Islamabad, Pakistan: Over 800 peace-mongers belonging to different strata of Indian and Pakistani societies have stood against warmongers who always wish to purge peace and future of over 1.2 billion population through their systemic and well-designed campaign to install war over already crippled economies of sub-continent.
Through an online Resolution, peace-mongers have condemn all forms of violence regardless of its objectives.
Deeply concerned at the current rise in animosity and antagonism between India and Pakistan, signatories of resolution urge both governments and their security establishments to take all steps possible towards improving relations.
Resolution states:
We note that whenever it seems that relations might improve, some form of disruption takes place ranging from jingoistic statements to militant attacks. The traditional response to such disruptions only strengthens those who want continued tensions between our two countries.
We move this resolution towards a peaceful subcontinent and make the following demands to the governments of India and Pakistan, urging them to:
- Develop an institutionalised framework to ensure that continuous and uninterrupted talks between India and Pakistan take place regularly no matter what. Make dialogue uninterrupted and uninterruptible.
- Ensure that political leaders, diplomats and civil servants from both countries conduct talks on the sidelines of all international and multilateral forums.
- Recognise that the Kashmir dispute above all concerns the lives and aspirations of the Kashmiri people, and work to resolve it through uninterrupted dialogue between all parties concerned.
- Implement the 2003 ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan.
- Renounce all forms of proxy wars, state-sponsored terrorism, human rights violations, cross-border terrorism, and subversive activities against each other, including through non-state actors or support of separatist movements in each other’s state.
- Support and encourage all forms of people-to-people contact, and remove visa restrictions and discrimination faced by citizens of both countries. This must be further taken forward to allow visa-free travel between India and Pakistan.
- Increase trade and economic linkages and cultural exchanges between India and Pakistan.
Further, we pledge to uphold the principles of impartial reporting and urge media houses on either side to prevent the growing militarisation of debate. We must act responsibly and stop broadcasting hate speech and creating public hysteria aimed at the other country and/or vulnerable communities.
Endorsed – names sorted in alphabetical order below.
Name, designation
- A. H. Nayyar, physicist, educationist, Lahore
- Aabida Ali, activist, Karachi
- Aakash Chandran, Assistant Editor, Lighthouse Project
- Aamer Raza, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar
- Aashima Subberwal, Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), New Delhi
- Aasiya Ishaq, Pak Sarzameen Party, Karachi
- Aasha Mehreen Amin, Deputy Editor, Editorial and Op-Ed, The Daily Star, Bangladesh
- Aastha Dua, lawyer, New Delhi
- Abbas Dadla, social worker and teacher, Mumbai
- Col Abdul Rasul Khan, India-Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace India Chapter
- Abdur Rauf, Coordinator of Aaghaz-e-Dosti, Peshawar
- Abha Bhaiya, activist, Himachal Pradesh
- Abhay Ramchand Shaha, Baramati, Maharashtra-Architect and National Secretary, Servas International Peace Organisation
- Abhishek Thakore, Co-founder, The Blue Ribbon Movement, Mumbai, and South Asian Youth Conference Series
- Abhyudaya Shishodia, student, National Law University, Jodhpur
- Achal Arora, insurance professional, Meerut
- Achin Vanaik, retd. Professor of International Relations, University of Delhi
- Adil Jussawala, poet, Mumbai
- Adil Najam, Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
- Adnan Gabol, actor, Karachi
- Advait Gupt, media maker, Partner at Supari Studios, Mumbai
- Afia Salam, freelance journalist, Karachi
- Afia Sheherbano, Women’s Action Forum, Karachi
- Afrasiab Khattak, ex-Senator Awami National Party, Islamabad
- Afsan Chowdhury, journalist and academic, Bangladesh
- Agha Iqrar Haroon, Chief Editor, Dispatch News Desk News agency, Islamabad
- Ahmad Quraishi, TV anchor, Islamabad
- Ahmad Rafay Alam, environmental lawyer, Lahore
- Aisha Gazdar, filmmaker, Karachi
- Ajay Row, LitmusWorld, Mumbai
- Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta, Deputy Editor, The Wire
- Akeela Naz, President, Peasants Women Society, Khanewal
- Akshat Singhal, Co-founder, The Blue Ribbon Movement, Mumbai
- Ahsan Jamil, Managing Director, Abraaj Healthcare Fund, Pakistan
- Alefia T. Hussain, journalist, The News on Sunday, Lahore
- Ali Mehdi Zaidi, freelance artist and healer, Lahore/London
- Ali Arqam, journalist, Karachi
- Ali Raza Abidi, parliamentarian, Karachi
- Aliya Harir, student at National Defence University, Islamabad
- Alka Subramanian, San Diego
- Aman Alam, software engineer, Bangalore
- Amandeep Sandhu, writer, Punjab, South Asia
- Amar Sindhu, Women’s Action Forum, Hyderabad
- Amardeep Singh, author, Singapore
- Amarpali Singh, poet, Chandigarh
- Ameya Kilara, Leadership Fellow, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Amir Haider, social activist, Gilgit
- Amirtharaj Stephen, photographer, Photographers for Environment and Peace, Chennai
- Amit Jagda, image consultant, Mumbai
- Amit Mehra, photographer, New Delhi
- Amita Gupta, textile designer, New Delhi
- Amit Sengupta, journalist, New Delhi
- Amitabh Akash Nag, service, poet, Kolkata
- Amjad Sohail, researcher, Karachi
- Amlan Dutta, wildlife biologist, Bhubaneswar
- Ammad Khaliq, Associate Executive Producer, Dawn News, Islamabad
- Ammu Joseph, independent journalist and author, Bangalore, India
- Amna Mawaz Khan, dancer and political activist, Islamabad
- Amrita Chachhi, author, professor, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Anaar Desai-Stephens, instructor, ethnomusicology and media, Cornell University
- Anand Chakravarti, academician, Delhi
- Ana Kandwal, writer and activist, New Delhi
- Anahite Contractor, poet, art critic and curator, Mumbai
- Anam Zakaria, author, development professional and educationist
- Anand Patwardhan, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Ms Anasuya, Rishi Valley School, Madanapalle, Chitrapat, AP
- Aneesh Pradhan, artist, India
- Anil Chamadia, writer, journalist, New Delhi
- Indian Air Force Sqn. Ldr. Anil Sehgal, Mumbai
- Anila Quayyum Agha, visual artist, Lahore/USA
- Anila Younis, activist, Quetta
- Anis Haroon, activist, Pakistan
- Anish Mishra, independent analyst and researcher on South Asia, Singapore
- Anita Dixit, social researcher, Kolkata
- Anita Ghai, School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi
- Anita Katyal, journalist, India
- Anjali Monteiro, Professor, School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
- India Anjali Purohit, poet, artist, Mumbai
- Anju Khemani, disability consultant, Hyderabad, India
- Anju Makhija, poet and writer, Mumbai
- Annie Raja, General Secretary National Federation of Indian Women, New Delhi
- Ansar Fayyazuddin, physicist, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Anton Babu, entrepreneur, Trivandrum
- Anuradha Bhasin, journalist, Co-chair, Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), Jammu
- Anuradha Marwah, author and academic, New Delhi
- Anwer Hussain Jafri, theatre writer, director, activist, Karachi
- Arbab Taimoor Khan, rights activist/writer, Quetta
- Archana Hande, artist, Mumbai
- Arfa Khanum Sherwani, broadcast journalist, New Delhi
- Arfana Mallah, Women’s Action Forum, Hyderabad, Pakistan
- Arieb Azhar, singer/musician, Islamabad
- Arshad Haroon, Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network, Peshawar
- Arshad Rizvi, activist, Rawalpindi
- Arshiya Lokhandwala, art curator, Mumbai
- Aruna Roy, social activist, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Rajasthan
- Arundhati Dhuru, social activist, National Alliance of People’s Movements, India
- Arundhati Ghosh, arts facilitator, Bangalore
- Asad Mumtaz Rid, journalist, activist, Karachi
- Asad Sayeed, economist, Karachi
- Asad Zaidi, publisher and writer, New Delhi.
