Riz Khan - Al Jazeera English TV Show
Can an unlikely tennis duo from India and Pakistan bridge the bitter political divide between their two countries?
Riz Khan talks to Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian counterpart Rohan Bopanna who have formed a unique partnership as a doubles team on the international tennis circuit.
Video: courtesty Al Jazeera English
It is the first time a Pakistani and an Indian have paired up to play on the same side in professional sport.
That has generated global headlines with the international media calling them "ambassadors of peace" and the "Indo-Pak express."
Both Qureshi and Bopanna themselves have started a movement called "Stop War Start Tennis."
They are among the top eight doubles teams in the world and made the final of the US Open in September.
This interview by Riz Khan was broadcast on Wednesday, November 24, 2010.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
You know a movement has arrived when people start referring to it as a generic term, using in common parlance. That is exactly what has happened with 'Aman ki Asha', the
.....more 
Mahmud DurraniI grew up with the notion that the only good Indian is a dead Indian and I mean the South Asian variety. However, as I grew older, a number o .....more
South Asian Children's Cinema Forum launched
The South Asian Children's Cinema Forum (SACCF) is a new regional network aiming to promote the making and .....more
Two nations, one people
Ali Sardar Jafri:
"The setting sun broke into
two parts on this very border, yesterday.
On this very border was
more
"Are you, or someone you know, unable to visit family and loved ones across the border in India and Pakistan? Please come to a meeting in your town, learn about visa proc
.....more 
Indian prisoner Kuldeep Singh in Lahore prison finally meets a lawyer after 20 years,
but is not allowed to send letters home
CASE UPDATE: K .....more
Page 13 of 174
Special Editions
more editions
The 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 release....read more
Blog
more
For the past 2 years the Jang Group and Geo have been working on a project of great national interest; one that we hope will help usher in an era of peace and prosperity in the country and indeed, in the region. And one that hopefully all Pakistanis can be proud of.
The Jang Group has entered into an agreement with the Times of India Group, the largest media group of India, to campaign for peace betw
Global Media
Comments