Author : Bilal Farooqi

War or peace on the Indus?

War or peace on the Indus?

By John Briscoe Anyone foolish enough to write on war or peace in the Indus needs to first banish a set of immediate suspicions. I am neither Indian nor Pakistani. I am a South African who has worked...
Indus Water Treaty under threat (Part – III)

Indus Water Treaty under threat (Part – III)

Water, War and Peace By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) that settled the sharing of the Indus waters was signed by Pakistan President Ayub Khan and Indian Prime Minister...
Perceptions, perceptions

Perceptions, perceptions

Dear Beena,  (April, 22 2010) I know your Berlin adventure was stymied by, of all things, a volcano in Iceland. Who’d have thought it? Somebody more eloquent than I could probably find some...
Joint Indo-Pak moot calls for addressing held fishermen’s issue

Joint Indo-Pak moot calls for addressing held fishermen’s issue

Karachi: Fisherfolk activists from both India and Pakistan along with members of India-Pakistan Joint Judicial Committee on Prisoners and members of various civil society organizations met in New...
Third International Peace Festival 2010

Third International Peace Festival 2010

Eminent singers, performers, writers, journalists and political activists from South Asia and Canada are gathering at Mississauga Ontario on June 5th, 2010 for Third International Peace Festival...
Water, War and Peace (Part-II)

Water, War and Peace (Part-II)

Sustained, open communication is essential By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The ongoing water contentions between India and Pakistan in the context of the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) place before us...
Water, War and Peace Sustained, open communication is essential

Water, War and Peace Sustained, open communication is essential

By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The ongoing water contentions between India and Pakistan in the context of the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) place before us four different yet inter-connected...
Water, War and Peace (Part-I)

Water, War and Peace (Part-I)

Dispelling myths By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) is in jeopardy. Pakistan has officially notified to India through a “note verbale” issued by the Foreign...
Water, War and Peace

Water, War and Peace

By Khalid Hussain ISLAMABAD: The Indus Waters Treaty 1960 (IWT) is in jeopardy. Pakistan has officially notified to India through a “note verbale” issued by the Foreign Office on April 09...
Strategic Seminar I – “A Common Destiny”

Strategic Seminar I – “A Common Destiny”

Held on: April 22-23, 2010, Lahore Description: “A Common Destiny” was the first of a series of strategic seminars held by Aman ki Asha. As part of this seminar, prominent academics, writers and...