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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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Greater Connectivity and Regional Integration in South Asia: Scholars and students at the end of the conference
socio-economic development,
agreed participants. For example, currently a container
takes 35 days to reach from
Delhi to Dhaka via a third
country (usually in the Middle East) whereas direct connection can reduce this time
to just five days. Similarly the
distance by sea between Islamabad and Dhaka is 7,612
km, which can be reduced to
just 2,300 km over land
across India. There are many
other options to explore further.
Tourism, especially related to religious places, between India and Pakistan also
has great potential to bring
people of both countries
closer. Allowing medical
tourism and cultural exchanges would also enable
greater connections between
people of the region.
Divided families of Pakistan and India are the worst
affected by the constant
stand off. Generations have
died without seeing their
loved ones for decades.
It is time to move forward
and seriously work towards
the prosperity of the region.
This will also reduce financial
dependence on Western
countries and lending institutions. This century is the century of Asia. Pakistan must
get its due share by reducing
barriers and bringing maximum benefits to its citizens.
On a personal note, as on
my previous visits, I found
common Indians very caring
towards Pakistanis, yearning
for India-Pakistan relations to
be normalised, enabling people to visit each others countries and exchange goodwill.
Our host, Prof. Mohnan
Pillai, Director of UMISARC
left no stoned unturned to facilitate the delegates, especially me, a Pakistani. In fact,
People extended so much affection, love and care that
during my weeks stay in
India I never felt as if I was
away from home.
PTI report
THAT
INDIA
PAKISTAN
By Jehan Ara
hether you are a Pakistani applying for an
Indian visa or an Indian applying for a
Pakistani visa, the
road ahead is challenging. I have been
fortunate to have a strong sponsor,
Nasscom who are my organisation
P@SHAs counterparts in India. However, even then there are stumbling
blocks especially if you are applying
for a triple or multiple entry visa.
If you are applying for a triple entry
visa, you are asked what your port of
entry will be Delhi, Mumbai, or
Wagah. How is one supposed
to know if during a 12
month period one will have
to attend a meeting in Mumbai, Bangalore or Pune,
which would mean entering
via Mumbai OR whether there
will be a meeting in Delhi, Gurgaon, or Chennai which would
entail going through Delhi?
You are also expected to
know which hotel you will be
staying at. Ridiculous. So what
does one do? Either get a crystal
ball or guess and keep your fingers
crossed that those will be the cities you
will be going to and that the relevant
hotels that you have mentioned will
have rooms available.
And before there is a barrage of
anti-India statements, the Pakistan government does the same. It is called reciprocity.
Stranger still is what happened this
year to one of our delegates who had
booked Hotel A in Mumbai to stay at,
only to discover that it was miles away
from the conference venue, and that
everyone else was staying at Hotel B.
She tried to cancel the room in Hotel A
and book a room in Hotel B. Hotel A
told her that she would be charged for
one night (normal) so she decided to
VISA
THING
Destination Peace: A commitment by the Jang Group, Geo and The Times of India Group to
create an enabling environment that brings the people of Pakistan and India closer together,
contributing to genuine and durable peace with honour between our countries.