South Asia Citizens Web

sacw.net, 28 December 2008 Karachi is much like Bombay (as we have always called it) in many respects. Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan on a visit here once commented that it reminded him of Bombay thirty years ago. One of their similarities, besides the Arabian Sea lapping their shores, is being home to hordes of migrant workers, like Ahmed Sher.
Ahmed Sher came to Karachi from his impoverished native village in southern Punjab some thirty years ago in order to earn and send money home, working (…)

Hindustan Times
The mood here is not jingoistic and there is no beating of the drums of war. But it is grim all the same with some army units being pulled out from the western marches for deployment on the eastern front and the military in a state of “high alert”.
Mumbai has slipped into the background and the dynamic of Indo-Pak confrontation — something with which both countries are all too familiar — has taken over. Apart from the usual suspects mouthing the usual clichés about giving (…)

Dawn
THE escalating tension between India and Pakistan exposes the efforts powerful elements in both countries are making to change the Mumbai raiders’ failure into a success — for a clash between the two major South Asian states was obviously one of their prime objectives.
There were many matters of serious concern to the people that one wished to take up today but these have to be passed over because almost the entire population of the subcontinent has been trapped in conflict (…)

Press Release
[28 December 2008]
Mumbai has witnessed many attacks of terrorism and has taken them all in its stride. But the militant attack on Mumbai on 26 November 2008 which continued for more than 60 hours shook Mumbai, India and the world. NTUI condemns terrorism in all its manifestations. It is understandable that people are furious and outraged, and they have the right to be so when such attacks terrorise and kill innocent citizens who are not accountable for the acts of the (…)

Annual of Urdu Studies, 2008