Several more business people, activists, students, journalists and writers have expressed support for the appeal by Pakistanis and Indians for peace, shared earlier as an open letter to governments, fellow citizens, politicians and media…

Open letter to governments, fellow citizens, politicians and media

As our governments, politicians and militaries continue to irresponsibly escalate a dangerous game of conflict with its ongoing human cost, we appeal to our fellow citizens to stand together and demand peace at all fora available.

We urge our fellow citizens to be responsible for peace and refrain from making provocative statements, or social media posts and comments.

We need peace, for the sake of over 1.5 billion people in our region. We need to resolve our differences and move towards progress; aggression has never solved any differences for anybody. Our entire history bears proof of this. Peace and talks to sort out issues is the only serious hope.

We pledge to remain bipartisan and invite others to take this approach and to lobby with their elected representatives for peace and dialogue between Pakistan and India

In solidarity and with hope,

Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Asma Jahangir, Rubina Ashraf, Saba Hamid, Fehmida Riaz, Imran Zahid, Mekaal Hasan, Rahul Ram, Arieb Azhar, Sheema Kermani, Jean Dreze, Dr Haroon Ahmed, I. A. Rehman, Bina Sarkar, Raza Rumi, Sharmistha Chatterjee, Karamat Ali, Sanjay Rajoura, Ayesha Siddiqa, Urvashi Butalia, Salima Hashmi, Paromita Bardoloi, Anand Patwardhan, Ammar Aziz, Ravi Nitesh, Devika Mittal, Mohsin Sayeed, Dilip D’Souza, Aisha Gazdar, Dilip Simeon, Beena Sarwar, Nandini Sundar, Marvi Sirmed, Heramb Chaturvedi, Reema Abbasi, Geet Chainani, Hoori Noorani, Chandan Gowda, Chintan Girish Modi, among over 400 signatories. See complete list at our earlier post.

Salima Hashmi

ADDITIONAL ENDORSEMENTS:

1. Amin Hashwani, businessman, Karachi
2. Dr. Noor Zaheer, President IPTA, Delhi
3. Mohammad Jibran Nasir, Lawyer, co-founder Elaj, Pakistan For All and Never Forget Pakistan
4. 

   Marvi Sirmed

   Prof. Chaman Lal, Retired Professor, JNU, New Delhi

5. Nusrat Jamil, COO, Latitude PR, Lahore, Pakistan
6. Col. N. N. Bhatia, peace lover and retired soldier, New Delhi
7. Dr Taimur Rahman, Assistant a Professor Political Science, LUMS
8. Mukta Passi Salunke, writer, Mumbai
9. Ali Arqam Karachi based journalist, associated with monthly Newsline
10. Hasham Usmani Soft skill trainer, marketeer and managing director of AAA advertising
11. 

    Ravi Nitesh

    Tabinda Sarosh, doctor, human rights worker and development practitioner, Karachi

12. Raji Sharma, management consultant, Mumbai
13. Sehyr S. Mirza, Journalist, Lahore
14. Dibya Shikha research scholar, JNU, New Delhi
15. Humaira Sultan, journalist, Karachi Pakistan
16. Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya, Retired Indian Army, Mumbai
17. Amartya Talukdar, Engineer, Kolkata
18. 

    Urvashi Butalia

    Nusrat Amin, Journalist / Head of Geomentary (documentary), Geo News, Karachi

19. Sharat Vyas, Coordinator, Indian Railways, Ghaziabad, India
20. Samina Aslam, TV producer / filmmaker, Karachi
21. K. S. Parthasarathy, Retd, Bangalore
22. Sabyn Zaidi. Emergency Relief specialist, Karachi
23. Manoj Sharma, Bhatinda, India
24. Asma Neelam, Educationist, Researcher and Student, Quetta Pakistan
25. 

    Mohsin Sayeed

    Dr Syed Fasihuddin, CEO Tabeer (NGO), Consultant Taj clinics and Diagnostic, Karachi

26.    Ashok Roy Retired Banker, Kolkata, India
27. Azad Abdul Rehman Buledi Baloch, Agri business & social worker, Naseerabad, Balochistan
28. Ananya Duttaroy. Student, Silchar, Assam, India
29. Hadia Khan, Entrepreneur, Karachi
30. Anurag Maloo, Delhi, India
31. Shabnam Rashid, South Asia Partnership Pakistan
32. Dr Shamenaz, Associate Professor (English), Allahabad, India
33. 

    Fahmida Riaz

    Muhammad Hasan, Banker, Houston

34. Ali Mehdi Zaidi, peace lover and artist, London
35. Lakshya Malhotra, Businessman, Gwalior M.P, India
36. Shahid Shah, Student, Peshawar KP
37. Naeem Zamindar, Acumen, Karachi
38. Safdar Rahat Saeed, Senior Manager Corporate Communications, Synergy Group, Karachi
39. Nida Khawaja, Customer relations, Copenhagen, Denmark
40. Aamir Zakauddin Writer, activist and book seller, Rawalpindi
41. Sukla Sen, EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity), Mumbai
42. 

    Aisha Gazdar

    Syed Mohammad Salman Husain, Student, Activist (Coordinator Karachi, NSF-Sindh), Karachi

43. Hamza Ahmed, Student, Writer, Karachi
44. Yash Chavan, Student, Nagpur
45. Omar Hafeez, Internal Auditor, Lahore
46. Avesh Rai, Btech. Student, Vellore
47. Vedang, lawyer, Vadodara
48. Maham Khan, Doctor, Multan
49.    Aaditya Mapata, Student, Surat
50. 

    Ayesha Siddiqa

    Waleed Shahid, Student, Lahore

51. Sarasij Maitra, Student, Kolkata
52. Muhammad Salik, MBBS Student, Lahore, Pakistan
53. Samarjit, Sales Manager, Delhi
54. Eisha Tahir, Student, Lahore
55. Ayushi, Agrawal, Vadodara
56. Asad Raza, Student, Lahore
57. Bishu, student, Kolkata
58. Nasir Malik, Student, Lahore
59. 

    I. A. Rehman

    Muhammad Murtaz Ali Khan, Student, Lahore

60. Parkha, Student, Lahore
61. Usama Haq, Mr, Lahore
62. Nawaz, Architect, Lahore
63. Jawad, Painter, Sheikhupura
64. Cyrus Gandhi, Student, Ahmedabad
65. Shayan Shaukat, Student, Lahore