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Making friends with sworn enemies

Making friends with sworn enemies

Moving past enmity to the affinity of ancestry Born into a refugee family that came to Delhi a few months before partition, from what is now Pakistan, I grew up hearing my grandparents’ stories of...
Pakistan plane crash survivor with roots in Amroha, related to Kamal Amrohi of ‘Pakeezah’ fame

Pakistan plane crash survivor with roots in Amroha, related to Kamal Amrohi of ‘Pakeezah’ fame

The PIA plane which crashed on Friday has only two survivors — one of whom is Bank of Punjab top executive Zafar Masud. His roots are in western Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India, and he belongs to the...
The idea of Irrfan

The idea of Irrfan

A subjective reading of a great actor by a non-serious-film-buff In December 2012, Naseeruddin Shah came to Lahore, not for the first or last time. He did his two days of theatre — extraordinary is...
As India-Pakistan airspace opens, Pakistani official calls to check safe landing of Indian jet in Delhi, wishes Eid Mubarak

As India-Pakistan airspace opens, Pakistani official calls to check safe landing of Indian jet in Delhi, wishes Eid Mubarak

Just after midnight on June 4, there was a call from Pakistan to a flight operations centre at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. The caller was director of Pakistan civil aviation...
Dreaming of peace dividends: Revival of Shimla-Murree linkages

Dreaming of peace dividends: Revival of Shimla-Murree linkages

The upcoming visa-free Kartarpur Corridor revives hope for another almost forgotten dividend of peace: a visa-free Western Pahari corridor India and Pakistan’s agreement to build the visa-free...
Ceasefire in Kashmir

Ceasefire in Kashmir

By Ershad Mahmud The Indian government has finally instructed its forces to halt military operations in Kashmir and observe a ceasefire during the month of Ramazan, which is a welcome development. A...
Editorial

Editorial

Just when relations between India and Pakistan were on the verge of normalcy, something untoward happened that suspended the gains of the last few years, at least momentarily. A disturbing thought,...
Editorial

Editorial

Special Report The News on Sunday We probably didn’t need to do this Special Report. Newspaper stories don’t matter when it comes to Indians in Pakistani jails and vice versa. In fact,...