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An Indo-Pak tribute to Amjad Sabri

An Indo-Pak tribute to Amjad Sabri

Jun 30, 2016 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

Pakistani Sufi singers touring USA dedicate performances to Amjad Sabri The morning of Wednesday, 22 June 2016 dawned in New York with shattering news of the target killing of Amjad Sabri in broad...
Amjad Sabri’s assassination: Why extremists hate the sufi qawwali

Amjad Sabri’s assassination: Why extremists hate the sufi qawwali

Jun 30, 2016 Articles, Blogs, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

It takes a sufi to go looking for trouble, irreverently turning his face away from the reigning gods, clerics and rituals. “Na toh butkade ki talab mujhe/ Na haram ke dar ki talash hai/ Jahan lut...
Rest in peace, Amjad Sabri

Rest in peace, Amjad Sabri

Jun 24, 2016 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 6

The world of devotional music and culture in South Asia was dealt a body blow on 22 June 2016 with the murder of popular Qawwali maestro Amjad Sabri. His murder has left a hole in the hearts of all...
Ride For Peace: We have same enemies, let’s fight this war together

Ride For Peace: We have same enemies, let’s fight this war together

Jun 22, 2016 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

The Aman Ki Asha Facebook group has been abuzz with this video of an Indian posing as Pakistani in Connaught Place New Delhi to gauge the responses of ordinary passers-by. The overall reaction of...
The man from Jhang

The man from Jhang

Jun 21, 2016 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

Jhangi, KK or Katyal sahib who loved everything and everybody associated with his hometown and worked for peace between the two countries By Waqar Mustafa I don’t remember the day I first met K. K....
“I experienced nothing but love in Pakistan” — Amardeep Singh, author of travelogue on Pakistan’s Sikh legacy, grateful to Pakistan embassy for the visa

“I experienced nothing but love in Pakistan” — Amardeep Singh, author of travelogue on Pakistan’s Sikh legacy, grateful to Pakistan embassy for the visa

Jun 21, 2016 Articles, Bookshelf, Featured Top Stories, Milne Do, News, Top Stories 5

“I experienced nothing but love in Pakistan,” says Amardeep Singh, author of the photo-illustrated travelogue “Lost Heritage – The Sikh Legacy In Pakistan”, published in January 2016...
Aman ki Asha Nagpur Model UN Ver 2.0: Tackling terrorism

Aman ki Asha Nagpur Model UN Ver 2.0: Tackling terrorism

Jun 18, 2016 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

Young people from India and Pakistan are courageously building bridges, tackling contentious subjects and proposing innovative solutions. Are the governments listening? Young Indians and Pakistanis...
“Sarabjit yaan sab ki jeet?”

“Sarabjit yaan sab ki jeet?”

Jun 12, 2016 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

A recent feature film release prompts some thoughts from the student founder of the Aman ki Asha Council, Nagpur Model United Nations There is a universality about human nature that crosses all...
Going beyond a linear narrative

Going beyond a linear narrative

Jun 07, 2016 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Pyaar Border Paar, Top Stories 0

A young archivist from Lahore shares her experiences of what happens when people ask a different set of questions “I will go to hell now,” wailed the sixth grader, seated in an upper...
Pakistan releases 18 Indian fishermen

Pakistan releases 18 Indian fishermen

Jun 05, 2016 Articles, Featured Top Stories, In Humanity's Name, News, Top Stories 0

Activists demand faster identity verification and timely release of incarcerated cross-border prisoners Pakistan on Sunday released 18 Indian fishermen from its Karachi prison. They will be...