- Asha Hans, Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), India
- Ashok Chowdhury, All-India Union of Forest Working People, Delhi
- Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, former Pakistan ambassador to the US, India and China; and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan
- Ashwani Kumar, poet, professor at TISS, Mumbai
- Asiem Sanyal, marine biologist, Nagpur
- Asif Mahar, educationist, writer, Karachi
- Asiya Shervani, diversity and inclusion consultant, Hyderabad, India
- Aslam Khwaja, writer, Karachi
- Asma Jahangir, Chairperson Emeritus, HRCP & Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Asma Shirazi, senior anchor/editor current affairs, Aaj News
- Asmat Jogezai, polio worker/activist, Quetta
- Atia Anwar Zoon, Assistant Professor, Federal Urdu University, Islamabad
- Atif Hayat, activist, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Karachi
- Atiqa Shahid, gender rights activist, Lahore
- Atiya Hassan, lecturer, Saint Lawrence Govt Degree College, Karachi
- Navy Cdr Atul Bharadwaj, strategic affairs analyst, historian, India
- Atul Gurtu, scientist, Mumbai
- Awais Ramzan Baloch, artist, Nosach Films Academy, Karachi
- Ayesha Jalal, Mary Richardson Professor of History/Director, Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, Tufts University
- Ayesha Siddiqa, research associate SOAS, University of London
- Ayesham Sitara, student
- Azher Ali Hullio, auditor, activist, Larkana
- M. Kutty, Secretary General, Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC)
- R.P. Bhaskar, journalist, Chennai
- Babar Ayaz, journalist and author, Karachi
- Babar Kamario, student, Madeji, Sindh
- Bachhi Karkaria, journalist, author, Mumbai
- Baela Raza Jamil, Founder and CEO, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi, Pakistan
- Baiju Parthan, artist, Mumbai
- Balraj Khanna, author, London, UK
- Barnali Ray Shukla, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Baruna Bhattacharya, writer, Kolkata
- Banoo Batliboi, book artist, Mumbai
- Bebagar Azeem, peace activist, Turbat
- Beena Sarwar, journalist, teacher, editor Aman ki Asha, Cambridge MA / Karachi
- Bilquis Rehman, social development professional, Karachi
- Bina Sarkar Ellias, poet, editor and publisher, International Gallerie, Mumbai
- Binu Mathew, Editor, org, Kerala
- Bratati Bal, concerned citizen, Mumbai
- Brian McMahon, retired master mariner, ex-merchant navy, Kolkata
- Bushra Gohar, former MP, MNA, Awami National Party, Pakistan
- Bushra Qadim Hyder, Executive Director, Qadims Lumiere School, Peshawar
- Celina John, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Chaudhry Latif Akbar, President Peoples Party, Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- Charanya R, artist, Bengaluru
- Chintan Girish Modi, peace educator, writer and researcher, Mumbai
- Christophe Jaffrelot, research scholar, Paris
- Cynthia Stephen, independent media person and researcher; Founder, TEDS Trust, Bangalore
- Darryl D’Monte, environmentalist journalist, Mumbai
- David Alesworth, artist, educator, Bristol/Lahore
- David Barsamian, Director, Alternative Radio, Boulder, CO
- Deep Kanakia, sustainability crusader, Mumbai
- Deepak Kathuria, Association of Peoples of Asia
- Deepak Nahar, Past National President, JCI India
- Deepesh C, Assistant Professor, Chennai
- Devang Shah, international law and diplomacy student, Vadodara, Gujarat
- Devashish Makhija, filmmaker, poet, artist, author, Mumbai
- Devika Mittal, research student and convener (India) Aaghaz-e-Dosti, Delhi
- Dhruva Narayan, Managing Editor, Daanish Books, Delhi
- Diep Saeeda, peace activist, Lahore
- Dileep Rao, anti-war citizen, New Delhi
- Dilip D’Souza, writer, Bombay
- Dilrukshi Handunnetti, journalist and lawyer, Sri Lanka
- Dolly Thakore, actor, Mumbai
- Dunu Roy, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University
- Ellia Khan, Officiating Director, PeaceNiche | T2F, Karachi
- Elsa D’Silva, Founder and CEO, Red Dot Foundation, Mumbai
- Ershad Mahmud, Executive Director, Center for Peace, Development and Reforms, Rawalakot
- Ezabir Ali, women’s rights activist, Srinagar
- Fahim Siddiqui, technology entrepreneur, Boston
- Fahmida Riaz, poet, Karachi
- Faiza Ahmed, artist, Karachi
- Faiza Butt, artist, London
- Faiza Hayat, student, Karachi
- Faizan Lakhani, journalist, Karachi
- Fakhar-e-Abbas, law student/activist, Mehrabpur, Sindh
- Farooq Shah, Managing Editor, Kashmir Observer
- Farida Batool, Head of Visual Arts National College of Arts, Lahore
- Fauzia Shahid, content editor PTV, Islamabad
- Faredoon Bhujwala, freelance corporate trainer, British Council and various other corporates, Mumbai
- Fareeda Tahir, Program Officer, SPO, Karachi
- Farhana Kanwal, development professional, Chitral/Islamabad
- Farida Nekzad, journalist; president, South Asian Women in Media (SAWM), Kabul
- Farieha Aziz, journalist, Karachi
- Farooq Tariq, Spokesperson, Awami Workers Party
- Faseeh Bari Khan, writer, Lahore
- Fasih Ehsan, artist , project manager, New York
- Fatima Mehta, ceramic artist, Mumbai
- Fauzia Ansari, teacher, mother of Indian prisoner in Pakistan Hamid Ansari, Mumbai
- Fazal Khan, teacher, activist, Loralai, Balochistan
- Fazil Jamili, journalist, Karachi
- Feroza Batool, PhD Scholar Gender Studies, Lahore
- Fida Hussain, teacher, activist, Pano Aqil, Sukkur
- Fozia Yasmin, singer, Lahore
- Furhan Hussain, researcher and trainer, Islamabad
- Sundarrajan, environmental activist, Chennai
- Gauhar Raza, scientist, poet, filmmaker, Delhi
- Gautam Babbar, international civil servant, UN, Vienna
- Geeta Seshu, journalist, India
- Geetha Durairajan, Professor, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India
