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Pritam Rohila <asiapeace@comcast.net> Jan 01 05:41PM -0800 ^
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January 02, 2010: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
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IN THIS ISSUE
*BULLHA, a play about peace & harmony, in New Delhi, on January 10,
2010
*India-Pakistan Conference: A Road Map towards Peace, New Delhi, Jan
10-12, 10
*Pak, India swap N-facilities list today DAILY TIMES | January 01,
2010
*Top Indian, Pak media make peace effort THE NEWS | January 01, 2010
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*BULLHA, a play about peace & harmony, in New Delhi, on January 10,
2010
Written by Shahid Nadeem, and directed by Madeeha Gauhar, Bullah is a
play about the Punjabi mystic (1680-1758) of the same name, who was a
beacon of hope and humanism, and peace and tolerance. It is being
organized by the peace and harmony organizations COVA and Ajoka, in
association with Pierrot's Troupe and the South Asia Fraternity.
The play would be staged at 7 p.m., at India Islamic Cultural Center,
at Lodhi Road, New Delhi. More info from covanetwork@gmail.com
*India-Pakistan Conference: A Road Map towards Peace, New Delhi, Jan
10-12, 10
To be held at New Delhi'at India International Center, the conference
is being organized to mobilize the peace activists and peace groups
from India and Pakistan and influence both the governments to resume
peace process. Those expected to participate are the following:
From Pakistan, Sherry Rehman (Former Pakistan minister for Information
& Broadcasting Pakistan; Pakistan Peoples' Party), Iqbal Haider
(Former law minister, Pakistan), A H Nayar (Physicist & peace
activist, Islamabad), Asma Jehangir (Human Rights Commission of
Pakistan, UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion & belief),
Siraj Malik Akbar (Senior Journalist, Quetta, Pakistan), Bizenjo Hasil
Khan, (Senator, Balochistan), Abid Suleri (SDPI), Farooq Tariq
(Spokesperson, Pakistan Labour Party), Akbar Zaidi (Leading Pakistani
Economist), Ayesha Siddiqua (Defense expert, Pakistan), I.A. Rehman
(Human Rights Commission of Pakistan);
From India, I. K. Gujral (Former Prime Minister of India) & Kuldip
Nayar (Chairperson, Organizing Committee & Veteran Journalist), Mani
Shankar Aiyar (Former Union Minister), Admiral L Ramdas (Former Navy
Chief, India), Mehbooba Mufti (President - People's Democratic Party),
Seema Mustafa (Senior Journalist), Kamal Chenoy (Prof. of
International Relations, JNU, Salman Haider (Former Foreign Secretary,
India), Yasin Malik (Leader JKLF), Sajjad Lone (President, Peoples
Conference, Srinagar), Rajendra Sacchar (Chief Justice (R) of Delhi High
Court & PUCL), Dr. Biswajit Dhar (RIS), Vandana Shiva (Navdanya),
Lalita Ramdas (Peace activist and Green Peace), Muchkund Dubey (Former
Foreign Secretary, India), Aijaz Ahmad (Left intellectual, India), B
Murlidhar Reddy (Journalist with The Hindu was in Pakistan for 3 years
& now in Sri Lanka), Mahesh Bhatt (Film Maker), Ved Bhasin (editor,
Daily Kashmir Times), Liaqat Ali Toor (Journalist with Associated
Press of Pakistan & now in Delhi)
There are no registration charges. More info from Sonila at
sonila@focusweb.org
*Pak, India swap N-facilities list today DAILY TIMES | January 01,
2010
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=628908&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0
ISLAMABAD: Despite the on-going tensions between Pakistan and India
over last year's Mumbai attack, the two sides are scheduled to
exchange a list of nuclear installations today (Friday) for the
nineteenth consecutive year since 1992 under an agreement calling upon
the two countries to annually inform each other about their nuclear
facilities. The 'Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against
Nuclear Installations and Facilities' was initiated in 1988 and came
into force on January 27, 1991...
*Top Indian, Pak media make peace effort THE NEWS | January 01, 2010
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=629070&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN
KARACHI: The turn of the decade brings with it a momentous shot in the
arm to the moribund Indo-Pak peace process with the unveiling of a
grand cross-border collaborative peace project. The initiative, titled
Aman Ki Asha, promises to be a path-breaking collaboration between
Pakistan's Jang Group and Geo and India's Times of India Group, the
largest media groups on their respective sides of the border. It will
look to inject impetus into the Indo-Pak dialogue in a manner that is
unparalleled, on a scale that is unprecedented...
EXPLANATION/DISCLIMER: The above is a selection of news stories
pertaining to South Asian governments, civil society organizations and
individuals working together on projects of mutual benefit including
peace and communal harmony, and those relating to attempts to improve
the condition of South Asian peoples, especially women and children.
ACHA does not approve of or subscribe to any "disharmonizing
language" (including terms such as POK or IOK) used in these items
selected from various publications. Readers may exercise their
linguistic judgment and ignore any biased language.
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