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Easing barriers to unlock S Asia’s potential: FICCI, ADB
Mar 05, 2010 farhanahmed News 0
ISLAMABAD: Reducing visa restrictions and non-tariff barriers and improving customs procedures, are among a host of steps South Asian countries can take to boost private sector-led growth, unlocking...
India and the world love Pakistan’s brave new cinema
Mar 04, 2010 farhanahmed News 0
Avijit Ghosh Pakistan’s mainstream film industry, better known as Lollywood, may have fallen on hard times. But in recent years, an exciting bunch of off-beat movies by independent filmmakers...
Pakistanis delighted at Indian support
Mar 04, 2010 farhanahmed News 0
NEW DELHI: The Pakistani hockey team was delighted to find the Indian fans supporting them in their World Cup Pool B match against Spain at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Tuesday....
Bound by blood…
Mar 03, 2010 farhanahmed Heart to Heart, News 0
KARACHI: In their bid to endorse the process of collaboration between India and Pakistan, Rotary Foundation India District Governor Ashish Ghosh and former District Governor Deepak Talwar on Tuesday...
I support aims of Aman Ki Asha: David Miliband
Mar 02, 2010 Murtaza Ali Shah News 0
AKA unites British Asians; inspires hopes for peace By Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband paid accolades to the Aman Ki Asha initiative and its objective of bringing...
Let’s introspect
Mar 02, 2010 Aoun Sahi Conversations, News 0
Dilip D’Souza and Beena Sarwar continue their email exchange seeking ways to bridge the gulf between Pakistan and India Dear Beena, (Mar 2 2010) Since we’ve started on this path of...
Yeh Sur Bulatay Haen…
By Rabia Ali Karachi: While the melodious Aman Ki Asha anthem played in the background on Sunday at Park Towers, several people penned down their messages of friendship with and peace between India...
Miliband hails ‘Aman Ki Asha’ initiative
Feb 26, 2010 farhanahmed News 0
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, terming the “Aman Ki Asha” (desire for peace) a good initiative, has announced to fully support the cause. In an exclusive chat with The...
Prisoners of archaic laws
By Rabia Ali Abdul Hai, of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Karachi, shakes his head in disappointment when asked about the number of Pakistani prisoners imprisoned in India, or the Indian...
Home away from Home
Feb 24, 2010 farhanahmed News 0
Khushwant Singh paid a just tribute to the people of Lahore, calling them “recklessly generous”. Some time ago, when my friend Madhur and I visited the cultural and intellectual epicentre...
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