- Girish Karnad, playwright/filmmaker/actor, Bangalore
- Gita Sahgal, Centre for Secular Space, London
- Githa Hariharan, Writer, Delhi
- Gul Panah, rights activist, Karachi
- Gulan Kripalani, Transformational Leadership Facilitator, Kolkata
- Gulzar, poet, lyricist and filmmaker, Mumbai
- Gurmehar Kaur, student, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
- Dr Gurveen Kaur, educator, Secretary, Centre for Learning, Secunderabad, India
- Hameed-ul-Mehdi, Team Leader, Community Development and Entrepreneurship Foundation, Quetta
- Hamid Mir, journalist, Pakistan
- Hamida Amanat, social worker, New Jersey, USA
- Hani Baloch, activist, Karachi
- Col Harbhajan Singh, India-Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace India Chapter
- Harnidh Kaur, policy professional and poet, Mumbai
- Haroon Baloch, activist, Islamabad
- Haris Kidwai, Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy, New Delhi
- Harris Khalique, poet and essayist, Islamabad
- Harris Khan, actor, Karachi
- Harsh Desai, Campus Head, Thadomal Shahani Centre for Media and Communication, Mumbai
- Harsh Kapoor, South Asia Citizen’s Web (net)
- Harsh Mander, writer, human rights and peace worker, Delhi
- Harsh Narayan, filmmaker and activist, Delhi
- Harshad Marathe, illustrator, India
- Hasil Bizenjo, President National Party (NP), Balochistan
- Hassan Fazal, student, Panjgoor
- Hema Badhwar Mehra, writer, editor, activist, India
- Hemant Divate, poet, Mumbai
- Hilda Saeed, activist, member, Women’s Action Forum and Shirkat Gah
- Himali Dixit, anthropologist, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Hoori Noorani, activist, publisher, Karachi
- Humair Ali Usto, geologist, Karachi
- Ibrahim Malick, technology entrepreneur; former founder-editor South Asia Media Association, New York
- Ihsan Ahmed, auditor, Karachi
- Bishop Dr. Ijaz Inayat Masih, Karachi
- Dr Ilina Sen, academician, writer and peace activist, Mumbai
- Ilma Iqbal, law student and team member, Aaghaz-e-Dosti
- Imran Aziz, businessman, Rawalpindi
- Imran Zahid, actor, Delhi
- Imtiaz Ali, Deputy Speaker, Provincial Youth Assembly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Inder Salim, artist, New Delhi
- Inderjeet Parmar, professor of international politics, University of London
- Indira Bodani, Founder, The Gateway School of Mumbai
- Indra Munshi, sociologist, Mumbai
- Ira Anjali Anwar, writer and poet, Delhi
- Irfan Almani, social activist, Karachi
- Irfan Aslam, journalist, Lahore
- Irfan Engineer, Director, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai, India
- Irfan Husain, columnist, Dawn, Pakistan
- Irfan Mufti, human rights and peace activist
- Irshu Bangash, filmmaker and media activist, Peshawar
- Ishaan Jajodia, Founder, The Mumbai Art Collective & Student, Dartmouth College
- Ishtiaq Ahmed, author, Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University
- Iqbal Alavi, Secretary, Tareekh Foundation
- Iqbal Latif, entrepreneur, Sukkur/Paris
- Jamal Shah, artist, filmmaker, culture activist; currently DG, Pakistan National Council of Arts, Islamabad
- Jamuna Rangachari, writer and website in-charge, Life Positive magazine, Delhi
- Janhavi Acharekar, author, Mumbai
- Jasbir Jain, independent intellectual/professor emeritus/writer, Jaipur
- Jatin Desai, journalist, Mumbai
- Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, writer and musician, Bangalore
- Jayshree Murali, educator, VIDYA India, Mumbai
- Jean Dreze, economist, Ranchi, India
- Jayshree Shukla, concerned citizen, Delhi
- Jehangir Jani, artist, Mumbai
- Jerusha D’sa, educational freelancer, Mumbai
- Dr Jesrani Birma, doctor, activist, Karachi
- Jhansi Papudesi, freelance journalist, humanist, Bangalore
- Jharna Bannerji, writer, Pune
- Indian Navy Capt Joginder Singh, Jeolikote, Uttaranchal
- John Dayal, writer and activist, New Delhi
- John Kurrien, educator, Pune
- Jyoti Malhotra, journalist, New Delhi
- Jyoti Punwani, journalist, Mumbai
- N. Panikkar, historian, Trivandrum
- K.P. Jayasankar, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, Mumbai
- Satchidanandan, writer, Kerala
- Kabeer Khurana, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Kalpana Sharma, independent journalist, Mumbai
- Kamal Chenoy, professor JNU, New Delhi
- Kamala Visweswaran, anthropologist, San Diego
- Kamayani Bali Mahabal, feminist and human rights activist, Mumbai, India
- Kami Chouhdry, trans rights activist, Executive Director Subrang Society, Karachi
- Kami Kidwai, management consultant, London
- Kamila Hyat, columnist, former newspaper editor, Lahore
- Kamla Bhasin, social activist, India
- Kanak Mani Dixit, journalist and writer, Nepal
- Kanwal Toor, entrepreneur and social activist, London/ Mumbai
- Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak, analyst, commentator on strategic and security issues
- Karamat Ali, Executive Director PILER, Secretary National Labour Council and Founding member PIPFPD, Karachi
- Kavita Krishnan, Secretary, All India Progressive Women’s Association
- Kavita Nandini Ramdas, independent consultant, Brooklyn, New York
- Kavita Srivastava, human rights worker, People’s Union for Civil Liberties
- Kedar Maddula, Wunderhaus Artists’ Getaway & Homestay, Pondicherry
- Kejal Savla, Program Lead at Community Connect Fellowship, The Blue Ribbon Movement, India
- Kenneth Joe Cleetus, Program Officer, Regional Centre of Expertise, Trivandrum
- Keshav Sharma, B.S. PPE Candidate, Northeastern University
- Khadija Mashood Mian, student, Lahore
- Khushal Khan, ex-Central President National Youth Organisation (NYO) of the ANP, Islamabad
- Kim Jurgensen, communications manager, South Africa
