The founder of secularism in India
Jan 15, 2014
Samir Gupta
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M.A. Jinnah was the chief architect of the ideals of secularism and communal harmony that modern India strives for. An Indian’s tribute to the Quaid on his 137th birth anniversary Growing up in...
Pakistan, India and Aman ki Asha: The year that was, and looking ahead
Jan 02, 2014
Beena Sarwar
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Something I wrote last week for The News year-end special supplement, published Jan 1, 2014. I later remembered many special moments I left out, like the Mumbai and Karachi Press Clubs exchanges,...
Ramesh Arora: The other Singh Saab
Dec 25, 2013
Bilal Farooqi
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By Sameer Arshad Gopal Singh Arora’s brothers thought he was crazy to stay back in Pakistan during the post-Partition riots. But his closest friend, Hayat Khan Baloch, had left him with no...
Reshma: In memorium
Nov 13, 2013
Jaspal Singh
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I felt like as if a close companion of many years had passed away leaving a hole in my being My joy of Diwali was greatly dimmed when I heard the news of Reshma passing away on the morning of...
Cycle peace tour:We Love Our Neighbour Pakistan
Aug 07, 2013
Aman Ki Asha
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Delhi University Students for Peace and senior citizens cycle across India to Wagah border for Aug 14-15 Joint Independence Day celebrations At a time when governments in India and Pakistan are...
Pakistani “Optimism Expert “headed for Bangalore
May 30, 2013
Beena Sarwar
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Armed with a conference invitation and visa but no money for the airfare, Tanzila Khan raised the money she needed in just two days What do you do when you are a young Pakistani woman who gets an...
The iron curtain starts to melt
Oct 10, 2012
Saeed Ahmed Rid
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A glance at the history of the visa regime between India and Pakistan shows why the small steps they recently agreed to take are cause for such celebration The sub-continent was partitioned in 1947...
The Press Club of Mumbai holds ‘Karachi week’
Sep 23, 2012
Aman Ki Asha
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Karachi, Hyderabad journalists India visit reciprocates the Mumbai journalists’ trip to Pakistan last November Indian and Pakistani journalists at a media conclave in Mumbai on Tuesday called...
Homeless Indian girl wants to go home
Aug 04, 2012
Ammar Shahbazi
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By Ammar Shahbazi Karachi : Nobody knows where she came from, but now that she is an adult, 21-year-old Geeta wants to back home. However, she does not know where home is. Everything about her...
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