has a dream “The conflict in Kashmir can be solved, but if only a pragmatic, realistic and tangible strategy...
Likely solution: STATUS QUO, MIDDLE PATH or REFERENDUM?
May 05, 2010
Aman Ki Asha
News
STATUS QUO Converting the LoC, which was called ceasefire line before the Shimla agreement, into a permanent border and recognising Islamabad’s legitimacy over territory it controls. What it...
Kashmir solution-an imperative for peace
May 03, 2010
farhanahmed
News
The biggest problem between Pakistan and India currently is the absence of trust. Anything that addresses this trust deficit is, therefore, helpful. For this reason I warmly welcome the initiative by...
The way ahead
May 02, 2010
Shabbir Hussain
News
Peace initiatives will raise the urge for peace and the need for the allocation of more resources to the cause By Shabbir Hussain While relations between India and Pakistan face their share of ups...
Water, War and Peace (Part-IV)
May 02, 2010
Bilal Farooqi
News, Water is life
Children of the monsoons By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: “We want to retain the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). It is India that wants to circumvent the provisions,” alleges Syed Jamat Ali Shah,...
Indus Water Treaty under threat
Apr 30, 2010
Bilal Farooqi
News, Water is life
By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) that settled the sharing of the Indus waters was signed by Pakistan President Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on...
War or peace on the Indus?
Apr 30, 2010
Bilal Farooqi
News, Water is life
By John Briscoe Anyone foolish enough to write on war or peace in the Indus needs to first banish a set of immediate suspicions. I am neither Indian nor Pakistani. I am a South African who has worked...
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