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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Karachi Court Returns Abducted...
A court in Karachi handed over the custody of an underage Hindu girl, who was allegedly abducted by a...
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Parachinar Siege: 29 Children...
PARACHINAR, PAKISTAN: The restive border town of Parachinar is facing a humanitarian crisis due to the current blockade of...
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Continues To...
PESHAWAR: Thousands of citizens in various towns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa took to the streets against the recent terror attack...
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Protests Continue In Various...
Following protests in Swat against the resurgence of terrorism, people in Lakki Marwat also took to the streets two...
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Popularity Survey Quoted By...
The survey that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan quoted on Wednesday to highlight his party’s popularity in Punjab...
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As Pakistan Heads to...
As Pakistan gears up for the general elections scheduled for February 8th, a sense of disillusionment and skepticism about...
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