- Kirtana Kumar, actor/director, Infinite Souls Farm & Artists Retreat, Bangalore
- Kirthi Jayakumar, Founder, Red Elephant Foundation, Chennai
- Kishwar Naheed, poet, Islamabad
- Kokab Kaleem, housewife, Rabwah
- Konchadi Vasanth Pai, retd company executive, Bengaluru
- Krishna Menon, Professor, Gender Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi
- Kubra, women’s rights activist, Quetta
- Kuldeep Kumar, columnist and commentator, Delhi
- Admiral L. Ramdas, former Chief of Naval Staff and Magsaysay Awardee for Peace, India
- Lalita Ramdas, peace activist, Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), Alibag, India
- Laraib Abid, Founder, Mashal, Lahore
- Laxmi Murthy, Consulting Editor, Himal Southasian, Bangalore
- Leena Dabiru, legal and development consultant, Delhi
- Leena Kejriwal, photographer, artist, activist, Kolkata
- Lisa Pingle, gallerist, Pune
- G Devasahayam, former IAS, writer, author and public activist, Chennai
- Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh, former Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Indian Navy, Mumbai
- Madhulika Narasimhan, research and communications professional and core member Aaghaz-e-Dosti
- Maham Ali, freelance consultant, Islamabad
- Mahesh Bhatt, film producer, India
- Mahrosh Hussain, student, Forman Christian College University, Lahore
- Malik Siraj Akbar, Editor-in-Chief The Baloch Hal, Washington D.C.
- Dr Mallika Ramdas, educator, New York
- Manan Kashyap, photographer and writer, India
- Mani Shankar Aiyar, peace activist, writer, former parliamentarian, Delhi
- Manisha Gera Baswani, artist, photographer, Gurgaon
- Manisha Gupte, PIPFPD, Pune
- Manjri Sewak, consultant, WISCOMP (Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace), Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH The Dalai Lama, New Delhi
- Mannika Chopra, journalist
- Manoj Mitta, journalist, author, Delhi
- Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
- Manzur Ejaz, journalist and punjab scholar, Fairfax, VA, USA
- Maria Harir, banking professional, Islamabad
- Maria Memon, journalist, Karachi
- Maria Patel, advertising and media professional, Pakistan
- Maria Bastos, Doctoral Researcher, University of Westminster, UK
- Marion Dry, Director of the ClassACT HR 73 Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program, Boston, MA
- Mariyam Urooj, theatre artist, Karachi
- Marvi Sirmed, journalist, Daily Times, Islamabad
- Marwah Maqbool Malik, development practitioner, Research Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Maroof Syed, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS)
- Marzia Hassan, social worker, psychotherapist, author, Toronto/Karachi
- Masood Khan, heritage professional, architect and planner
- Matthew Mattam, YouthAid Foundation, Pune
- Maya Mirchandani, journalist, India
- Mayank Bhatt, novelist, Toronto
- Mazhar Arif, journalist, activist, Islamabad
- Mazher Hussain, Executive Director, COVA, India
- Meena Menon, journalist, Mumbai
- Meenakshi Chhabra, peace educator, Lesley University
- Meenakshi Chakraverti, writer, San Diego
- Meera Kumar, educationist, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu
- Meher Marfatia, author, Mumbai
- Mehmal Sarfraz, journalist, Lahore
- Mekaal Hasan, musician, Lahore
- Mekhala Krishnamurthy, academic, anthropologist, New Delhi, India
- Melanie P. Kumar, independent writer, Bangalore
- Merry Barua, Director, Action for Autism, New Delhi
- Mihir Vatsa, poet and heritage archivist, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India
- Milind Champanerkar, writer, Pune
- Minahil Mehdi, teacher, minority rights activist, Founder of HumAahang, Lahore
- Mira Hashmi, actor, film critic, educator, Lahore
- Miriam Chandy Menacherry, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Mithu Sen, artist, New Delhi
- Mitu Varma, Director, Film Southasia
- Mohd Afroj, research scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
- Mohammad Ali Shah, activist, Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, Karachi
- Mohammad Jibran Nasir, Never Forget Pakistan, lawyer
- Mohammad Shoaib, Aariz Media
- Mohammad Tahseen, ED, South Asia Partnership Pakistan & Convenor, Pakistan Civil Society Forum
- Dr Mohammad Taqi, academic, physician, Peshawar/Florida
- Mohammad Zakiuddin Mahdi, research scholar, Uttarakhand Technical University
- Mohini Giri, chairperson, War Widows Association, New Delhi
- Mohsin Hamid, writer
- Mona Kazim Shah, founder, Project Pakistan, journalist and human rights activist, Dallas
- Moniza Inam, journalist, Executive Director, WAF, Karachi
- Monojit Lahiri, writer, Kolkata
- Motika Anand, Chicago
- Dr Mubarak Ali, historian, Lahore
- Mubashir Zaidi, journalist, Dawn News, Karachi
- Muhammad Al-Helal, M.Phil Researcher on Sub-Regional Cooperation in South Asia under the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka
- Muhammed Anwaar uddin, actor, Karachi
- Muhammad Haris Sodher, student/activist, Tando Allahyar, Sindh
- Muhammad Naeem Salim, student, Quetta
- Muhammad Saheto, banker, activist, Larkana
- Muhammad Salman Khan, blogger/social worker, Karachi
- Mukesh Arora, financial consultant, Meerut
- Munizae Jahangir, Aaj TV anchor and executive producer, Pakistan
- Murad Futehally, industrialist, Alibaug
- Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, Coordinator, Swarajpeeth Trust (Kashmir Chapter) & Founding Trustee, Inspire Me Foundation
- D. Pancholi, General Secretary, Citizens For Democracy, India
- Jayaram, independent journalist, Bangalore
- N. N. Bhatia, writer/author/involved in welfare of war widows and repatriation of Indian/Pakistani POWs from Noida, India. “Let peace & cordial relations prevail in Indus-Ganges civilisation!”
