Events in Pakistan
Recent Events   
Aman Ki Asha IT committee
The reciprocal visit of a team of IT CEOs from Pakistan to India

at Zensar Campus - Pune
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
 
Re-Engagement for PEACE - The Second of a series of Strategic Seminar
Under the Aman Ki Asha initiative
Avari Towers - Karachi

Organized by Jang Group
March 8-9, 2011
Karachi
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Luncheon reception hosted in honour of Aisam ul Haq by the Jang Group under the banner of its Aman ki Asha campaign at a local hotel on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 in Karachi.

 

Queens Baton Relay and Peace Chain Event

Wagah Border, Lahore, Pakistan
Friday, June 25, 2010



The Hankies Peace Chain campaign
Schoolchildren send messages of peace across the border
Country-wide, India & Pakistan
Ongoing
 

A Common Destiny
Series of strategic seminars, with closed-door
meeting and public interaction

Common Destiny - Strategic seminar joint press release
Lahore
April 22-23, 2010

 
   

Talking Peace – Indo-Pak
senior editors and anchors closed-door meetingand public interaction
Karachi

Talking Peace - Editors' Conference joint statement
April 6-7, 2010

 
Indo-Pak Mushaira (poetry recital)
Karachi
March 30-31, 2010

 
Road show
Park Towers, Karachi
Feb 28, 2010
 
   
Campaigns  
Corporate campaign
Aman ki Asha advertisements on TV, press and public billboards, about the commonalities between the two peoples and the benefits of a peaceful co-existence (underway)
Hankies peace chain
School children on both sides are drawing and writing messages of peace on handkerchiefs that will then be tied to make a chain stretching from Lahore to Amritsar (already underway in India, soon to start in Pakistan)
Water is life
Aimed at providing factual information about the water issue to readers on both sides, minus the emotive baggage that discussion on the issue tends to be bogged down with (already under way)
Milne Do
Aimed at providing information about, and lobbying against, the restrictive visa regimes in both countries that keeps people apart. According to the current visa protocols Indians and Pakistanis cannot visit each other's countries on tourist visas, they must report to the police within 24 hours of arrival and departure, they are given city-specific visas, they must arrive and depart from using the same mode of transport and entry-exit point etc. In addition, the visa procedure is cumbersome, difficult and lengthy.


Events in India
   

Center for Dialogue and Reconciliation and Aman Ki Asha
India-Pakistan Conference
‘Water is Life’
The Claridges Hotel, New Delhi,
July 29-30, 2010
Roundtable closed-door sessions (with invited observers)


Indo-Pak Business Meet
"Partners for Peace and Progress"
18-19 May 2010, New Delhi
 
Pakistan- India CEOs Forum: Venue (Date)

Indo - Pak Business Meet
"Partners for Peace and Progress"

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Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi
18-19 May 2010
New Delhi Economic conference joint declaration
Dividends:  
Conference bringing together major
Pakistani and Indian businessmen and women
New Delhi
(May 18-19, 2010)
Qawwali:  
Wadali Brothers/ Abu Mohd & Group Vastrapur La, Ahmedabad
(Jan 24, 2010)
Ghazal:  
Hariharan/ Ghulam Ali Jai Mahal Palace, Bangalore
(Jan 23, 2010)
Folk:  
Baul Singers/ Arif Lohar Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad
(Jan 22, 2010)
Bands:  
Euphoria/ Strings Nicco Park, Kolkata
(Jan 19, 2010)
Sufi:  
Shubha Mudgal/ Abida  Parveen Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai
(Jan 17, 2010)
Popular music:  
Kailash Kher/ Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Purana Qila, Delhi
(Jan 16, 2010)
Literary Festival  
Gulzar (Poetry) & Intizar Husain
(Short Stories)
Mumbai,
(Feb 7, 2010)
   
Imtiaz Ali & Mohsin Hamid discussion Delhi,
(Feb 5, 2010)
   
Play ‘Tumhari Amrita’ &
Zia Mohyeddin’s One Man Act
Lucknow,
(Feb 3, 2010)
   
Salim Arif’s play ‘Lakeerien’ &
Zia Mohyeddin’s One Man Act
Mumbai,
( Feb 2, 2010)
   
Chetan bhagat & Mohammad Hanif discussion Mumbai,
( Feb 1, 2010)
   
MJ Akbar & Zahid Hussain discussion Delhi,
(Jan 29, 2010)




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