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KARACHI, Jan. 24: Comrade Sobho Gyanchandani Memorial Committee Karachi will organize a reference to remember Comrade Sobho at Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi on Sunday, where friends, lovers and members of Pakistan’s labour movement would attend in a large number.

It has been about a month since India witnessed the largest terror killings in 2014 in which a total of 81 innocent Adivasis were massacred in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts of Assam on December 23, 2013, by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) headed by Songbijit Ingti Kathar. It took place just one week after another equally heart-wrenching massacre of 145 people, including 132 schoolchildren by the Tehrik-i-Taliban (Pakistan) terrorists who attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar on December 16.

The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on Thursday sent letters to the Indian and Pakistani authorities, demanding an amicable resolution of fishermen’s detention issue. Both the countries, it says, must release all the fishing boats, confiscated at the time of fishermen’s arrest. It also calls for setting up a high-level working group involving representatives from the fishing community to monitor and prevent fishermen’s arrest and boats’ confiscation.

The participants adopted a Resolution and expressed concern on increasing tension and firing incidents at borders causing loss to human life. . . .

A student in Chennai prays for those killed in Peshawar. Schools across India held a two-minute silence on Wednesday. Photo: R. Senthil Kumar/ PTI
I wrote this for The News on Sunday’s Jan 11, 2015 issue:
Build on goodwill, not hate
In the wake of escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan, people on both sides of the border continue to express solidarity through peace initiatives
In the wake of escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan, people on both sides of the (…)