Legendary journalist, human rights activist and visionary for South Asia peace I.A. Rehman passes on
Apr 13, 2021
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Dear friend, comrade, fellow fighter and my co- Magsaysay awardee… What can I say… Except that you were exceptional. And it was our great pleasure to have had you in our home in Bhaimala,...
Indian activists condole passing away of Pakistani lawyer Kamran Arif
Apr 07, 2021
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As peace and human rights activists mourn the passing of lawyer and rights activist Kamran Arif, the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy India chapter has extended condolences and...
Pakistan-India trade relations may resume soon, say sources
Mar 31, 2021
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Pakistan and India are likely to resume trade relations soon as Pakistan is currently undergoing a “historic shortfall” in the production of cotton. According to recommendations, cotton...
Indian premier Narendra Modi extends greetings to PM Imran Khan on Pakistan Day
Mar 23, 2021
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday sent a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, extending good wishes on Pakistan Day, as well as expressing the intention to improve relations between the...
My grandfather’s tears while reading Manto laid the seeds for this story
Mar 07, 2021
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My grandfather’s family lived in Suri Mansion, a haveli in Rawalpindi near the Kalyan Das temple that my great -great -great- grandfather and his brothers built in the 1850s. Apparently the...
“Peace-ing it together”: Across the Line – a book or a movement to heal?
Mar 07, 2021
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A recent book launch encapsulated all my passions as the founder of the Children’s Literature Festival, which aims to create spaces of learning, feeling and healing in Pakistan and beyond. We want...
Ninth Indo-Pak Peace Calendar launch: Activists and academics call to “open visas”
Mar 01, 2021
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This year marked the first virtual launch of an annual calendar featuring children’s paintings themed on peace between India and Pakistan. With the coronavirus pandemic halting in-person...
Bacha Khan, the “Frontier Gandhi” celebrated at Lahore Literary Festival
Feb 23, 2021
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The Pukhtun social reformer and political leader Abdul Ghaffar Khan, affectionately known as Bacha Khan (King Khan) and the “Frontier Gandhi”, is revered far beyond his native Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...
When a Punjabi and a Bihari united to turn music into magic
Jan 17, 2021
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O.P. Nayyar – January 16, 1926–January 28, 2007 January is unofficially “O.P. Nayyar month”. Aman Ki Asha commemorates the great composer every year with a piece by his spiritual...
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