JOINT INDIA-PAKISTAN CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE AND HARMONY
(Initiated by COVA (Hyderabad) and Piler (Karachi)
We are happy to inform you that the India-Pakistan Joint Signature Campaign against terrorism, war posturing and to promote cooperation and peace between India and Pakistan is drawing excellent support from the civil societies of India and Pakistan. The following prominent personalities have signed the petition: Read the endorsements…
INDIA: Admiral L. Ramdas, Former Chief of Indian Navy; Anand Patwardhan, Film Maker; Annie Raja, Women’s Activist; Aziz Pasha, Member Rajya Sabha; Dr.Asghar Ali Engineer, Social Activist; D N Jha, Historian; Gautam Navalakha, Human Rights Activist; Harsh Kapoor, Peace Activist; S. Harijinder Singh, Peace Activist; Henri Tiphagne, Human Rights Activist; Hiren Gandhi, Theatre Personality; I. K. Gujral, Former Prime Minister of India; Dr John Dayal, Christian Council; K .N. Panikka, Historian; Kingshuk Nag- Resident Editor, Times Of India Hyderabad; Kuldip Nayar, Columnist and Peace Activist; Kamla Bhasin, Peace Activist; Kamal Faruqui, Chair, Delhi Minorities Commission; Lalita Randas, Chair- Green Peace; Dr Lallan Baghel, Critique; Mahmood Bin Mohammad, Former Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia; P. Madhu, Member Rajya Sabha; Mahesh Batt, Film Producer; Prof. Manjit Singh, Director, Ambedkar Centre, PU; Mazher Hussain, Peacel Activist; Nandita Das, Film Personality and Social Activist; Nikhil Wagle, Editor IBN Lokmat; P.M. Bhargava, Vice Chair- Knowledge Commission; P.V. Rajagopal, Social Activist; Prashant Bhushan, Advocate Supreme Court; Praful Bidwai, Columnist; Dr. Prem Singh, University of New Delhi; Rahul Bose – Cine Artist, Bollywood; R. Jagannathan, Managing Editor, DNA; Prof. Rabinder Sharma, Fellow, Panjab University, Chandigarh; Ram Punyani, Peace Activist and Writer; Dr. Ronki Ram, President, PUTA; Roop Rekha Varma, Peacel Activist and Academician; Dr Sarabjit Singh, General Secretary, Kendri Punjabi Lekhak Sabha; Swami Agnivesh, Social Activist; Prof. Sukhdev Singh, General Secretary, Punjabi Sahit Academy; Udaya Shankar, CEO, Star News; V. Gangadhar, Columnist; Vithal Rajan, Social Activist.
PAKISTAN: Adam Malik, Regional Manager, ActionAid and Coordinator, PPC, Sindh; B.M.Kutty, Secretary General, Pakistan Peace Coalition, Karachi; Brig (Retd) Rao Abid Hamid, Coordinator, India Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace, Lahore; Comrade Sobho Gian Chandani, Senior Marxist intellectual, thinker and writer, Larkana; Dr. A. H. Nayyar, President, Pakistan Peace Coalition and Fellow, SDPI, Islamabad; Dr. Bushra Gohar, Member, National Assembly of Pakistan; Dr. Mrs. Saba Gul Khattak, Ex-Chairperson, SDPI, Islamabad; Dr. Mrs. Zarina Salamat, President, Islamabad Chapter of PIPFPD; Dr. Tipu Sultan, President, Pakistani Doctors for Peace & Development and former Chairman, IPPNW Pakistan Chapter, Karachi; Dr.Tariq Sohail, Vice Chancellor, Jinnah Medical University, Karachi; Farooq Sattar, Parliamentary Leader of MQM in National Assembly; Farooq Tariq, Spokesperson, Labour Party Pakistan, Lahore; Mr. Farooq Sattar, Parliamentary Leader of MQM in National Assembly; Gul Rehman, President, Muttahida Labour Federation, Peshawar; Hashma Jahangir, Chairperson, Human Rights Commission, Pakistan; I.A.Rehman, Senior Journalist, Author & Director Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Lahore; Karamat Ali, Senior trade Unionist and Executive Director, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research (PILER), Karachi; Khan Zaman, Senior Trade Union leader, Quetta; Khwaja Muhammad Waseem, President PIPFPD, Pakhtunkhwa; M. Jan Nisar Khaleel, President, All Pakistan Kisan Ittehad, Peshawar; M.B. Naqvi, Senior Journalist & Political Columnist, Karachi; Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Honourbale Speaker of Sindh Assembly; Mrs. Samina Khan, Executive Director, Sungi Development Foundation, Islamabad; Ms. Naila Qadri, Human & women rights activist, Quetta; Ms. Saeeda Diep, Director, Institute of Secular Studies, Lahore; Ms. Shaista Bukhari, Director, Women’s Rights Association, Multan; Ms. Sheema Kirmani, Director, Tehreek-I-Niswan (Institute for Classical Dance Training), Karachi; Muhammad Tahseen, Executive Director, South Asia Partnership-PaK, Lahore; Muhammad Yaqoob, Chairman, Pakistan Workers Confederation, Lahore; Prof. Dr. Sarfraz Khan, Deptt of Central Asian Studies, Peshawar University, Peshawar; Rahat Mlik, Political and Social Activist, Quetta; Senator Dr. Abdul Malik, President, National Party, Turbat; Syed Iqbal Haider, Former Federal Minister for Law & Former Secretary Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Karachi; Tahir Muhammad Khan, Senior Lawyer & Former Federal Minister of Information, Quetta.
