Just another WordPress site

Articles, Global Media, Milne Do, News, Poet Corner, Special Edition, Top Stories

Pakistan, India and Aman ki Asha: The year that was, and looking ahead

Pakistan, India and Aman ki Asha: The year that was, and looking ahead

Jan 02, 2014 Articles, Global Media, Milne Do, News, Poet Corner, Special Edition, Top Stories 4

 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

Ramesh Arora: The other Singh Saab

Dec 25, 2013 News, Top Stories 0

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

Reshma: In memorium

Nov 13, 2013 Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

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

Cycle peace tour:We Love Our Neighbour Pakistan

Aug 07, 2013 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

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

Pakistani “Optimism Expert “headed for Bangalore

May 30, 2013 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

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...
Aman ki Asha: Profit of peace

Aman ki Asha: Profit of peace

May 16, 2013 Articles, Featured Top Stories, Heart to Heart, Milne Do, News, Top Stories 0

Congratulating Nawaz Sharif on the electoral win of his political party, Aman ki Asha’s plea to both governments continues to be: “Stay the course”. Let the people reap the...
The iron curtain starts to melt

The iron curtain starts to melt

Oct 10, 2012 Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories, Youth initiatives 0

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’

The Press Club of Mumbai holds ‘Karachi week’

Sep 23, 2012 Articles, Featured Top Stories, News, Top Stories 0

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

Homeless Indian girl wants to go home

Aug 04, 2012 Featured Top Stories, In Humanity's Name, News, Top Stories 2

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...
Pakistani students visiting Mumbai voice peace plea

Pakistani students visiting Mumbai voice peace plea

Nov 30, 2011 Featured Top Stories, Milne Do, News, Top Stories 0

When people meet, they shatter stereotypes Last week, students from Pakistan visited Mumbai. And in an unrelated visit, journalists from Mumbai travelled to Karachi and Hyderabad “Pakistanis can...