We, the delegates to the 10th National Convention of the PIPFPD, held at Bhubaneswar on February 10-11, 2018 under the overhang of the rapidly deteriorating relationship between Pakistan and India, renewed our commitment to the joint struggle for peace and democracy in the two countries.
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Text of Bhubaneswar Declaration adopted at the Tenth National Convention of Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy
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A. Sivanandan (1923 – 2018) : Tribute to the late editor of Race & Class
by , 16 February 2018Ambalavaner Sivanandan, who has died aged 94 in London on 3 January 2018, was an organic intellectual working at the interstices of race, class and imperialism.
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Partition: The Danger of Counterfactuals | Neera Chandhoke
16 February 2018. . . till today, communal organisations continue to trigger the brutalisation of social and political identities, creation of divides, exacerbation of hitherto muted schisms, and the creation of new ones. We have, it appears, not paid heed to these warnings. If we had, India would not re-enact the horrors of the Partition.
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Obituary: Pakistan’s bravest citizen is no more | Ahmed Rashid
15 February 2018Nobody in Pakistan’s brief history, which has witnessed four military coups, has matched Asma Jahangir for her dedication to public service, her belief in the rule of law, her relentless defence of democracy and pursuit of free and fair elections. She stood for both peace and justice with all of Pakistan’s neighbours.
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An indomitable will’ – why Asma Jahangir was Pakistan’s social conscience | Moni Mohsin
15 February 2018The death of Asma Jahangir, the Pakistani activist, lawyer and human rights campaigner who passed away on Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest at her home in Lahore, has left a nation reeling with a profound sense of loss.
