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Joint Statement: India-Pakistan

Joint Statement: India-Pakistan

Parliamentarians Dialogue-VI Text of the Joint Statement issued at the end of the Sixth India-Pakistan Parliamentarians Dialogue, New Delhi, India, December 11-12, 2014 1. Round VI of the...
Briefs

Briefs

Hope for fisherfolk The high-level talks between India and Pakistan being held on December 17-18, led by the chiefs of the Indian Coast Guard chief and the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, will...
Ali Zafar: Back in town

Ali Zafar: Back in town

Singer-actor Ali Zafar has had a marvelous year. His latest Bollywood venture, the Yash Raj production Kill Dil confirmed him as a versatile, multi-talented star with the ability to morph into any...
Brifes

Brifes

Cultural crossings At the South Asia Women’s Conference in Mumbai, Pakistani dancer Sheema Kermani performed to Indian singer Neela Bhagwat singing the poems of Faiz and Mukta Bai. The...
Mahesh Bhatt’s “Milne Do”

Mahesh Bhatt’s “Milne Do”

Mahesh Bhatt, in an attempt to find common ground between India and Pakistan,  is all set to produce and present a play titled “Milne Do”. The veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, in his...
Resume dialogue, let people meet

Resume dialogue, let people meet

A young Indian researcher, met with open arms in Pakistan despite tensions at the official level, argues that India should resume dialogue process and that both countries should facilitate...
‘We owe it to our future generations’

‘We owe it to our future generations’

Inspired by the joint Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Sathyarthi, Pakistanis and Indians join hands for peace The Nobel Peace Prize being jointly awarded to a Pakistani and an Indian...
India, Pakistan and Filmistaan

India, Pakistan and Filmistaan

Nitin Kakkar’s recently released ‘Filmistaan’ is a refreshing and humorous take on the futility of the Indo-Pak conflict By Nidhi Shendurnikar Tere If you are expecting the recently...
‘It’s all about the couple’

‘It’s all about the couple’

Don’t compare differences between the two countries; focus on how much similarity remains. It’s all about the couple. People, society, even parents will acquiesce to your desires...
Nitu’s mission: Save Kiran

Nitu’s mission: Save Kiran

By Beena Sarwar PERSONAL POLITICAL “Didi, I want to live,” 16-year old Kiran Soomro in Karachi tells her friend Nitu Jiwnani in Mumbai. “I don’t want to die.”They are...