obituaries… Dr. Haroon Ahmed: A healer, comrade, and peacemonger across Southasia 9 Apr 202513 Apr 2025 Tribute to a beloved community leader who passed away recently, a co-founder of Pakistan’s first nationwide student movement, a pioneering psychiatrist and mental health practitioner, founder member of the Pakistan-India…
obituaries Dr Haroon Ahmed: A tireless champion for peace, mental health and human rights 6 Apr 202530 Jun 2025 The Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, joins peacemongers around the globe in paying tributes to the eminent psychiatrist and peace activist Dr. Haroon Ahmed who passed away in Karachi on…
obituaries… Tapan K. Bose: A legacy of regional peace, justice, and solidarity 31 Jan 20252 Oct 2025 By Pragyan Srivastava and Beena Sarwar / Sapan News Peace activists around the region are mourning the passing of Tapan Kumar Bose and celebrating the life of this renowned documentary…
obituaries Farewell to Bapsi 28 Dec 20246 Apr 2025 An artist and educator from Karachi who worked closely with the novelist Bapsi Sidhwa in Houston for many years shares her memories of the late, great writer including a tribute…
obituaries Southasia remembers Dr. Manmohan Singh: A bridge-builder and peacemaker 28 Dec 20246 Apr 2025 Dr Singh was a staunch supporter of building better relations with Pakistan. However, not everyone believed in this dream and certain forces worked behind the scenes to keep them apart.…
obituaries Admiral ‘Ramu’ Ramdas (5 September 1933-15 March 2024) 4 Sep 202413 Mar 2026 Remembering the late Admiral 'Ramu' Ramdas on his 91st birthday - someone who never gave up on the idea of India, a country he loved dearly and upheld a vision…
obituaries A passionate fighter for a fairer world bows out 20 Jul 20246 Apr 2025 Bangladeshi lawyer Sigma Huda passed away recently, at a time when her voice is sorely needed By Mandira Nayar / Sapan News The passing of Sigma Huda leaves a huge…
obituaries A journalist in India remembers a Pakistani peace activist who brought home her late grandfather’s ashes 6 Jul 20246 Apr 2025 A personal tribute to Karamat Ali (19 August 1945 - 20 June 2024)Karamat Ali was many things but for me he was always the person who returned my grandfather Kuldip…
obituaries Ramdas for peace 14 Apr 202416 Mar 2026 A moving and informative obituary of Sapan founder member Admiral ‘Ramu' Ramdas by Sapaner Dr. Naazir Mahmood, published in The News International. Peace activists come in a hundred and one…
obituaries A social worker, an economist, and the legacy of Pakistan’s student movement of the 1950s 1 Jul 20236 Apr 2025 OBITUARY: The legacy of a decades-old connection between social worker Shahida Haroon (1937-2023) and economist Eric Rahim (1928-2023) endures through the ongoing struggle for student rights, economic justice and democracy…
obituaries Remembering Zafrullah Chowdhury: Radical pragmatist, champion of women, public-health advocate 22 Apr 20236 Apr 2025 Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, the pioneering Bangladeshi physician and public-health advocate who passed away 11 April 2023, was a trailblazer who championed social inclusion, gender equality and equitable access to health…
obituaries Remembering Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury’s rich legacy 14 Apr 20238 Apr 2025 Renowned physician, freedom fighter and founder of Bangladesh’s first health centre Gonoshasthaya Kendra Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, breathed his last on April 11, age 82. His selflessness and dedication to public…
obituaries Zia Mohyeddin: One of a kind 15 Feb 20236 Apr 2025 Legendary actor, orator and television personality Zia Mohyeddin, born on 30 June (or 20 December), 1931, in Lyallpur, passed away on 13 February 2023 in Karachi By Beena Sarwar 14…
obituaries Imran Aslam: Lessons in journalism from a life and legacy transcending borders across Southasia 12 Jan 20236 Apr 2025 By Abdullah Zahid 12 January 2023: In the good old days when there was a regular exchange of theatre productions between India and Pakistan, the Pakistani satire ‘Lines Out of…
obituaries Kamla Bhasin, the spirit of Southasia and the power of the four-letter word love 16 May 20226 Apr 2025 Note: This syndicated feature published in November 2021 has been belatedly posted to the Sapan website. A syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News Commemorating 16 Days…
obituaries Sara Suleri: Beyond borders 27 Mar 20226 Apr 2025 PERSONAL-POLITICAL By Beena Sarwar March 25, 2022, Sapan News Service “Aur bataiye” – tell me more, a polite invitation to keep talking. I can hear her voice, perhaps naturally husky,…
