Sapan Dossier… New York ‘MET’ catalogue linked to alleged looting and trafficking figures 24 Mar 202324 Mar 2023 Senior Nepali journalist Namrata Sharma, a core member of the Southasia Peace Action Network (SAPAN), was among the journalists who recently investigated the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (‘the…
Sapan Dossier Why Sania Mirza is a Southasian Icon 14 Mar 2023 Celebrating one of Southasia's finest this Women's History Month. Tennis champion Sania Mirza is renowned across Southasia not only for her skill on the court but also as a woman…
Sapan News Network ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’ Jemima Khan and Shekhar Kapur deliver a feel-good rom-com with a sturdy message 10 Mar 202313 Mar 2023 A personal take on Jemima Khan’s scriptwriting debut feature film 'What’s Love Got to Do With It?' directed by Lahore-born award-winning Indian director Shekhar Kapur By Yasmin Whittaker-Khan The recently…
Sapan News Network From Pakistan and Bangladesh to Africa, Brazil and USA: How Climate Change Impacts Women of Colour Across the Globe 8 Mar 202315 Mar 2023 On International Women’s Day, a look at the disproportionate impact of climate change and global warming on half the world’s population, and how women bear the brunt of inequitable policies…
Sapan News Network A Bollywood songwriter, a daughter married in Pakistan, and a family torn apart 9 Feb 20239 Feb 2023 When iconic Bollywood lyricist Hasrat Jaipuri’s daughter Kishwar visited Mumbai a decade after her marriage across the border in Rahim Yar Khan, he knew it would be their last meeting.…
Sapan News Network Peshawar mosque blast worst in a series of targeted attacks on Pakistan police 4 Feb 2023 The January 30 suicide bombing on a mosque in Peshawar is the latest in an escalating number of militant attacks in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region in northwest Pakistan after the…
Sapan News Network Imran Aslam: Lessons in journalism from a life and legacy transcending borders across Southasia 12 Jan 202320 Jan 2023 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…
Sapan News Network Hockey, friendship, Partition, and an ode to the homeland Lahore 19 Dec 202226 Mar 2023 By Sara Arshad 19 December 2022: Taangh, or longing, is a heart-wrenching film about college friends who were separated in 1947 after the division of India and the birth of…
Sapan Dossier What the football frenzy in Lyari signifies 18 Dec 202219 Dec 2022 11 December 2022: The working-class settlement of Lyari in Karachi is a hub for football and clubs in an otherwise cricket-crazy Pakistan. Most residents are Brazil and Argentina fans, but…
Sapan News Network My uncle’s death of ‘cardiac arrest’ in Qatar made worker abuse personal for me: Why I am boycotting the FIFA World Cup this year 5 Dec 202216 Dec 2022 A soccer-mad Nepali American physician hopes that sharing his story will provide some perspective to those wondering about the controversy surrounding the world’s biggest sporting event By Dr. Ramu Kharel…
Events… Event, Nov 27- Beyond Partitions: Shared Histories, Ways Forward 16 Nov 202227 Nov 2022 1947 marked the end of British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent and paved the way for the partition of India and the formation of Pakistan. Twenty-four years later, the…
Sapan News Network AJCONF2022: Taking forward an inspiring legacy of upholding human rights 28 Oct 20226 Nov 2022 By Abdullah Zahid and Beena Sarwar October 26, 2022: The drama began well before the start of the fourth Asma Jahangir Conference on ‘Crisis of Constitutionalism in South Asia’, held…
Sapan News Network Cross-border workshop with 60 India, Pakistan journalists in Nepal breaks barriers 21 Sep 202221 Oct 2022 A Sapan News syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Lubna Jerar Naqvi September 21, 2022: The convoluted journey from Karachi to Kathmandu I undertook recently…
Press Statements… Sapan Appeal: Southasian solidarity and support for flood-devastated Pakistan 7 Sep 202221 Sep 2022 See fundraising appeals by trusted organisations and collectives engaged in relief operations on ground at this link. 07 September 2022: Calling Southasian nations to come together for flood relief and…
Press Statements… Commemorate August 14-15 as Days of Reflection and Compassion 14 Aug 20221 Feb 2023 August 14 and 15 are historic days when one-fifth of humanity freed itself from British rule in 1947. On this occasion we, the peoples of Southasia and the diaspora around…
Sapan News Network The years that were: Let lessons from the past inform the present 6 Aug 20226 Aug 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Tridivesh Singh Maini Several recent incidents highlight the strong yearning of ordinary Indians and Pakistanis to interact…
Sapan News Network Let people meet – before it’s too late 6 May 20229 May 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Tridivesh Singh Maini May 6, 2022, Sapan News Service: The past few months have seen several instances…
Sapan News Network Sara Suleri: Beyond borders 27 Mar 202231 Mar 2022 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,…
Sapan News Network Opinion: Pakistan’s ‘Aurat March’ 2022: To be or not to be 7 Mar 202216 Apr 2022 By Nadra Huma Quraishi March 7, 2022, Sapan News Service: On March 8, women around the world mark a day they call their own -- International Women’s Day, highlighting achievements…
Press Statements… Hindu pilgrims visit Pakistan, Muslim delegation for India late January 6 Jan 20226 Jan 2022 By Beena Sarwar / Sapan News Service January 5, 2022: An international delegation of 200 Hindu pilgrims in Pakistan for a four-day religious tourism visit departed this week after performing…
Sapan News Network Undaunted by temple attack, Pakistani Hindu stuck in India with three children yearns to return home 12 Aug 202120 Apr 2022 This report, sent to several media houses serves as the soft launch of Sapan News, a syndicated service linked with South Asia Peace Action Network, Sapan. By Beena Sarwar A Pakistani Hindu…
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