- N Madhusudan, theatre activist, Hyderabad, India
- Nadeem Anthony, activist, Lahore
- Nadeem Khalid, activist, businessman, Karachi
- Nadhra Shahbaz Khan, Assistant Professor (Art History), Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
- Lt Col (retd) Nadir Ali, Punjabi writer, Lahore
- Nadra Huma Quraishi, Manager Professional Development, educationist, Karachi
- Naeema Masood, housewife, Dhirkot, Azad Jammu Kashmir
- Najam Sethi, Editor, The Friday Times, Lahore
- Najiba Ayubi, journalist, Killid Group, Afghanistan
- Nalini Taneja, academician, Delhi
- Nancy Adajania, art curator, Mumbai
- Nandita Das, actor and filmmaker, Mumbai
- Nandita Narain, President, Federation of Central Universities Teachers Associations, New Delhi
- Nandu Kamath, General Manager, Gallerie Publishers, Mumbai
- Commander Narender Chandola, Engineer and Management Professional from IIT Delhi & IIM Indore, Ex defence officer/Joint Director, Ministry of Defence, Greater Noida (UP), India
- Naseer Memon, activist, Islamabad
- Naseeruddin Shah, actor, Mumbai
- Nasim Zehra, journalist, teacher, TV anchor, Islamabad
- Nasima Karim, Co-founder and Focal Point Central Asia at Here We Are, Kyrgyz Republic
- Professor Nasreen, Karachi University professor, General History Dept, Karachi
- Natasha Javed, Partnership Officer, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, New York/Lahore
- Naved Aslam, actor, Mumbai
- Dr Naveed Baloch, pharmacist, activist, Khuzdar
- Navjot Altaf, artist, Mumbai
- Nayantara Sahgal, writer, India
- Neelima Sharma, Nishant Natya March and activist, Delhi
- Neena Gopal, Resident Editor, Deccan Chronicle, Bangalore
- Nidhi Iyer, freelance photographer, writer, Kolkata
- Nidhi Razdan, journalist, India
- Nighat Dad, lawyer and activist, Lahore
- Nighat Said Khan, Women’s Action Forum Lahore, Founder Member PIFPD
- Niharika Awasthi, development communication professional, BBC Media Action, Delhi
- Niilofur Farrukh, independent art critic/curator, Karachi
- Niketan, software professional, Mumbai
- Nileshwar Narayan, student, Patna, India
- Nilofar Afridi Qazi, public policy specialist and film maker, Islamabad
- Nilova Roychaudhury, journalist, New Delhi
- Nitya Jacob, author, New Delhi
- Nityanand Jayaraman, writer, social activist, Chennai
- Nivedita Jha, freelance journalist, India
- Nirupama Subramanian, journalist
- Noam Chomsky, institute professor (retired), MIT, Cambridge, MA
- Noman Quadri, lawyer, accountant, activist, Karachi
- Noorjehan Bilgrami, artist, Karachi
- Nuzhat Shirin, law student, member WAF, Karachi
- Omang Agarwal, Asia Coordinator, Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network, Delhi
- Omar Abdullah, Working President, J&K National Conference
- Omar Ali MD, associate professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Ovais Sultan Khan, social activist, Delhi
- Pamela Philipose, Public Editor, The Wire, New Delhi
- Parag Shah, Communications Coordinator, Asia Plateau, Panchgani
- Pari Khan, counsellor, London
- Parshu Narayanan, advertising professional, Gurgaon
- Partha Banerjee, human rights activist, educator, and writer, Kolkatta/New York
- Pawan Bali, journalist and filmmaker,
- Dr Pervez Hoodhboy, physicist and teacher, Islamabad
- Pervez Majeed, journalist, Srinagar, Kashmir
- Pervin Sanghvi, development communications consultant, Mumbai
- Poorvi Parekh, classical vocalist, Mumbai
- Prabhat Patnaik, Professor Emeritus, JNU, New Delhi
- Prabodh Parekh, poet, educator, Mumbai
- Pramilla Malick, environmental activist, New York
- Praveen Singh, convener for Milne Do and Students Right to Accommodation, Delhi
- Preeti Krishnamurthy, development professional, Mumbai
- Prem Shankar Jha, journalist, columnist, India
- Prerna Gupta, student, Mumbai
- Priya Sarukkai, poet, Pune
- Priyanca Vaishnav, Lead, Content and Communications, IES Entrepreneurship Foundation
- Qandeel Fatima, banker, Lahore
- Qurat Mirza, Chief Project Coordinator, SPO, Member WAF, Karachi
- Qurat-ul Ain, Lee Kuan Yew Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
- Sriram, corporate consultant, Bangalore
- Commander R.V. Singh, retired Indian Navy official, Delhi
- Rabbi Shergill, singer, lyricist, New Delhi
- Rabeea Arif, Head of Graphic Design, University of Karachi
- Rachana Johri, Professor, Ambedkar University, Delhi
- Radha Bheel, ED, Radha org, and Chairperson, Dalit Sujag Tahreek, Mirpurkhas
- Radhi Parekh, Founder Director, ARTISANS’ Gallery, Mumbai
- Radhika Nair, student intern, Noida
- Rafia Gulani, activist, Shahdadpur
- Rafeeq Ellias, photographer and filmmaker, Mumbai
- Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Asst. Professor of English, University of Nevada, Reno
- Raheel Khursheed, Head of News Partnerships, South Asia & South East Asia at Twitter
- Raheem ul Haq, Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Forman Christian College, Lahore
- Rahul Baswani, educator, Gurgaon
- Rahul Reddy, student, geopolitical analyst, technologist, humanist
- Rahul Roy, filmmaker, Gurgaon
- Rahul Sahay, advocate, formerly with Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, Delhi
- Raj Aaryan, poet/writer, New Delhi
- Raja Masood Akhtar, teacher, Dhirkot, Azad Jammu Kashmir
- Rajdeep sardesai, Consulting Editor, India Today
- Rajinder Arora, designer, New Delhi
- Rajmohan Gandhi, writer, India
- Rajni Bakshi, journalist and author, Mumbai
- Rajni Bhagat, counsellor, Gurgaon
- Rakesh Sharma, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Raksha Kumar, multimedia journalist, Bangalore
- Ram Mohan Rai, advocate and peace activist
- Ram Puniyani, Center for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai
