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Water, War and Peace (Part-II)

Water, War and Peace (Part-II)

Sustained, open communication is essential By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The ongoing water contentions between India and Pakistan in the context of the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) place before us...
Water, War and Peace Sustained, open communication is essential

Water, War and Peace Sustained, open communication is essential

By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The ongoing water contentions between India and Pakistan in the context of the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) place before us four different yet inter-connected...
Unlikely conciliator

Unlikely conciliator

Perceptions of the relationship that exists between India and Pakistan often pass through several filters before they become fully formed – and not all of the filters are conducive to a clearer...
Water, War and Peace (Part-I)

Water, War and Peace (Part-I)

Dispelling myths By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) is in jeopardy. Pakistan has officially notified to India through a “note verbale” issued by the Foreign...
Water, War and Peace

Water, War and Peace

By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) is in jeopardy. Pakistan has officially notified to India through a “note verbale” issued by the Foreign Office on April 09...
Hindi-Urdu class at UCLA: A tale of two languages

Hindi-Urdu class at UCLA: A tale of two languages

By Avni Nijhawan Every student of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has heard numerous boasts about UCLA’s diversity, but few have seen concrete examples of intergroup communication...
Infusing new blood into the relationship

Infusing new blood into the relationship

“Humanity is a strand on which we are going to help each other in our time of need and build on our similarities” By Saher Baloch Even as Rotarians on either side of the border consider...
Kashmir solution just a signature away: Kasuri

Kashmir solution just a signature away: Kasuri

Says previous govt had completed 90 pc spadework on dispute; ‘we agreed on a point between complete independence and autonomy’ By Babar Dogar & Ranjan Roy  LAHORE: Former foreign...
Media can help break status quo in South Asia

Media can help break status quo in South Asia

By our correspondent LAHORE: The dialogue ‘A Common Destiny’, the first of Aman ki Asha series on strategic importance to India and Pakistan concluded in Lahore here Friday amidst note of...
India, Pakistan urged to join hands against US influence in region

India, Pakistan urged to join hands against US influence in region

By Moayyed Jafri LAHORE: India and Pakistan must work together in order to keep the American influence out of South Asia, said Prem Shankar Jha, former editor of the Economic Times, Financial Express...