[The Campaign concluded on 18th February 2009; The petition along with all the endorsements will be submitted to the Presidents and Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan on 2nd March 2009.]
PARTNER ORGANISATIONS:
INDIA: AITUC- Goa, AIYF- Goa, Arya Samaj, Al Hira Educational Society, Andhra Pradesh, APVVU,ASHA Parivar, Bandhan- Andhra Pradesh, Akhil Bharatiya Rachanatmak Samaj, New Delhi, Bandhua Mukti Morcha – Delhi,, BWRDS – Bharatiya Women & Rural Development Society, Andhra Pradesh, Bala Tara Welfare Society. Andhra Pradesh, IRDS- karnataka, BUILD- Maharashtra, Maharashtra Vidhyarthi Bharathi, Citizens for Human Rights Movement – Tamil Nadu, Calvery Ministry, Andhra Pradesh, CIEDS Collective – Collective- Karnataka, COVA, CYSD – Orissa, CYDA – Pune, Disha Social Organisation- Uttar Pradesh, EKTA Parishad, Friends Educational Society, Andhra Pradesh, FOCUS on the global south, Folklore Research Institute – Punjab, Grass Roots India Trust, Lucknow, GRACE organisation, Andhra Pradesh, Gandhian Integrated Forum Trust- Chennai, Gram Vikas Manch, Hind- Pak Dosti Manch – Delhi, Hazrath Mahaboob Memorial Educational and Welfare Society, Andhra Pradesh, Human Rights Education – Tamil Nadu, Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals., New Delhi, Jan Sahayog, MADAT, Andhra Pradesh, Minorities Women Welfare Society, Andhra Pradesh, MUKTI – Rajasthan, NACDOR, NCDHR, North East Network (NEN)- Assam, North East Network (NEN)- Meghalaya, North East Network (NEN)- Manipur, Orugallu Network of Voluntary Association (ONVA),Andhra Pradesh,Open Space- Karnataka, Pragathi Youth Society, Andhra Pradesh, New Model Educational Society, Andhra Pradesh, Kalabandu Kalaparishad, Andhra pradesh People’s Watch – Tamil Nadu, PIPFPD Maharashtra Chapter, PIPFPD Pune Chapter, PIPFD, West Bengal Chapter, Prashant- Gujarat, PUCAAR- Andhra Pradesh, Peoples Action for Developmental Services, Andhra Pradesh, PUCL Rajisthan, Rainbow Social Service Society, Andhra Pradesh,Rupantar- Chattisgarh, Society for Promotion of Tolerance (SPoT), Andhra Pradesh, Sai Vikas Educational Development Society, Andhra Pradesh, SAHAI- Kerala, Samajik Suraksha – Bihar, Samarthan – Madhya Pradesh, SUTRA, Himachal Pradesh, Sanchetana- Gujarat, SANGAT, Sarada Educational Society, Andhra Pradesh, Society for Education and Environment Development (SEED),Andhra Pradesh, Sanjhi Duniya- Uttar Pradesh, SANSAD,SRI, Tarangini Social Service Society, Andhra Pradesh, UNNATI- Gujarat, Utthan- Assam, Vimochana- Karnataka, Women’s Collective – Chennai,WNTA, Yuvsatta- Chandigarh, Xavier Institute of Social Research – Bihar, Yuva Samvad- Madhya Pradesh, ZUBAAN -New Delhi.
PAKISTAN: All Pakistan Kisan Ittehad CYDA Awareness and Action Society Multan, Communist Party of Pakistan, Citizen Action Committee for Women Rights, Multan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, India Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace, Lahore , Institute of Secular Studies, Labour Party Pakistan, Movement of workers (MOW) Multan, Muttahida Labour Federation, National Federation of Foods Beverage’s & Tobacco Workers,Multan, Noor Citizen community centre Multan Pakhtoonkhva Progressive Front, Pakistani Doctors for Peace & Development, PPC-Sindh, Pakistan Peace Coalition, Pakistan Peace and Solidarity Council, Pakistan Workers Confederation, PILER, SAP Pakistan, South Asian Idea, SDPI ,Sungi Development Foundation, Staff union CBA Multan Fabrics Multan ,Soch Foundation Multan, Tehreek-I-Niswan, Women’s Rights Association, Multan, Workers Union CBA Sol-vex Pakistan Ltd Multan, Women Workers Federation Association for Human Development Multan, Shah Sachal Sami Foundation,Sindh Hari,Porhiat Council, Sidh Development Society, Bhandar Hari Sangat, Sidhica Reforms Society, Actionaid Pakistan, Society For Development and Research, Roshni Foundation, SPARC, Awami Party, Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Mazdoor Mahaze Amal, Child and Labour Rights Welfare Organisation Korangi.