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India and Pakistan: natural friends

India and Pakistan: natural friends

By Malik Arshed Gilani Karachi: Cricket has through its history been a vehicle for a very spirited and a do-or-die kind of competition but it was meant to be played with the noblest feelings of good...
Using the beautiful game for improving ties

Using the beautiful game for improving ties

By Umaid Wasim KARACHI: The 1998 FIFA World Cup saw one of the greatest political rivalry come to the football pitch when Iran and the United States collided in a clash viewed as a battle of...
Can the Big B inspire aman in Bal Thackeray?

Can the Big B inspire aman in Bal Thackeray?

Times of India recently reported that Amitabh Bachchan was finally speaking out about the SRK and Shiv Sena enmity. Mumbai waited with bated breath for The Big B’s words to end the problem. To...
Businessmen call for expanding trade with India

Businessmen call for expanding trade with India

By Samia Saleem KARACHI: As customers flock at the shop of Amjad Mansoor asking for the latest Indian goods ranging from fairness creams to confectioneries and even razor blades and locks, he feels...
‘Aman’ remains the buzzword at poetry evening

‘Aman’ remains the buzzword at poetry evening

When in dark times, will there be also singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times,” wrote Bertolt Brecht, highlighting the importance of poetry in public discourse. The...
Amitabh,Zia liven up AKA initiative

Amitabh,Zia liven up AKA initiative

MUMBAI: Jang Group of Pakistan and India’s Times of India are fully geared up to put the tense bilateral relations between the two countries back on track, amid stage set for the Indo-Pak talks...
Time to talk as Aman ki Asha offers chance

Time to talk as Aman ki Asha offers chance

The imperative of peace between India and Pakistan “is so blazingly obvious”, declared Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid at a literary exchange organised by the Aman Ki Asha initiative. The...
An evening to remember two legendary poets of East

An evening to remember two legendary poets of East

In March 1998, one evening while his father was admitted to the ICU of Breach Candy Hospital, Amitabh Bachchan recited Hindi poems by Dr. Harivansh Amitabh Bachchan before a distinguished audience...
Aman ki Asha in interest of both countries

Aman ki Asha in interest of both countries

LAHORE: Leaders of Hindu and Sikh fraternities said Aman ki Asha is in the interests of both the countries. Hindu leader Manohar Chand said Pakistan passed 62 years of its existence; however, in this...
Peace is hard work

Peace is hard work

A Pakistani and an Indian begin an email exchange, attempting to share their thoughts honestly, without fear and hostility, exploring what divides our countries, and seeking ways to bridge the divide...