scans of front covers of Dawn and Pakistan Times from Jan 31, 1948 and also the specific report
scans of front covers of Dawn and Pakistan Times from Jan 31, 1948 and also the specific report
Noted civil liberties activist Prof Bandukwala was one of the two prominent Muslims to be targetted during the 2002 Gujarat carnage, the other being the ex-MP, Congressman Ehsan Jafri. Many feel it was a well-thought-out and pre-planned attack to send a message to the larger community: if those who got you help and saved you on previous occasions are themselves not safe, none of you are. The Professor speaks of the attack and the "2002 riots".
The Open Letter calls on nuclear weapon states to end the nuclear arms race by stopping nuclear weapons production, to phase out the role of nuclear weapons in security policies starting by adopting no-first-use policies, to commit to eliminating their nuclear weapons no later than 2045
Throughout his life, J S Bandukwala continued to face fatwas from Muslim clerics and threats and harassment from Hindu fanatics.
The Editors Guild of India notes with deep concern, the claims made in the recent investigative report by the New York Times, that in 2017 the Indian and Israeli governments