Jatin Desai and Beena Sarwar
Jatin Desai and Beena Sarwar are longtime journalists who met through the Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy launched in 1994. Based in Mumbai, Jatin Desai has served as General Secretary of the PIPFPD India chapter. Formerly based in Karachi and Lahore, Beena Sarwar has written extensively on issues of cross-border prisoners. She is editor Sapan News beena@sapannews.com.
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Indian, Pakistani Fishermen Continue to Fall Victim to Heartless Policies of...
If 99 Indian fishermen incarcerated in Pakistani prisons had been repatriated last month as agreed, Jagdish Mangal might still be alive. Mangal was among the several Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency in February 2020 and detained in Malir prison, Karachi. He was...
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Baloch School Teacher Abducted...
A Baloch school teacher, a graduate of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, has been allegedly abducted by armed men...
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Karachi Man Kills 24-Year-Old...
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Opinion
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Banning PTM Sends a...
The government of Pakistan's decision to ban the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), a social movement that originated from the...
News
Woman Killed, Body Set...
Unidentified suspects killed an 18-year-old woman and set her body on fire on Indus Highway in Nasirabad, Sindh. According to...
News
Schoolteacher Killed For ‘Honour’...
A schoolteacher was allegedly killed by her family in the name of ‘honour’ in Sehwan. The bullet-riddled body of the...
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