Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy

Student Interaction on India –Pakistan Relations is being organized today, 9 March by PIPFPD (Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy) at JNU, Satluj Hostel post dinner, 9 30 pm onwards.

Speakers would be:

>Rita Manchanda,

Research Director, South Asia Forum for Human Rights

>Kamal A. Mitra Chenoy

Professor, Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory

SIS

There is also a possibility of having two speakers from Pakistan namely,

Zehra Nigah (Poet) and,

Vice Chancellor, Karachi University

All interested are encouraged to participate.

Speakers:

Chaudhary Zafar Iqbal, President, PIPFPD, Lyallpur (Faislabad), Pakistan

Azar Mehmood, Bureau chief Duniya TV, Pakistan,

Tahir Iqbal, Women and Child rights activist, Pakistan

Tapan Bose, General Secretary, Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy

Venue: School of Languages, JNU, Delhi

Date: 01 February 2010, Time: 03.30 PM

Prof Chaman Lal, Member Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (Delhi chapter)

Say NO to war and clampdown on democratic rights!!

Join us for a day of discussions and cultural programs

Convention on

War, Democratic Rights and Peace Processes

11 January 2009

(2.00 pm – 7.00 pm)

Deputy Speakers Hall, Constitution Club

Rafi Marg, New Delhi

Jodhpur Peace March

Dec 2005

The Peace March from Jodhpur to the international border at Munabao was organized by the National Committee and the Rajasthan’s state chapter of the Forum in December 2005. A similar march was organized by the Pakistani chapter to Khokrapar on the Pakistani side. The peace marchers on the Indian side went in buses and on foot to different towns and villages en route to Munabao and held meetings to mobilize public opinion in favour of reopening the rail connection between Jodhpur and Karachi. More than a thousand people assembled at the Munabao border and held a public meeting there. Members of the Pakistan Chapter also did the same on the other side of the border. The rail service was begun by both the governments in Feb 2006.

For viewing video please click here.

To come together, shrug off our defensive silence and raise our strong collective voice

Let us seize the public space and assert our voices to define our own democratic agendas

Speak out Against War Mongering

Resist the Erosion of cross border ‘people to people’ links & Peace Dialogue

Counter the Media’s Hysteria & Irresponsibility

Combat Draconian Laws that increase people’s insecurity

Root out through Rule of Law hydra headed ‘terrorists’ within

Clamour for Accountability, Justice & Rights

Fight the Politics of Hate & Exclusion breeding Political Violence

Strengthen Democratic Forces

At this time, we shall not allow ourselves to be consumed by the fear, terror and war mongering unleashed by the horrific and tragic Mumbai attacks. That is the agenda of the ‘terrorists’.