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The founder of secularism in India
Jan 15, 2014 Samir Gupta News, Top Stories 0
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 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
Dec 25, 2013 Bilal Farooqi 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
Nov 13, 2013 Jaspal Singh 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
Aug 07, 2013 Aman Ki Asha 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
May 30, 2013 Beena Sarwar 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
May 16, 2013 Reema Abbasi 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
Oct 10, 2012 Saeed Ahmed Rid 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’
Sep 23, 2012 Aman Ki Asha 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
Aug 04, 2012 Ammar Shahbazi 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...
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