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Music legend Shubha Mudgal is among the signatories

A valiant effort by concerned citizens of India and Pakistan to stem the tide of hatred, bigotry and violence, this Resolution has hundreds of endorsements listed alphabetically below. The Resolution is now online at this link. Please sign and share.

Peacemongers call for India, Pakistan to resolve differences through dialogue

With tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan on the rise, some concerned citizens from India and Pakistan have come together to formulate a statement expressing their deep concern at “the current rise in animosity and antagonism between India and Pakistan”. The resolution urges “both governments and their security establishments to take all steps possible towards improving relations”.

Endorsements have come in from over 700 thought-leaders, political leaders, retired soldiers, journalists, lawyers, historians, activists, filmmakers, physicians and students have endorsed the privately-shared statement since the first 250 signatories after it was initiated on May 5, 2017.

Endorsing the statement from Islamabad poet Kishwar Naheed adds a comment: “Strongly endorse and requesting all India & Pakistani writers to come ahead for peace and dialogue”.

“We must act responsibly and stop broadcasting hate speech and creating public hysteria aimed at the other country and/or vulnerable communities”, says the resolution.

Kanak Dixit at a democracy rally in April, 2006, Kathmandu (Photo: Shehab Uddin) 

Endorsements have come in not just from India and Pakistan but from concerned citizens in other countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, indicating how people elsewhere feel impacted by relations between the two South Asian giants.

While the statement may not affect policy between the two countries, organisers hope that it will serve as a “pebble thrown in a pond that will have a ripple effect” as one activist put it.

Text of the resolution below. See list of signatories at this link.

Resolution for peaceful relations between India and Pakistan

Make dialogue uninterrupted and uninterruptible

In the 70 years since independence and Partition, the people of India and Pakistan have seen too many conflicts and the loss of many valuable lives. Enough of the distrust and tensions. Those who suffer particularly are ordinary people denied visas and those in the conflict zones, especially women and children as well as fishermen who get routinely rounded up and arrested for violating the maritime boundary.

We condemn all forms of violence regardless of its objectives.

Deeply concerned at the current rise in animosity and antagonism between India and Pakistan, we urge both governments and their security establishments to take all steps possible towards improving relations.

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:

1. 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.
2. Ensure that political leaders, diplomats and civil servants from both countries conduct talks on the sidelines of all international and multilateral forums.
3. 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.
4. Implement the 2003 ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Increase trade and economic linkages, sports 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.

For a list of signatories listed in alphabetical order, please see this link.

Note, This resolution is also endorsed by the Sarhad song of “Aisi Taisi Democracy” – Rahul Ram, Varun Grover, Sanjay Rajoura.

