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Aman ki Asha: Pak delegation reaches New Delhi

Aman ki Asha: Pak delegation reaches New Delhi

NEW DELHI (Mahmood Sham): A Pakistani delegation has reached New Delhi on Monday to take part in a business seminar organized by Jang Group and Times of India under ” Aman ki Asha” The...
Jaswant Singh lauds AKA initiative for peace

Jaswant Singh lauds AKA initiative for peace

KARACHI: The people of the Subcontinent are likely to face the wrath of Colonial rule again if they do not forge unity and form a South Asian Union, former Indian Foreign Minister and author of...
Clap with both hands

Clap with both hands

Dear Beena,  (April 15, 2009) Rejuvenated by a few days tramping in the hills, I return to our fray, if that’s the word. Let me be frank, I think we Indians have messed up in Kashmir. Whatever...
Checking the Indus – waters dispute

Checking the Indus – waters dispute

By Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar Politicians and Islamic outfits in Pakistan accuse India of stealing upstream Indus system waters, threatening Pakistan’s very existence. More sober Pakistanis...
India’s stake in a stable Pakistan

India’s stake in a stable Pakistan

By Sunil Khilnani and Arvind Subramanian  As government-to-government talks resume between India and Pakistan, it is time to consider other channels of engagement that can contribute to improving...
Sharing is redeeming

Sharing is redeeming

Excerpts from speech by High Commissioner of India at the function organised by the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations and Pakistan-India Citizens Friendship Forum on April 3, 2010 The issue of...
From Calcutta, with love

From Calcutta, with love

By Perwez Abdullah KARACHI: Writer, poet, playwright and critic Dr Shahnaz Nabi spoke lavishly of her hosts and others while sipping a cup of tea before the Indo-Pak Mushaira at the Arts Council of...
From Calcutta, with love

From Calcutta, with love

KARACHI: Writer, poet, playwright and critic Dr Shahnaz Nabi spoke lavishly of her hosts and others while sipping a cup of tea before the Indo-Pak Mushaira at the Arts Council of Pakistan last month....
Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik: the romance that gripped two nations

Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik: the romance that gripped two nations

Guardian When Pakistan’s former cricket captain announced his engagement to India’s top tennis player, it was the start of an very tangled and intriguing affair… Bring on the puns...
Indian lawyers campaign for Pak boy release Sunday, 28 March 2010

Indian lawyers campaign for Pak boy release Sunday, 28 March 2010

By Asit Jolly CHANDIGARH, March 28: Protesting the “innocence” of a 16-year-old Pakistani boy who was labelled a fidayeen and jailed in Amritsar in January, a Chandigarh-based...