- Ramanjit Singh, IT professional, Bangalore
- Ramesh Oza, journalist, Mumbai
- Ramesh Yadav, activist, Amritsar
- Raminder Jit Singh, Founder and Director ‘THE – SARA’, Jammu
- Ramnik Mohan, Associate Professor (retd), social activist, Haryana
- Rani Wahidi, documentary journalist, Quetta
- Ranjit Kumar, journalist, Punjab Kesari group, New Delhi
- Brig (retd) Rao Abid Hamid, Pakistan India Forum For Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), founder member India Pakistan Soldiers Peace Initiative (IPSI) launched under blessings of Nirmala Deshpande, Lahore
- Rashid Mehmood, singer, activist, Karachi
- Rashida Dohad, Executive Director, Omar Asghar Khan Foundation, Islamabad
- Ratna Pathak Shah, actress, Mumbai
- Ravi Das Ranwa, activist, Karachi
- Ravi Kiran Jain, President PUCL, India
- Ravi Nair, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, India
- Ravi Nitesh, peace activist, Founder, Aaghaz-e-Dosti
- Raza Ali Abidi, activist, Muzaffarabad
- Raza Khan, peace activist, Lahore
- Raza Habib Raja, PhD student, Syracuse University, USA
- Raza Rumi, Editor Daily Times, Cornell University faculty
- Raza Syed, journalist, Awaaz multimedia Group
- Reema Amin, educationist and peacenik, Lahore
- Rekha Rodwittiya, artist, Baroda
- Resham Sitara, student, Sialkot
- Revathi Siva Kumar, writer and journalist, Bangalore
- Rimsha Siddiqi, Assistant Speech Therapist, Karachi
- Rita Manchanda, writer, activist, Delhi
- Ritu Dewan, President, Indian Association for Women’s Studies, Mumbai
- Romila Thapar, historian, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Ruby Chishti, artist, New York
- Ruchhita Kazaria, advertiser, Kolkata
- Rukhshanda Naz, activist, Peshawar
- Rumana Husain, artist, Karachi
- Rustam Vania, Academic Dean, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore
- G. Vasudev, artist, Bangalore
- S. Haroon Ahmed, President, Pakistan Association of Mental Health, Karachi
- M. Naseem, development economist, retired professor QAU, Islamabad
- Saba Dewan, independent documentary filmmaker, Gurgaon
- Saba Hamid, actor, Karachi
- Sabahat Javed, motivational speaker/trainer, Abbotabad
- Saddam Hussain, student/peace activist, Khuzdar
- Sadanand Menon, writer/pedagogue, Chennai
- Saeed Ahmed Rid, Assistant Professor, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
- Safeer-Ul-Hasnain, banker/activist, Karachi
- Safia Bokhari, peace activist, Lahore
- Sagarika Ghose, Consulting Editor, Times of India
- Dr Sagari Radhika Ramdas, veterinary scientist, Food Sovereignty Alliance, Hyderabad, India
- Sahar Alamgir, student and development professional, Islamabad/London
- Dr Saif Mahmood Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Founder, South Asian Alliance for Literature, Art and Culture
- Saif Samejo, musician/vocalist at The Sketches; producer, Lahooti Live Sessions, Jamshoro, Sindh
- Dr Saima Firdoos, physician, Rawalpindi/Boston, former board member APPNE
- Saima Hayat, activist, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Karachi
- Sajid Hassan, student, Karachi
- Sajid Iqbal, research scholar, COMSATS University, Abbottabad
- Sajid Javed Afridi, social activist, Founder Of Young Leaders Forum, Khyber Agency, FATA
- Sajjad Ahmed Bhutto, politician, businessman, Karachi
- Sakuntala Narasimhan, journalist and musician, Bangalore
- Saleem Asmi, journalist, former editor Dawn, Pakistan
- Salima Hashmi, artist, educator, Lahore
- Salima Saleem, registered nurse, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
- Salman Ahmad, polio goodwill ambassador/Rotary international/SGTF, professor of Sufi music, Queens College; founding member of Junoon, USA
- Salman Anees Soz, economist, National Media Panelist, Congress Party
- Salonie Dua, student, University of Delhi
- Samal Shah, yoga instructor, Mumbai
- Saman Jafri, parliamentarian, Karachi
- Samana Malaika Raza, activist, Islamabad
- Samar Jodha, artist, educator, New Delhi
- Samarth Das, architect, Mumbai
- Sameer Khan, social activist, Gilgit-Baltistan
- Samia Ahmad, teacher, Karachi
- Samiksha Raorane, Manager, Global Foundation, Mumbai
- Samina Ahmad, President, SSGWI; Manager, Junoon; Holistic Health expert, NY, USA
- Samina Ahmed, actor, producer, Karachi
- Samina Rahman, educationalist/human rights activist,
- Samir Gupta, IT professional
- Sana Gulzar, Chairperson, Chapirchal, Peshawar
- Sanna Ejaz, peace activist/journalist, Peshawar
- Sanna Palsule, behavioral scientist, Cambridge/Mumbai
- Sandeep Pandey, teacher and social activist, Socialist Party, India
- Sanjay Kapoor, Editor, Hardnews Magazine
- Sanjay Nagral, surgeon, author, Mumbai
- Sanjay Nahar, author, activist, Pune
- Sanjay Rajoura, stand up comic, Delhi
- Saqib-Ul-Hasnain, student, activist, Larkana
- Sarah Riaz Awan, Core Member, Hum Sub Aik Hain
- Sarica Palsule, university graduate, Cambridge, UK
- Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, filmmaker, actor, Lahore
- Saroj Nagi, freelance journalist, New Delhi
- Saroj Razdan, journalist, India
- Sarwar Bari, activist, Islamabad
- Dr Saraswathy Ganapathy, doctor/community health activist, Bangalore
- Satish Gupta, artist, New Delhi
- Satish Mishra, journalist, New Delhi
- Satyapaul, Secretary General, South Asian Fraternity
- Saumya Aggarwal, Co-founder, Youth for Peace International, Delhi
- Saumya Balsari, author, Cambridge, UK
- Seema Anil Sehgal, peace singer, also known as ‘Bulbul e Kashmir’, Jammu/Mumbai
- Seema Guha, journalist, New Delhi
- Seema Mustafa, Editor, The Citizen, Delhi
- Seema Rana, rights activist, Karachi
- Seema Sheikh, member Womens Action Forum, Karachi
- Sehba Farooqui, Democratic Human Rights Network, Delhi
