Trading for peace
Apr 28, 2011
By Amin Hashwani & Amir Zia Cricket diplomacy between the Pakistani and Indian prime ministers has indeed broken some ice. The baby steps of secretary-level talks indicate a thaw in frosty...
Pak-India trade talks to facilitate private sectors
Apr 28, 2011
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Commerce Zafar Mehmood said Wednesday the private sectors of Pakistan and India would be facilitated for the benefit of the people of the two countries and for the greater goal...
Mahesh Bhatt, Kuldip Nayar meet Governor to seek Dr Chishty release
Apr 26, 2011
CHANDIGARH: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar, a former member of parliament, Monday met Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil and sought his intervention for the early release of...
Release Dr Chishty: Kaldip Nayar, Mahesh Bhatt urge Governor
Apr 26, 2011
Aman ki Asha has long been campaigning for clemency towards cross-border prisoners – young boys who stray across by mistake or in search of ‘Bollywood’, fishermen who cross the...
Mahesh Bhatt, Kuldip Nayar meet Governor to seek Dr Chishty release
Apr 26, 2011
CHANDIGARH: Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar, a former member of parliament, Monday met Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil and sought his intervention for the early release of...
Pakistani peace activists welcome efforts in India to release Dr Chishty
Apr 26, 2011
Shahid Hussain, Karachi: Thanks to the efforts of the civil society in India, the process has begun that is likely to lead to the release of a 78-year-old Pakistani national who has been under-trial...
Rajasthan Home Secretary, PUCL, join hands for Dr Chishty
Apr 22, 2011
With the sympathetic involvement of the Government of Rajasthan and the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), hope rises for a Pakistani prisoner, retired virologist Dr Khaleel Chishty,...
At this point we are afraid for his life
Apr 20, 2011
Excerpts from Amna Chishty’s note dated April 16, 2011, detailing her father’s case The 19 years of the trial became my father’s nightmare retirement. Instead of enjoying his books,...
At this point we are afraid for his life
Apr 20, 2011
Excerpts from Amna Chishty’s note dated April 16, 2011, detailing her father’s case The 19 years of the trial became my father’s nightmare retirement. Instead of enjoying his books,...
Indian rights activists visit Dr Chishty
Apr 20, 2011
On April 14, 2011, Kavita Srivastava of People’s Union of Civil Liberties, India and Anant Bhatnagar, District General Secretary PUCL Ajmer visited Dr Chishty at Central Jail in Ajmer. On April...
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