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Indian Delegation visits Jinnah Institute

21st March, 2011: Jinnah Institute organized a roundtable on peaceful bilateral relations between India and Pakistan on 21 March, 2011. The event was attended by a delegation of Indian parliamentarians, journalists and civil society actors. They discussed strategies for peace, with the aim of laying down a sustainable and inclusive framework for preventing crisis, increasing regional peace and economic exchange and building greater trust and cooperation. Jinnah Institute has been leading efforts in Indo-Pak Track II diplomacy in Pakistan and this event provided an avenue to further engage participants from both sides.

Sherry Rehman, President of the Jinnah Institute, stressed the need for voices from both sides of the border to engage in a sustained dialogue to mitigate conflict. She urged the delegation to focus on key fundamentals for change so that governments of both nations could be convinced to push for peace. Rehman pointed out the necessity to initiate a dialogue that addressed the very different challenges faced on both sides of the border and stated that the political left in India and Pakistan had much more in common than the conservative right. Mr. Kuldip Nayyar, veteran journalist and former member of parliament, pointed out that war is no more a solution to the problems of India and Pakistan and any dialogue undertaken must move in that direction.

Jinnah Institute President on the Cover of Newsweek Pakistan as " Pakistan's Most Important Woman".

The Incredible Sherry

In a country battling dark times, Sherry Rehman gives hope, and courage.

By Fasih Ahmed

It’s no coincidence that Sherry Rehman’s mango-colored, Raj-era house in Karachi’s Old Clifton sits close to Fatima Jinnah’s. Like the sister of Pakistan’s founding father, Sherry—whose Westernized diminutive is derived from Shehrbano, a classical Persian name that means “princess”—has devoted her life to her country. As a journalist, author, and (for a decade now) politician, the elegant 50-year-old has seen and suffered violence without yielding to the temptation of an easier life.

It has been a bleak year so far for Pakistan, even by its own harrowing standards. Salmaan Taseer, governor of the Punjab, was assassinated by his own fanatical security guard in January, and minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti, the only Christian in Pakistan’s government, was gunned down earlier this month by the Punjabi Taliban. Like them, Rehman has urged a review of the country’s blasphemy laws to prevent their misuse. Like them, Rehman had stood up for protecting minorities as well as vulnerable Muslims in Pakistan. Last November, after Taseer took up the cause of Aasia Noreen, a Christian mother of five sentenced to death for blasphemy, Rehman put forth a bill in Parliament to amend the controversial laws.

Indo-Pak dialogue "Strategies for Peace"

“Indo-Pak dialogue at the Jinnah Institute to discuss strategies for peace”

Islamabad, March 21, 2011: Delegates from India and Pakistan agreed that they need to urge their governments to relax visa procedures for citizens of both countries and work towards establishing stronger people to people networks at a roundtable hosted by the Jinnah Institute on peaceful relations between India and Pakistan. The group developed strategies for building greater trust and cooperation between the two countries with the aim of increasing regional peace and economic exchange.

Sherry Rehman, President of the Jinnah Institute, stressed the need for voices from both sides of the border to engage in a sustained dialogue to mitigate conflict. She argued for changing the narrative in the media and said ‘Let’s agree to de-legitimize and actively discourage inflammatory talk on media platforms on both sides.’

DNA: "Formal bilateral talks should include J&K "

The participants of the Indo-Pak Track-II dialogue, which recently concluded in Bangkok, has called for initiating institutionalised and regular contacts between intelligence agencies and continuous exchange of intelligence sharing on terrorism.

A joint declaration unanimously adopted at the end of the conference said 26/11 Mumbai attacks have seriously affected the Indo-Pak dialogue process and, therefore, the perpetrators of the attack should be brought to justice at the earliest.

Similarly, Pakistan is deeply concerned over the loss of lives in the Samjhauta Express attack and that India has to expeditiously prosecute those involved and keep Pakistan informed.

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PTI: Track II dialogue calls for opening Indo-Pak Intel contacts

Rezaul H Laskar Islamabad, Jan 31 (PTI) A call for institutionalised contacts between intelligence agencies of India and Pakistan and resumption of bilateral talks has been recommended by opinion-makers of the two nations who participated in Track II parleys in Thailand.

The two-day dialogue organised in Bangkok by the Jinnah Institute of Pakistan and the Institute of Peace and Security of India expressed the hope that resumption of talks between the two sides would ultimately help resolve long-standing issues. "We reiterate the need to initiate institutionalised and regular dialogue between the intelligence agencies of the two countries," said a declaration known as the "Bangkok Resolution" that was adopted unanimously after the dialogue.