- Sehba Sarwar, independent writer/Artistic Director, Voices Breaking Boundaries, Pasadena CA/Karachi
- Sehyr Mirza, independent journalist, Lahore
- Sevanti Ninan, journalist, New Delhi
- Shabana Arif, activist, Islamabad
- Advocate Shabana Nasim, lawyer/activist, Lahore
- Shabnam Hashmi, social activist, Delhi
- Shaheryar Azhar, retired international banker; moderator and editor The Forum political blog, Karachi
- Shahida Afzal, activist, Quetta
- Shahvaar Ali Khan, actor, writer, musician, adman, Lahore
- Shahzad Ahmad, activist, Islamabad
- Shamin Gulzar, Chairperson, Umeed Partnership Pakistan, Lahore
- Shamsul Islam, scholar, peace activist, Delhi
- Sharmistha Ray, artist, Mumbai/New York
- Shashi Deshpande, writer, Bangalore
- Shastri Ramachandaran, independent journalist and international publications consultant, India
- Sheba Chhachhi, artist, New Delhi
- Sheema Kermani, activist, Director Tehrik-e-Niswan
- Sheen Farrukh, writer, journalist, Editor, Inter Press Communication, Karachi
- Sheharyar Rizwan, journalist, Lahore
- Shehnaz Ismail, Professor Emeritus, Indus Valley School of Art and Design, Karachi
- Shehryar Sarwar, writer, Ottawa, Canada
- Air Vice Marshal (retd) Shehzad Chaudhry, analyst, Islamabad
- Sheikh Manzoor, journalist, New Delhi
- Shilpa Gupta, artist, Mumbai
- Shiraz Hassan, journalist, Islamabad
- Shireen Aijaz, member, Women’s Action Forum, and journalist, Karachi
- Shireen Gandhi, gallerist, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
- Shireen Pasha, Berlin Bureau Chief, Dhaka Tribune, Germany
- Shivam Vij, journalist, Delhi
- Shoaib Hashmi, retired writer, director, educator, Lahore
- Shobhna Jain, journalist, New Delhi
- Shrenik Mutha, independent activist and poet, Pune
- Shreya Jani, Managing Trustee, STEP Trust, Delhi
- Shri Prakash, filmmaker, teacher, Ranchi, India
- Shruti Arora (Achesh), theater educator
- Shruti Ganapatye, The Asian Age, Mumbai
- Shruti Kedia, independent journalist, Bangalore
- Shubha Mudgal, artist, India
- Shubha Singh, columnist, New Delhi
- Shubhasini Chalam, entrepreneur, Bangalore
- Shujaat Bukhari, Editor-in-Chief, Rising Kashmir
- Shuma Raha, journalist, India
- Shweta Singh, educator, New Delhi
- Sibtay Hassan Haider, graduate student of Urban Planning and Gender, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
- Siddharth Narrain, legal researcher, Delhi
- Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor
- Sidra Saeed, activist, Islamabad
- Simantini Dhuru, educationist and filmmaker, Mumbai
- Sini Nair, Educator, Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai
- Sitara Rafiq, M.Phil scholar, Gender and Development studies, Lahore
- Smita Sahay, writer, poet and social entrepreneur, Accio Health, Mumbai
- Smruti Divate, publisher, Mumbai
- Sohail Abid, Founder, Folk Punjab, Lahore
- Sohail Malik, Cloud professional, IBM, Dallas, Texas
- Sonali Huria, PhD student, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
- Soonha Abro, writer, director, Zabaan Writers’ Collective, Karachi
- Soumya Dutta, convenor, Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha, India
- Sristhi Chauhan, Fellow, Teach for India, Delhi
- Steven Crabtree, land conservation volunteer, lived in Calcutta, Lahore and Karachi in the 1970s; Maine, USA
- Subhi Dhupar, Regional Coordinator, United Religions Initiative, New Delhi
- Subrat Kumar Behera, artist, Baroda
- Sudeep Sen, poet, New Delhi
- Sudha Ramachandran, independent researcher and journalist, Bangalore
- Sudhanshu Palsule, Leadership Consultant, academic at Cambridge, UK
- Major General Sudhir Vombatkere, National Alliance of Peoples Movements (NAPM), Mysuru, India
- Suhasini Mulay, actress, Mumbai
- Sumaia Akbari, student at Bamyan University, working with GFA consultancy group as Monitoring & Evaluation Manager at Bamyan, Afghanistan
- Sumaira Ishfaq, activist, Jhelum
- Sumesh Sharma, curator, Mumbai
- Sumit Chakravartty, Editor, Mainstream, New Delhi
- Suneeta Dhar, activist, India
- Sunil Gawde, artist, Mumbai
- Sunit Arora, journalist, India
- Suraj Katra, photographer, Associate Communications, Teach For India
- Suraya Islam, Coordinator of Aaghaz-e-Dosti, Karachi
- Surendran Nair, artist, Baroda
- Surinder Joginder Singh, Jeolikote, Uttaranchal
- Sushobha Barve, Executive Secretary, Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, Delhi
- Swara Bhaskar, actor, Mumbai
- Swarna Rajagopalan, independent scholar and Managing Trustee, Prajnya, Chennai
- Swati Bhattacharjee, journalist, Kolkata
- Swati Sharan, writer/publisher, Hamilton, Canada
- Syed Abdul Latif, businessman, Rabwah
- Syed Farid Maharaj, Gaddi Nashin, Dargah Gharib Nawaz, Ajmer Sharif
- Syed Ghazanfar Abbas, Correspondent, India Tomorrow News
- Syed Harir Shah, disaster management practitioner, Chitral
- Syed Jarrar Shah, business professional, Lahore
- Syed Khawar Latif, student and peace activist, Rabwah
- Syed Mudassir Shah, student, Haleem Campus School, Lahore
- Syeda Afshana, columnist and media teacher, Srinagar
- Dr Syeda Hameed, Founder and Present Chair Muslim Womens Forum, New Delhi, India
- Syeda Shiwal Raza, student, University of the Punjab, Lahore
- M. Krishna, musician, writer/author, public speaker, Magsaysay Awardee, Chennai
- R. Raghunandan, co-Founder, Avantika Foundation, consultant on decentralised public governance, anti-corruption and heritage preservation, Bangalore
- Taimur ul Kamal, activist, Peshawar
- Taimur Rahman, Laal music band, Assistant Professor LUMS, Lahore
- Talat Rahim, writer, Karachi
- Lt Gen (retd) Talat Masood, defence analyst, Pakistan. “It is high time the two countries made sincere attempts at normalising their relations and behaving as mature neighbors.”
