Aman ki Asha: Profit of peace
RAIWIND: An Indian delegation, here to attend the Aman Ki Asha business conference and their Pakistani hosts from the Jang Group meet PML-N President and now future Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif -The News Photo

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 dividends of peace



By Reema Abbasi

The day when a Pakistani can take off on the wings of a whim to the sultry beaches of Goa for New Year's Eve; follow a Yogi's trail in the Satpura Range; perhaps enroll in a Kathak programme at Tagore's Shantiniketan or grab a refresher at th ..... more




Amritsar village celebrates Nawaz Sharif's win Massa Singh distributes sweets at the victory of Jatti Umra's 'home boy' in Pakistan By Yudhvir Rana

JATTI UMRA: As Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) emerged as the largest
party in the recently held elections in Pakistan, his ancestral village in India, Jatti Umra
erupted in jubilations.

The residents o .....more

Testimonials

Imagine the heavenly smell of stable peace



"Pakistan and India must focus on culture exchange initiatives, especially for the youth, who play an instrumental role in every culture.Aman ki Asha is the bedrock to go ahead with the peace process, no matter .....more

Peace museum coming up along the border D.S. Jaspal (left) and Amanbir Jaspal: At a design studio in Lahore where furniture was especially created for Sarhad By Yudhvir Rana

A peace museum celebrating divided Punjab's shared architectural, cultural and culinary heritage is coming up at Attari near the India-Pakistan border. The double-story museum spread over 6,000 sq feet is expected to be opened early next ye .....more

Condemnable attack on unarmed prisoner (PART II) Kot Bhalwal jail, Jammu, 2012: Sanaullah giving an	interview at a kite-flying festival that Indian and Pakistani prisoners participated in.

The murderous attacks on an Indian prisoner in Pakistan and a Pakistani prisoner in India highlight the urgency of developing long term, humane policies to protect the vulnerable in both countries



Following the attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in .....more

RIP Ashfaq Fateh of Toba Tek Singh Ashfaq Fateh (left): receiving the ACHA Peace Star award from I. A. Rehman and Dr. Pritam K. Rohila By Beena Sarwar

On April 20, peace activist and educationist Ashfaq Fateh, 41, passed away in hospital after doctors unsuccessfully operated on a liver tumour. Fateh, who lived in Toba Tek Singh had long been engaged in peace efforts focusing on inter-fait .....more

For the sake of that 'something' ATSA fellows: at Keran Narden Museum_Delhi

On a first-time to India for a South Asian fellowship in Arts and Cultural
Management, a Pakistani participant finds herself at home
By Alina Choudhry



"Hey, you are going to India? Be careful, don't speak to strangers there"
"Oh listen! Neve .....more


Joint statement by Editors of Jang Group & Times of India

Peace between India and Pakistan has been stubbornly elusive and yet tantalizingly inevitable. This vast subcontinent senses the bounties a peace dividend can deliver to its people yet it recoils from claiming a share. The natural impulse would be to break out of the straitjacket of stated positions and embrace an ideal that promises sustained prosperity to the region, yet there is hesitation. There is a collective paralysis of the will, induced by the trauma of birth, amplified by false starts, mistrust, periodic outbreaks of violence, suspicion, misplaced jingoism and diplomatic doublespeak. Hypnotized by their own mantra, the two states are reluctant to move towards normalization until certain terms and certain promises are kept.

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Articles

The world has seen worse cases of animosity

Thursday, July 12, 2012
by Ammar Shahbazi
Cultural and linguistic bonds of a civilization are stronger than its religious bonds, says professor Naeem ur Rehman Farooqi, former Pro Vice Chancellor of Allahabad University. "So the connection between India and Pakistan is inherent and intrinsic, something that no political and military power can ever erode" In an interview with Aman Ki Asha, he said that the history of a civilisation cann

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Special Edition

55_7-03-2011_1.jpgThe News on Sunday Special Report: India Pakistan prisoners
We probably didn't need to do this Special Report. Newspaper stories don't matter when it comes to Indians in Pakistani jails and vice versa. In fact, 'vice versa' sums it up. We do to them what they do to us.

Except when the two countries decide to begin talking, yet again! This time a little before the foreign secretary level talks, some Pakistani prisoners were released by India (and vice versa must have happened) and some more were released after the talks. ....read more

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