Harvard initiative: India-Pakistan peace vigil today

CAMBRIDGE: South Asian students of Harvard University have planned a ‘global vigil’ or Sunday for peace between Pakistan and India, IANS reported on Saturday. 

Sponsored by the South Asia Centre, Boston, and the Alliance for Secular and Democratic South Asia, the vigil at Harvard Square is aimed at voicing the students’ concern over ceasefire violations at the LoC and the war hype being built up by “sections of the media and politicians in India that threatens peace in the region”.

Condoling the loss of lives on both sides and “condemning any kind of mutilation or beheading of human bodies,” the organisers called for independent investigations into these reported incidents so that the truth is known.

They also asked the students to join in the effort at maintaining harmony and accord between the two countries and in the region and suggested they bring a poster or placard reflecting that spirit.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 27^th, 2013.