South Asian leaders urged to choose ‘talks over hostility’

ISLAMABAD: Over one hundred civil society representatives from Pakistan and India have jointly appealed to the two prime ministers to take “meaningful and sustained” steps to restore peace, dialogue and cooperation in South Asia. The appeal was coordinated by O. P. Shah, who heads the New Delhi-based think tank, Centre for Peace and Progress. The signatories said unrelenting hostility was depriving millions of young people of “opportunities, prosperity and a secure future”. “India and Pakista...

By [email protected] (Iftikhar A. Khan)