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Indo-Pak Express: chugging for peace

Indo-Pak Express: chugging for peace

The unique tennis doubles team, Pakistani Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Indian Rohan Bopanna popularly known as ‘Indo-Pak Express’ have urged their governments to allow tennis matches across...
A spiritual awakening

A spiritual awakening

By Zarminae Ansari Aman ki Asha has changed my life. This might sound melodramatic, but it’s true. It all started with an article for Aman ki Asha on my experiences and interactions with...
Indo-Pak Express: chugging for peace

Indo-Pak Express: chugging for peace

The unique tennis doubles team, Pakistani Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Indian Rohan Bopanna popularly known as ‘Indo-Pak Express’ have urged their governments to allow tennis matches across...
Signs for those who will see

Signs for those who will see

A visit to Delhi for the 90th birthday of Faiz’s old friend, Urdu poet and Old Ravian, Ashwini Kumar underscores the need for the two governments to let the people meet. Milne Do! By Zarminae...
Cost of conflict VII: A profitable conflict – II

Cost of conflict VII: A profitable conflict – II

The very countries that call us “irresponsible” for not reaching a peace compromise are the ones that sell us the most arms By Semu Bhatt Conflicts have always been used as a means of...
‘A little more sense of urgency’

‘A little more sense of urgency’

Just days after India released 61 Pakistani prisoners at the behest of Indian Supreme Court, Pakistan arrested 13 Indian fishermen and seized their four boats seized. This latest arrest took place on...
“We share M. B. Naqvi’s dream”

“We share M. B. Naqvi’s dream”

Anil Datta reports on a talk by Mani Shanker Aiyer at the posthumous launch of a noted journalist’s book in Karachi Fegardless of the mutual (expediency-driven) antagonism India and Pakistan...
Cost of conflict VI: A profitable conflict

Cost of conflict VI: A profitable conflict

Missionaries of death offer poor young men attractive monetary packages to join militant outfits. Motivators, who bring young men into what they tout as ‘jihad’, are paid per every...
Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?

Mani Shankar Aiyar, Indian Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and former Consul-General of India, Karachi argues for “uninterrupted and uninterruptible” dialogue Fifteen years ago, in a...
To deliver the dividends of peace

To deliver the dividends of peace

By Beena Sarwar and Shahrukh Hasan As the year 2011 starts off, peace between India and Pakistan, lodged in millions of hearts in this poverty-struck, yet resource-rich region, remains an elusive...