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Güney Asya’da barış için sivil toplumdan ‘düşmanlığa son’ çağrısı

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İslamabad’dan yapılan açıklamaya göre, Pakistan ve Hindistan’dan yüzü aşkın sivil toplum temsilcisi, iki ülkenin başbakanlarına hitaben ortak bir çağrı yayımladı. Yeni Delhi merkezli Barış ve İlerleme Merkezi’nin koordinasyonunda hazırlanan metinde, kesintisiz düşmanlığın bölgeyi kalkınmadan mahrum bıraktığı belirtilerek, anlamlı ve sürdürülebilir barış adımları talep edildi. Hindistan-Pakistan ilişkileri uzun süredir karşılıklı suçlamalar, diplomatik kısıtlamalar ve sınır çatışmalarıyla şekilleniyor. Son yıllarda üst düzey diyalog neredeyse tamamen durmuşken, sivil inisiyatifin bu çıkışı, resmî kanallar tıkanmış olsa dahi iki toplum arasında işbirliği arzusunun sürdüğünü ortaya koyuyor. Bölgesel istikrar için her iki başkentin de sivil toplumun sesine kulak vermesi ve müzakereyi öncelemesi, Güney Asya’nın ekonomik ve siyasi geleceği açısından kritik önem taşıyor.

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latest: 02 Jul
  1. Diplomatic01 Jul, 02:49

    South Asian leaders urged to choose ‘talks over hostility’

    New delhi, India

    ISLAMABAD: Over one hundred civil society representatives from Pakistan and India have jointly appealed to the two prime ministers to take “meaningful and sustained” steps to restore peace, dialogue and cooperation in South Asia. The appeal was coordinated by O. P. Shah, who heads the New Delhi-based think tank, Centre for Peace and Progress. The signatories said unrelenting hostility was depriving millions of young people of “opportunities, prosperity and a secure future”. “India and Pakistan combined are home to nearly one-fifth of humanity. The people of both countries deserve a future defined by peace, development, connectivity and cooperation, rather than perpetual mistrust and confrontation,” they said in their appeals to Prime Ministers Shehbaz Sharif and Narendra Modi on Tuesday. In joint appeal, over 100 civil society representatives say Pakistan-India acrimony is robbing both nations of ‘a secure future’ The Pakistani signatories include former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, former ambassador to New Delhi Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, academic Pervez Hoodbhoy, former senator Farhatullah Babar, and civil society figures Beena Sarwar, Salima Hashmi, Mohammad Mehdi and educationist A.H. Nayyar, among others. Among the signatories on the Indian side are Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mehbooba Mufti, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Prof Manoj Jha, former RAW chief A.S. Dulat, Jawhar Sircar, Prof Saifuddin Soz and Prof Apoorvanand, among others. The 116 signatories urged both governments to consider confidence-building measures across diplomatic, economic, cultural and people-to-people tracks. They called for restoring full diplomatic relations, reinstating the High Commissioners in Islamabad and New Delhi, and resumption of visa services. The civil society representatives suggested the two governments reopen bilateral talks on all outstanding issues, including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, and consider measures for demilitarisation and de-escalation. The framework for dialogue agreed upon between 2004 and 2007 could serve as a starting point, they said. Trade and travel The signatories sought the reopening of the Wagah-Attari land border, resumption of the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Lahore-Delhi bus services, and restarting of the Samjhauta Express and Thar Express trains. They said people from the two countries be also allowed to travel on the Kargil–Skardu route. The appeal sought reopening of the two countries’ airspace to commercial airlines. It urged reopening of commercial channels, reinstating the Most Favoured Nation status and promoting regional economic integration. The signatories observed that since people-to-people contacts were essential for defusing tensions and removing misgivings, travel restrictions should be eased. The two governments should consider promoting pilgrimage tourism and visits to heritage sites, the appeal said, suggesting reopening of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor and Neelum Valley’s Sharada Peeth as the first steps. The signatories further called for lifting restrictions on media outlets and digital platforms, allowing journalists to travel and work freely, and promoting exchanges of delegations to counter disinformation. “We respectfully request you to listen to the aspirations of common people and choose engagement over isolation, dialogue over hostility and cooperation over confrontation,” the appeal concluded. Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2026

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  2. Diplomatic02 Jul, 02:38

    ‘Talks over hostility’

    New delhi, India

    THE recent appeal endorsed by civil society members from Pakistan and India, urging the prime ministers of both states to take “meaningful and sustained” steps for peace is well-intentioned. No rational mind will disagree with the need for peace in the subcontinent, and an end to the toxicity that has marked bilateral ties for nearly eight decades. Yet it takes two to tango, and while Pakistan has on numerous occasions tried to restart the dialogue process in the last few years, India has shown little enthusiasm for talks. Over 100 individuals have now signed the appeal, coordinated by a New Delhi think tank. It includes former diplomats, academics, politicians and peaceniks from both states. The signatories have called for taking CBMs, and restoring full diplomatic relations. Ties were first downgraded by Pakistan after India’s 2019 revocation of occupied Kashmir’s special constitutional status, while diplomatic relations went further south after India blamed Pakistan for last year’s Pahalgam episode — without any evidence. Last May’s brief armed conflict, initiated by India, further added to frigid bilateral ties. While some well-meaning quarters in India appear genuine in their desire for peace, the BJP-led government seems intent on rejecting all dialogue that may lead to normalisation with Pakistan. In such a scenario, peace will remain a distant dream. After all, India has shown stubbornness where the unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is concerned. As Pakistan’s Indus commissioner told a seminar in Islamabad the other day, his communications with officials in India have not received a response. At the same event, the deputy PM said India was “sowing the seeds of war”. Indian ministers have on record said their intention is to stop all water to Pakistan. And as the Foreign Office said yesterday, India is “actively aiding” terrorist groups “operating from Afghan soil against Pakistan”. These are certainly not the actions of a regime that wants to see peace flourish in South Asia. Apart from the belligerence of the Indian state, significant sections of the Indian population have also been radicalised against Pakistan and Muslims. The shrill jingoism of Indian media’s leading lights has contributed significantly to this. Therefore, the question is: is the Indian body politic ready for peace with Pakistan? At one time the hard right in Pakistan was dead against all normalisation with India. Today, radical elements, fed on the Hindutva ideology, within the Indian system are opposed to friendship with Pakistan. Unless this situation changes, chances of peace appear dim. The single biggest CBM India can take is to restore the IWT, and assure Pakistan it will abide by its commitments. Without solid diplomatic and political moves by both governments, particularly New Delhi, to support normalisation, calls for peace by idealists will remain unrealisable. Published in Dawn, July 2nd, 2026

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