- Talha Rathore, artist, New York
- Tanuja, event planner, Bangalore
- Tanveer Jahan, activist, Lahore
- Tanvir Masood, filmmaker, former producer with PTV Lahore
- Tapan Kumar Bose, Secretary General, South Asia Forum for Human Rights
- Tanzeela Mazhar, journalist, Pakistan
- Dr Tariq Rahman, Dean School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences/Education, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
- Tarique Hussain, lecturer, Nawabshah
- Tayyaba Hasan, Professor, Harvard Medical School
- Tej Kaul, Executive President of India Pakistan Soldiers Initiative for Peace (IPSI)
- Tripta Wahi, social activist and retd Associate Professor, University of Delhi
- Tulika Bathija, educator, Ecole Mondiale World School, Mumbai
- Tunty Chauhan, Director, Threshold Gallery, New Delhi
- SP Udaya Kumar, activist, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu
- Uma Chakravarti, historian, academician and filmmaker, Delhi
- Uma Sudhir, Resident Editor, NDTV
- Umair Vahidy, Dil Say Pakistan
- Umar Azad, blogger, Larkana
- Umber Khairi, Producer, BBC
- Umer Abdur Rehman Janjua, columnist and author, Islamabad
- Umer Ali, journalist, Islamabad
- Umer Farooq, student, Lahore
- Urvashi Butalia, Director, Zubaan Publishers Pvt Ltd
- Urwah Sultana, Voice Society for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, Lahore
- Usha Gawde, art practitioner, Mumbai
- Usha Raman, Professor, University of Hyderabad, India
- Uzma Noorani, activist, Co-Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Karachi
- Vaibhav Arora, marketing professional, Delhi
- Vaishali Patil, activist, Raigad, India
- Vaishali Jethava, Program Coordinator, The Blue Ribbon Movement, India
- Vaishnavi, writer and filmmaker, Founder, Women Making Films India
- Vani Rijhwani, environment research student, Delhi
- Vasanth Kannabiran, writer and activist, Hyderabad, India
- Vasvi Kejriwal, student, Queen Mary University, London
- Ved Pratap Vaidik, journalist and peace activist, New Delhi
- Veer Munshi, artist, New Delhi
- Veejay Sai, writer, culture critic, Delhi
- Vibhuti Narain Rai, former policeman and writer, India
- Vidya Kamat, artist, Mumbai
- Vijay Deshpande Satara, Maharashtra State Freedom Fighters Successors Organisation and Indo-Pak Friendship Forum, Satara District
- Vijay Naik, Convenor, Indian Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents, New Delhi
- Vijay Satokar, consultant, Press Trust of India, New Delhi
- Vinay Nagaraju, Edward S. Mason Fellow and MPA Candidate 2017, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Vinayak Rajasekhar, Editor-in-Chief, paxpolitica.com
- Vineeta Pandey, The Pioneer newspaper, New Delhi
- Vinita Agrawal, author, Mumbai
- Vinod Sharma, Regional President, South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), New Delhi
- Vinod Varshney, journalist, New Delhi
- Vipul Rikhi, writer and singer, Bangalore
- Vipul Shaha, educator, Krishnamurti Foundation of India, Pune
- Viraj Singh, cinematographer, Mumbai
- Virginia Whiles, Art Historian, London
- Virendra Sahai Verma, India-Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace India Chapter
- Wagma Feroz, Chairperson, Da Torsaro Saadar, Peshawar
- Waheed Ali Joyo, actor, Karachi
- Waheeda Mahesar, Director, SZABIST ZABTech, Member, WAF Karachi
- Wajid Shamsul Hassan, former Pakistani diplomat, London
- Waqas Halim, Director, Center for Technology in Education, Information Technology University, Lahore
- Waqas Khwaja, Ellen Douglass Leyburn Professor of English, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
- Waseem Ahmed, auditor, Karachi
- Yaqoob Khan Bangash, Director, Centre for Governance and Policy, IT University, Lahore
- Yashvi Gada, student, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
- Yasmeen Kazi, Professor of Paediatrics, Karachi
- Yasser Hashmi, educator, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
- Yemuna, educationist, Hoshangabad
- Yogesh Mathuria, peace warrior, World School of Happiness, Pune
- Yousuf Saeed, filmmaker, writer, New Delhi
- Yuki Ellias, actor, Mumbai
- Yusuf Mehta, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Yuvraj Mohite, journalist, Mumbai
- Zahira Khattak, activist, Islamabad
- Zaibun Nisa Hussain, teacher, ACE International Academy, Rawalpindi
- Zain Alavi, Non-Executive Chairman, Muller and Phipps Pakistan Pvt Ltd
- Zakia Sarwar, teacher trainer, Founder Member, Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers
- Zalla Khattak, freelance consultant, Islamabad
- Zar Ali Khan Afridi, Chairman, FATA Commission of Human Rights
- Zar Bano Kohyar, social worker, feminist, Karachi
- Zarminae Ansari, architect, writer, publisher, Joy of Urdu, Karachi/Paris
- Zeeshan Majeed, entrepreneur, Kolkata
- Zehra Arshad, activist, Islamabad
- Zehra Shah, activist, Karachi
- Zia Ur Rehman, journalist, Karachi
- Zia Mian, physicist, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University, Princeton
- Ziad Zafar, journalist, Karachi
- Zohaib Karim, Co-founder and Lead Strategist at MentHub, Karachi
- Zohra Yusuf, Council Member, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Karachi
- Zunaira Qayum Ali, student, Forman Christian College University, Lahore
Updated May 17, 7.30 pm PST/8 pm IST