Name, designation

1. Dr. A. H. Nayyar, physicist, educationist, Lahore
2. A.K. Khan, IPS, Advisor to Government of Telangana, Hyderabad
3. Aabida Ali, activist, Karachi
4. Aakash Chandran, Assistant Editor, Lighthouse Project
5. Aamer Raza, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar
6. Aashima Subberwal, Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), New Delhi
7. Aasiya Ishaq, Pak Sarzameen Party, Karachi
8. Aasha Mehreen Amin, Deputy Editor, Editorial and Op-Ed, The Daily Star, Bangladesh
9. Aastha Dua, lawyer, New Delhi
10. Abbas Dadla, social worker and teacher, Mumbai
11. Dr Abdeali Qutbuddin, Director of Programmes, Office of His Holiness Syedna Taher Fakhruddin Saheb, Head of the Dawoodi Bohra Community, Mumbai
12. Abdul Hamid, designer, Surrey BC, Canada
13. Abdul Hamid Bashani Khan, Barrister, Solicitor & Notary Public, Mississauga, ON, Canada
14. Col. Abdul Rasul Khan, India-Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace, India Chapter
15. Abdur Rauf, Coordinator of Aaghaz-e-Dosti, Peshawar
16. Abha Bhaiya, activist, Himachal Pradesh
17. Abhay Ramchand Shaha, Baramati, Maharashtra-Architect and National Secretary, Servas International Peace Organisation
18. Abhigna, academic editor, Bangalore
19. Abhishek Thakore, Co-founder, The Blue Ribbon Movement, Mumbai, and South Asian Youth Conference Series
20. Abhyudaya Shishodia, student, National Law University, Jodhpur
21. Achal Arora, insurance professional, Meerut
22. Achin Vanaik, retd. Professor of International Relations, University of Delhi
23. Adil Jussawala, poet, Mumbai
24. Dr. Adil Najam, Dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
25. Adnan Gabol, actor, Karachi
26. Adnan Rehmat, media rights activist, Islamabad
27. Advait Gupt, media maker, Partner at Supari Studios, Mumbai
28. Afia Salam, freelance journalist, Karachi
29. Afia Sheherbano, Women’s Action Forum, Karachi
30. Afrasiab Khattak, ex-Senator Awami National Party, Islamabad
31. Afsan Chowdhury, journalist and academic, Bangladesh
32. Agha Iqrar Haroon, Chief Editor, Dispatch News Desk News agency, Islamabad
33. Ahmad Quraishi, TV anchor, Islamabad
34. Ahmad Rafay Alam, environmental lawyer, Lahore
35. Aisha Abid Hussain, artist, Lahore
36. Aisha Gazdar, filmmaker, Karachi
37. Ajay Row, LitmusWorld, Mumbai
38. Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta, Deputy Editor, The Wire
39. Akanksha Thakore-Srikrishnan, educator, facilitator, writer, Mumbai
40. Akeela Naz, President, Peasants Women Society, Khanewal
41. Akshat Singhal, Co-founder, The Blue Ribbon Movement, Mumbai
42. Ahsan Jamil, Managing Director, Abraaj Healthcare Fund, Pakistan
43. Alam Venkatesh, Adivasi student leader, Warangal
44. Alefia T. Hussain, journalist, The News on Sunday, Lahore
45. Ali Raza, visual artist, associate professor, Lahore
46. Ali Mehdi Zaidi, freelance artist and healer, Lahore/London
47. Ali Arqam, journalist, Karachi
48. Ali Azmat, visual artist, Lahore
49. Ali Raza Abidi, parliamentarian, Karachi
50. Ali Sethi, musician, writer, Lahore
51. Aliya Harir, student at National Defence University, Islamabad
52. Alka Subramanian, San Diego
53. Altaf Tyrewala, author, Dallas, USA
54. Aman Alam, software engineer, Bangalore
55. Aman Nath, writer/hotelier, New Delhi
56. Aman Shahid, student, Lahore – “I am 11 years old girl studying in class six at Learning Alliance, Lahore and I am with you for peace between India and Pakistan”.
57. Amandeep Sandhu, writer, Punjab, South Asia
58. Amar Sindhu, Women’s Action Forum, Hyderabad
59. Amardeep Singh, author, Singapore
60. Amarpali Singh, poet, Chandigarh
61. Amber Sami, designer, Lahore
62. Ambreen Karamat, curator, art consultant, Lahore
63. Ameya Kilara, Leadership Fellow, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
64. Amin Hashwani, businessman/civil society activist, Karachi
65. Amir Haider, social activist, Gilgit
66. Amirtharaj Stephen, photographer, Photographers for Environment and Peace, Chennai
67. Amit Jagda, image consultant, Mumbai
68. Amit Mehra, photographer, New Delhi
69. Amita Gupta, textile designer, New Delhi
70. Amit Sengupta, journalist, New Delhi
71. Amitabh Akash Nag, service, poet, Kolkata
72. Amjad Sohail, researcher, Karachi
73. Amlan Dutta, wildlife biologist, Bhubaneswar
74. Ammad Khaliq, Associate Executive Producer, Dawn News, Islamabad
75. Ammar Faiz, artist, Lahore
76. Ammu Joseph, independent journalist and author, Bangalore, India
77. Amna Mawaz Khan, dancer and political activist, Islamabad
78. Amrita Chachhi, author, professor, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands
79. Anaar Desai-Stephens, instructor, ethnomusicology and media, Cornell University
80. Anand Chakravarti, academician, Delhi
81. Dr Anand Raj Varma, academic, TV anchor, Hyderabad
82. Ana Kandwal, writer and activist, New Delhi
83. Anahite Contractor, poet, art critic and curator, Mumbai
84. Anam Zakaria, author, development professional and educationist
85. Anand Patwardhan, filmmaker, Mumbai
86. Ms Anasuya, Rishi Valley School, Madanapalle, Chitrapat, AP
87. Aneesh Pradhan, artist, India
88. Anil Chamadia, writer, journalist, New Delhi
89. Brig Anil Malhotra, IPSI India, New Delhi
90. Indian Air Force Sqn. Ldr. Anil Sehgal, Mumbai
91. Anila Quayyum Agha, visual artist, Lahore/USA
92. Anila Younis, activist, Quetta
93. Anis Haroon, activist, Pakistan
94. Anish Mishra, independent analyst and researcher on South Asia, Singapore
95. Anita Dighe, adult educator, Noida, India
96. Anita Dixit, social researcher, Kolkata
97. Prof. Anita Ghai, School of Human Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi
98. Anita Katyal, journalist, India
99. Anjali Monteiro, Professor, School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
100. Anjali Purohit, poet, artist, Mumbai
101. Anju Khemani, disability consultant, Hyderabad
102. Anju Makhija, poet and writer, Mumbai
103. Annie Mathew Chandy, publisher, Bangalore
104. Annie Raja, General Secretary National Federation of Indian Women, New Delhi
105. Dr. Ansar Fayyazuddin, physicist, Brooklyn, NY, USA
106. Anton Babu, entrepreneur, Trivandrum
107. Anuradha Bhasin, journalist, Co-chair, Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), Jammu
108. Anuradha Marwah, author and academic, New Delhi
109. Anwer Hussain Jafri, theatre writer, director, activist, Karachi
110. Arani Roy, neuroscientist, Brandeis University, Boston
111. Arbab Taimoor Khan, rights activist/writer, Quetta
112. Archana Hande, artist, Mumbai
113. Archana Kapoor, Management Trustee of International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT), India Chapter, New Delhi
114. Arfa Khanum Sherwani, broadcast journalist, New Delhi
115. Dr. Arfana Mallah, Women’s Action Forum, Hyderabad, Pakistan
116. Arieb Azhar, singer/musician, Islamabad
117. Arifa Khandwalla, independent researcher, Princeton NJ
118. Arjun Dev, educationist New Delhi
119. Aroosa Khan, artist, Lahore
120. Arshad Haroon, Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network, Peshawar
121. Arshad Rizvi, activist, Rawalpindi
122. Arshiya Lokhandwala, art curator, Mumbai
123. Aruna Roy, social activist, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, Rajasthan; Magsaysay 2000
124. Arundhati Dhuru, social activist, National Alliance of People’s Movements, India
125. Arundhati Ghosh, arts facilitator, Bangalore
126. Asad Lalljee, cultural producer, Mumbai
127. Asad Mumtaz Rid, journalist, activist, Karachi
128. Dr. Asad Sayeed, economist, Karachi
129. Asad Zaidi, publisher and writer, New Delhi.
130. Asha Hans, Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), India
131. Ashok Chowdhury, All-India Union of Forest Working People, Delhi
132. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, former Pakistan ambassador to the US, India and China, and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan
133. Ashutosh Munshi, advertising professional, Mumbai
134. Ashwani Kumar, poet, professor at TISS, Mumbai
135. Asiem Sanyal, marine biologist, Nagpur
136. Asif Khan, photographer, Lahore
137. Asif Mahar, educationist, writer, Karachi
138. Asif Mehmood, TV journalist, Lahore
139. Asif Saad. Business executive, Karachi.
140. Asiya Shervani, diversity and inclusion consultant, Hyderabad, India
141. Aslam Khwaja, writer, Karachi
142. Asma Jahangir, Chairperson Emeritus, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP); advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan, Magsaysay Awardee for Peace 1995
143. Asma Shirazi, senior anchor/editor current affairs, Aaj News
144. Asmat Jogezai, polio worker/activist, Quetta
145. Astad Deboo, dancer, Mumbai
146. Atia Anwar Zoon, Assistant Professor, Federal Urdu University, Islamabad
147. Atif Hayat, activist, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Karachi
148. Atiqa Shahid, gender rights activist, Lahore
149. Atiya Hassan, lecturer, Saint Lawrence Govt Degree College, Karachi
150. Attique uddin Ahmed, architect, Lahore
151. Attiya Dawood, writer, poet, Karachi
152. Navy Cdr Atul Bharadwaj, strategic affairs analyst, historian, India
153. Atul Gurtu, scientist, Mumbai
154. Awais Ramzan Baloch, artist, Nosach Films Academy, Karachi
155. Ayaz Jokhio, artist, Lahore
156. Dr. Ayesha Jalal, Director, Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies, Tufts University
157. Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa, research associate SOAS, University of London
158. Ayesham Sitara, student
159. Azeez Pasha, former member of Rajya Sabha, Hyderabad
160. Azher Ali Hullio, auditor, activist, Larkana
161. B. M. Kutty, Secretary General, Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC)
162. B.R.P. Bhaskar, journalist, Chennai
163. B. Vinod Kumar, Member of Parliament from Karimnagar, Telangana
164. Babar Ayaz, journalist and author, Karachi
165. Babar Kamario, student, Madeji, Sindh
166. Babloo Loitongbhan, activist, Imphal
167. Bachhi Karkaria, journalist, author, Mumbai
168. Baela Raza Jamil, Founder and CEO, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi, Pakistan
169. Baiju Parthan, artist, Mumbai
170. Balraj Khanna, author, London, UK
171. Barnali Ray Shukla, filmmaker, Mumbai
172. Baruna Bhattacharya, writer, Kolkata
173. Banoo Batliboi, book artist, Mumbai
174. Beatrice Tobias, retired librarian, Canada
175. Bebagar Azeem, peace activist, Turbat
176. Beena Sarwar, journalist, teacher, editor Aman ki Asha, Cambridge MA / Karachi
177. Bibhu Mohapatra, development consultant, Gandhi scholar and researcher, member Association for Democratic Returns (ADR)
178. Bilal Sami, filmmaker, Lahore
179. Bilquis Rehman, social development professional, Karachi
180. Bina Sarkar Ellias, poet, editor and publisher, International Gallerie, Mumbai
181. Binu Mathew, Editor, Countercurrents.org, Kerala
182. Bratati Bal, concerned citizen, Mumbai
183. Brian McMahon, retired master mariner, ex-merchant navy, Kolkata
184. Brinda Chudassama Miller, artist, Mumbai
185. Bushra Gohar, former MP, MNA, Awami National Party, Pakistan
186. Bushra Qadim Hyder, Executive Director, Qadims Lumiere School, Peshawar
187. Carla Power, journalist, author If the Oceans Were Ink, London
188. Celine D’Cruz, social worker, Beijing/Mumbai
189. Celine Mary, consultant, Doha
190. Celina John, filmmaker, Mumbai
191. Chaudhry Latif Akbar, President Peoples Party, Azad Jammu and Kashmir
192. Dr. Chaman Lal, author, researcher on Bhagat Singh, retired professor, Ludhiana
193. Charanya R, artist, Bengaluru
194. Chintan Girish Modi, peace educator, writer and researcher, Mumbai
195. Christophe Jaffrelot, research scholar, Paris
196. Cynthia Stephen, independent media person and researcher; Founder, TEDS Trust, Bangalore
197. Danial Noorani, Founder, The Citizens Foundation, USA
198. Darryl D’Monte, environmentalist journalist, Mumbai
199. David Alesworth, artist, educator, Bristol/Lahore
200. David Barsamian, Director, Alternative Radio, Boulder, CO
201. Deep Kanakia, sustainability crusader, Mumbai
202. Deepa Watsa, HR consultant, Mumbai
203. Deepak Joshi, public servant, Melbourne, Australia
204. Deepak Kathuria, Association of Peoples of Asia
205. Deepak Nahar, Past National President, JCI India
206. Deepesh C, Assistant Professor, Chennai
207. Devang Shah, international law and diplomacy student, Vadodara, Gujarat
208. Devashish Makhija, filmmaker, poet, artist, author, Mumbai
209. Devika Mittal, research student and convener (India) Aaghaz-e-Dosti, Delhi
210. Dr. Dhananjay Tripathi, assistant professor, South Asian University, New Delhi
211. Dhruva Narayan, Managing Editor, Daanish Books, Delhi
212. Diep Saeeda, peace activist, Lahore
213. Dileep Rao, anti-war citizen, New Delhi
214. Dilip D’Souza, writer, Bombay
215. Dilrukshi Handunnetti, journalist and lawyer, Sri Lanka
216. Dipak Dholakia, social activist, New Delhi
217. Dolly Thakore, actor, Mumbai
218. Dunu Roy, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University
219. E. P. Menon, Director, India Development Foundation, Bangalore
220. Ellia Khan, Officiating Director, PeaceNiche | T2F, Karachi
221. Ellora Puri, professor, Univ. of Jammu, Jammu
222. Elsa D’Silva, Founder and CEO, Red Dot Foundation, Mumbai
223. Ershad Mahmud, Executive Director, Center for Peace, Development and Reforms, Rawalakot
224. Ezabir Ali, women’s rights activist, Srinagar
225. Fahim Siddiqui, technology entrepreneur, Boston
226. Fahmida Riaz, poet, Karachi
227. Faisal Buzdar, development consultant, Islamabad
228. Faiza Ahmed, artist, Karachi
229. Faiza Butt, artist, London
230. Faiza Hayat, student, Karachi
231. Faizan Lakhani, journalist, Karachi
232. Fakhar-e-Abbas, law student/activist, Mehrabpur, Sindh
233. Farooq Shah, Managing Editor, Kashmir Observer
234. Dr. Farida Batool, Head of Visual Arts National College of Arts, Lahore
235. Fauzia Shahid, content editor PTV, Islamabad
236. Faredoon Bhujwala, freelance corporate trainer, British Council and various other corporates, Mumbai
237. Fareeda Tahir, Program Officer, SPO, Karachi
238. Farhana Kanwal, development professional, Chitral/Islamabad
239. Farida Nekzad, journalist; president, South Asian Women in Media (SAWM), Kabul
240. Farieha Aziz, journalist, Karachi
241. Farooq Tariq, Spokesperson, Awami Workers Party
242. Faseeh Bari Khan, writer, Lahore
243. Fasih Ehsan, artist , project manager, New York
244. Fatima Mehta, ceramic artist, Mumbai
245. Fauzia Ansari, teacher, mother of Indian prisoner in Pakistan Hamid Ansari, Mumbai
246. Fawzia Naqvi, Impact Investments, New York
247. Fazal Khan, teacher, activist, Loralai, Balochistan
248. Fazil Jamili, journalist, Karachi
249. Feroza Batool, PhD Scholar Gender Studies, Lahore
250. Fida Hussain, teacher, activist, Pano Aqil, Sukkur
251. Fozia Yasmin, singer, Lahore
252. Furhan Hussain, researcher and trainer, Islamabad
253. G. Sundarrajan, environmental activist, Chennai
254. Gagan Sethi, activist, Ahmadabad
255. Dr. Garimella Subramaniam, Deputy Editor The Hindu, Chennai, India
256. Gauhar Raza, scientist, poet, filmmaker, Delhi
257. Gautam Babbar, international civil servant, UN, Vienna
258. Gayatri Chawla, poet, educator, Mumbai
259. Geeta Seshu, journalist, India
260. Geetha Durairajan, Professor, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India
261. Ghulam Hussain, visual artist, Lahore
262. Girish Karnad, playwright/filmmaker/actor, Bangalore
263. Gita Sahgal, Centre for Secular Space, London
264. Gita Subramaniam, translator, Bangalore
265. Githa Hariharan, writer, Delhi
266. Gurbir Singh, journalist, Mumbai
267. Gul Panah, rights activist, Karachi
268. Gulan Kripalani, Transformational Leadership Facilitator, Kolkata
269. Gulzar, poet, lyricist and filmmaker, Mumbai
270. Gurmehar Kaur, student, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
271. Dr Gurveen Kaur, educator, Secretary, Centre for Learning, Secunderabad, India
272. Hajra Haider, curator, Karachi
273. Hameed-ul-Mehdi, Team Leader, Community Development and Entrepreneurship Foundation, Quetta
274. Hamid Mir, journalist, Pakistan
275. Hamida Amanat, social worker, New Jersey, USA
276. Hani Baloch, activist, Karachi
277. Hansa Pardiwala, social entrepreneur, Mumbai
278. Col Harbhajan Singh, India-Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace, India
279. Dr Hari Desai, PhD, Sardar Patel Research Institute, Ahmedabad
280. Harnidh Kaur, policy professional and poet, Mumbai
281. Haroon Baloch, activist, Islamabad
282. Haroon Khalid, author, Islamabad
283. Haris Gazdar, economist, Karachi
284. Haris Kidwai, Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy, New Delhi
285. Harris Khalique, poet and essayist, Islamabad
286. Harris Khan, actor, Karachi
287. Harsh Desai, Campus Head, Thadomal Shahani Centre for Media and Communication, Mumbai
288. Harsh Kapoor, South Asia Citizen’s Web (sacw.net)
289. Harsh Mander, writer, human rights and peace worker, Delhi
290. Harsh Narayan, filmmaker and activist, Delhi
291. Harshad Marathe, illustrator, India
292. Harshdip Singh Dhillon, telecom specialist, India
293. Hasil Bizenjo, President National Party (NP), Balochistan
294. Hassan Fazal, student, Panjgoor
295. Hema Badhwar Mehra, writer, editor, activist, India
296. Hemant Divate, poet, Mumbai
297. Hifsa Farooq, artist, Lahore
298. Hilda Saeed, activist, member, Women’s Action Forum and Shirkat Gah
299. Himali Dixit, anthropologist, Kathmandu, Nepal
300. Hoori Noorani, activist, publisher, Karachi
301. Huma Sheikh, writer/poet, Kashmir
302. Humair Ali Usto, geologist, Karachi
303. Gen. Humayun Bangash, Pakistan Army (rtd), President India Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative (IPSI), Pakistan
304. Humayun Bashir, former IBM  Country General Manager; Startups, Advisory, Board Governance
305. Hurmat Ali Shah, Researcher, Multimedia Communications Systems Lab, University of Ulsan, South Korea.
306. I. A. Rehman, journalist, activist, Lahore; Magsaysay Awardee for Peace 2004
307. Ibrahim Malick, technology entrepreneur; former founder-editor South Asia Media Association, New York
308. Ihsan Ahmed, auditor, Karachi
309. Bishop Dr. Ijaz Inayat Masih, Karachi
310. Dr Ilina Sen, academician, writer and peace activist, Mumbai
311. Illiah, farmer, Badampet
312. Ilma Iqbal, law student and team member, Aaghaz-e-Dosti
313. Imran Aziz, businessman, Rawalpindi
314. Imran Zahid, actor, Delhi
315. Imrana Khera, philanthropist, Mumbai
316. Imtiaz Ali, Deputy Speaker, Provincial Youth Assembly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
317. Inder Salim, artist, New Delhi
318. Inderjeet Parmar, professor of international politics, University of London
319. Indira Bodani, Founder, The Gateway School of Mumbai
320. Prof. Indra Munshi, sociologist, Mumbai
321. Ira Anjali Anwar, writer and poet, Delhi
322. Irfan Almani, social activist, Karachi
323. Irfan Aslam, journalist, Lahore
324. Irfan Engineer, Director, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai, India
325. Irfan Husain, columnist, Dawn, Pakistan
326. Irfan Mufti, human rights and peace activist
327. Irshu Bangash, filmmaker and media activist, Peshawar
328. Ishaan Jajodia, Founder, The Mumbai Art Collective & Student, Dartmouth College
329. Ishtiaq Ahmed, author, Professor Emeritus, Stockholm University
330. Iqbal Alavi, Secretary, Tareekh Foundation
331. Iqbal Latif, entrepreneur, Sukkur/Paris
332. Jaishree Misra, author, Delhi
333. Jamal Shah, artist, filmmaker, culture activist; currently DG, Pakistan National Council of Arts, Islamabad
334. Jamuna Rangachari, writer and website in-charge, Life Positive magazine, Delhi
335. Janhavi Acharekar, author, Mumbai
336. Jasbir Jain, independent intellectual/professor emeritus/writer, Jaipur
337. Jatin Desai, journalist, Mumbai
338. Javed Gaya, international lawyer, Mumbai
339. Javed Jabbar, Member, Senate Forum for Policy Research, former Federal Information Minister/Senator, Pakistan
340. Jawhar Sircar, Chairman, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, former Union Culture Secretary, New Delhi
341. Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, Magsaysay Awardee, former MLA, Hyderabad
342. Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, writer and musician, Bangalore
343. Jayshree Murali, educator, VIDYA India, Mumbai
344. Jean Dreze, economist, Ranchi, India
345. Jayshree Shukla, concerned citizen, Delhi
346. Jehangir Jani, artist, Mumbai
347. Jerusha D’sa, educational freelancer, Mumbai
348. Dr Jesrani Birma, doctor, activist, Karachi
349. Jhansi Papudesi, freelance journalist, humanist, Bangalore
350. Jharna Bannerji, writer, Pune
351. Indian Navy Capt Joginder Singh, Jeolikote, Uttaranchal
352. John Dayal, writer and activist, New Delhi
353. Dr. John Kurrien, educator, Pune
354. Julius John Alam, artist, Lahore
355. Jyoti Malhotra, journalist, New Delhi
356. Jyoti Punwani, journalist, Mumbai
357. K. Satchidanandan, writer, Kerala
358. K. N. Panikkar, historian, Trivandrum
359. Dr. K. P. Jayasankar, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, Mumbai
360. K. R. Venugopal, IAS, Secretary to 3 Prime Ministers of India
361. Kabeer Khurana, filmmaker, Mumbai
362. Kalpana Sharma, independent journalist, Mumbai
363. Kamal Chenoy, professor JNU, New Delhi
364. Kamala Visweswaran, anthropologist, San Diego
365. Kamayani Bali Mahabal, feminist and human rights activist, Mumbai, India
366. Kami Chouhdry, trans rights activist, Executive Director Subrang Society, Karachi
367. Kami Kidwai, management consultant, London
368. Kamila Hyat, columnist, former newspaper editor, Lahore
369. Kamla Bhasin, social activist, India
370. Kamran Islam, Pakistan India Forum For Peace and Democracy, Pakistan
371. Kanak Mani Dixit, journalist and writer, Nepal
372. Kanwal Toor, entrepreneur and social activist, London/ Mumbai
373. Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak, analyst, commentator on strategic and security issues
374. Karamat Ali, Executive Director PILER, Secretary National Labour Council and Founding member PIPFPD, Karachi
375. Dr. Karen Gabriel, Associate Professor, Dept. of English; Director, Centre for Gender, Culture and Social Processes, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University
376. Dr. Karunakar Trivedi, Chairperson, Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
377. Kausar Qasim, remedial education specialist, Karachi
378. Kavita Krishnan, Secretary, All India Progressive Women’s Association
379. Kavita Nandini Ramdas, independent consultant, Brooklyn, New York
380. Kavita Srivastava, human rights worker, People’s Union for Civil Liberties
381. Kedar Maddula, Wunderhaus Artists’ Getaway & Homestay, Pondicherry
382. Keerti Ramachandra, editor/translator, Bangalore
383. Kejal Savla, Program Lead at Community Connect Fellowship, The Blue Ribbon Movement, India
384. Adv. Kenneth Joe Cleetus, Program Officer, Regional Centre of Expertise, Trivandrum
385. Keshav Sharma, B.S. PPE Candidate, Northeastern University
386. Khader Mohiuddin, Telugu poet, Vijayawada
387. Khadija Mashood Mian, student, Lahore
388. Khalid Hussain, filmmaker, Managing Editor, weekly Mirror Asia, Islamabad
389. Khayam mushir, chartered  accountant, Islamabad
390. Khuda Bux Abro, visual artist, Karachi
391. Khushal Khan, ex-Central President National Youth Organisation (NYO) of the ANP, Islamabad
392. Khusro Mumtaz, columnist/film critic, Karachi
393. Kim Jurgensen, communications manager, South Africa
394. Kiran Khan, academic, designer, Lahore
395. Kirin Tellis, housewife, India
396. Kirtana Kumar, actor/director, Infinite Souls Farm & Artists Retreat, Bangalore
397. Kirthi Jayakumar, Founder, Red Elephant Foundation, Chennai
398. Kishwar Naheed, poet, Islamabad
399. Kokab Kaleem, housewife, Rabwah
400. Konchadi Vasanth Pai, retd company executive, Bengaluru
401. Krishna Menon, Professor, Gender Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi
402. Kubra, women’s rights activist, Quetta
403. Kuldeep Kumar, columnist and commentator, Delhi
404. Kumar Ketkar, veteran journalist, Mumbai
405. Admiral L. Ramdas, former Chief of Naval Staff and Magsaysay Awardee for Peace, India
406. L. Shivakumar, Deccani Gorrela Mekala Pempakadarula Sangham, Narayankhed
407. Laila Rehman, visual artist, academic, Lahore
408. Lalarukh, Women’s Action Forum, Lahore
409. Lalita Ramdas, peace activist, Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), Alibag, India
410. Laraib Abid, Founder, Mashal, Lahore
411. Laxmi Murthy, Consulting Editor, Himal Southasian, Bangalore
412. Leena Dabiru, legal and development consultant, Delhi
413. Leena Kejriwal, photographer, artist, activist, Kolkata
414. Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi, Gwangju Laureate, Founder, Peoples’ Vigilance Council for Human Rights (PVCHR), Varanasi
415. Lisa Pingle, gallerist, Pune
416. M.G. Devasahayam, former IAS, writer, author and public activist, Chennai
417. M. V. Ramana, Professor of Disarmament, Global and Human Security, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
418. M. Vikram, Dalit leader, Badampet
419. Vice Admiral Madanjit Singh, former Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Indian Navy, Mumbai
420. Madeeha Gauhar, Artistic Director, Ajoka Theatre, Lahore
421. Madhulika Narasimhan, research and communications professional and core member Aaghaz-e-Dosti
422. Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal, theatre director/producer, Mumbai
423. Maham Ali, freelance consultant, Islamabad
424. Mahesh Bhatt, film producer, India
425. Gen (retd) Mahmud Durrani, former Pakistan ambassador to the USA and former national security adviser, Pakistan
426. Mahmud Jafari, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Boston
427. Mahmud Ul Hassan Jaffri, visual communication designer, Lahore
428. Mahrosh Hussain, student, Forman Christian College University, Lahore
429. Mahrukh Malik, artist, Lahore
430. Mahvish, student, Lucknow
431. Maimoona Abbas Mollah, All India Democratic Women’s Association, Delhi
432. Malathi, teacher, Good Earth, Bangalore
433. Malik Siraj Akbar, Editor-in-Chief The Baloch Hal, Washington D.C.
434. Malini Akerkar, interior designer/artist, Mumbai
435. Dr Mallika Ramdas, educator, New York
436. Manan Kashyap, photographer and writer, India
437. Mani Shankar Aiyar, peace activist, writer, former parliamentarian, Delhi
438. Manisha Gera Baswani, artist, photographer, Gurgaon
439. Manisha Gupte, PIPFPD, Pune
440. Manjri Sewak, consultant, WISCOMP (Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace), Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH The Dalai Lama, New Delhi
441. Mannika Chopra, journalist
442. Manoj Mitta, journalist, author, Delhi
443. Mansi Sharma, activist, Delhi
444. Manvi Sinha, journalist, Ndtv, India
445. Dr. Manzur Ejaz, journalist and punjab scholar, Fairfax, VA, USA
446. Maria Harir, banking professional, Islamabad
447. Maria Memon, journalist, Karachi
448. Maria Patel, advertising and media professional, Pakistan
449. Maria Bastos, Doctoral Researcher, University of Westminster, UK
450. Marion Dry, Director, ClassACT HR 73 Benazir Bhutto Leadership Program, Boston, MA
451. Mariyam Urooj, theatre artist, Karachi
452. Marvi Sirmed, journalist, Daily Times, Islamabad
453. Marwah Maqbool Malik, development practitioner, Research Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
454. Maroof Syed, Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS)
455. Marzia Hassan, social worker, psychotherapist, author, Toronto/Karachi
456. Masood Khan, heritage professional, architect and planner
457. Masooma Syed, artist, Lahore/Colombo
458. Matthew Mattam, YouthAid Foundation, Pune
459. Maya Mirchandani, journalist, India
460. Mayank Bhatt, novelist, Toronto
461. Mazhar Arif, journalist, activist, Islamabad
462. Mazher Hussain, