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Hope for detained fishermen

Hope for detained fishermen

The eve of the anniversary of Pakistan and India’s Independence Day that citizens of both countries jointly celebrate each year brought hope for detained Indian fishermen in Pakistan. On Aug...
Silver linings: Cooperation in a time of disaster

Silver linings: Cooperation in a time of disaster

Muslim and Buddhist organisations in Leh work together to spearhead relief efforts, while the Pakistan army cooperates with India to find bodies washed across the border By Zubair A. Dar in Leh Ten...
JOINT INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS AT WAGHA BORDER

JOINT INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS AT WAGHA BORDER

Freedom… to build a better future, together By Moayyed Jafri For some years now, peace activists have been converging at Wagha border in order to jointly commemorate Pakistan and India’s...
Hope for detained fishermen

Hope for detained fishermen

The eve of the anniversary of Pakistan and India’s Independence Day that citizens of both countries jointly celebrate each year brought hope for detained Indian fishermen in Pakistan. On Aug...
Friends sans borders

Friends sans borders

Students of Roots School in Islamabad and DPS South in Bangalore, together try to go beyond the wounds of Partition By Arunima Rajan A school in Bangalore feels it is time young minds were freed from...
A koel’s plea

A koel’s plea

The peace caravan’s inaugural ceremony featured several writers, artists, and activists. Prominent among them were the poet Fehmida Riaz and the dancer and actor Sheema Kermani. “Arts and...
AMAN KE BADHTE QADAM: A people’s march for peace

AMAN KE BADHTE QADAM: A people’s march for peace

The peace caravan is collecting funds for the flood affectees on its way to the Wagah border By Saher Baloch The idea of a people to people march for peace between India and Pakistan was...
Water Boiling Over Across LoC

Water Boiling Over Across LoC

Terrorism is the main discordant note in India-Pakistan ties and is at the heart of the trust deficit. But threatening to spill over is another issue: water. As part of Aman ki Asha and backed by...
Expat Indians and Pakistanis join hands for flood relief

Expat Indians and Pakistanis join hands for flood relief

Floods across the border As massive floods rage across Pakistan, affecting over 14 million people and leaving over 1,600 dead so far, Pakistanis and Indians living abroad are coming together to...
Ladakh devastated

Ladakh devastated

Zubair A. Dar reports from Leh on the devastation caused by flash floods Flash floods caused by cloudburst devastated the old Leh town and its adjoining villages in the Ladakh region of Jammu and...