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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...
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Syed Yawar Ali Chairman Nestle Pakistan Of the legalized trade worth $2.2 billion, India’s share is 85 percent; if MFN status is given to India, this share will increase. India should also...
Trade can’t solve all problems

Trade can’t solve all problems

Dr Mubashir Hasan Dr Mubashir Hasan, a peace activist and a former finance minister during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s government, called for broader ties between Pakistan and India given their...
Bilateral trade potential seen at around $10bn from existing $400m

Bilateral trade potential seen at around $10bn from existing $400m

Planning Commission recommends MFN status for India By Mehtab Haider ISLAMABAD: Planning Commission’s top panel of economists, led by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Hafeez Pasha,...
Checking the Indus – waters dispute

Checking the Indus – waters dispute

By Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar Politicians and Islamic outfits in Pakistan accuse India of stealing upstream Indus system waters, threatening Pakistan’s very existence. More sober Pakistanis...
Indian lawyers campaign for Pak boy release Sunday, 28 March 2010

Indian lawyers campaign for Pak boy release Sunday, 28 March 2010

By Asit Jolly CHANDIGARH, March 28: Protesting the “innocence” of a 16-year-old Pakistani boy who was labelled a fidayeen and jailed in Amritsar in January, a Chandigarh-based...
Pak business community supports ‘Aman Ki Asha’

Pak business community supports ‘Aman Ki Asha’

RAWALPINDI: The business community of Pakistan supports ‘Aman ki Asha’ because this peace initiative could help resolve several outstanding issues between the two neighbouring countries....
Pakistani women entrepreneurs for more trade with India

Pakistani women entrepreneurs for more trade with India

NEW DELHI: Visiting women entrepreneurs from Pakistan on Friday called for strengthening of trade and commerce with India. The Pakistani women’s delegation said after they met here members of...
The Indus Waters Treaty conundrum

The Indus Waters Treaty conundrum

By Khalid Hussain The recent statements of Pakistan’s Indus Water Commissioner Jamat Ali Shah about the future of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) 1960 have landed Pakistani water experts in a...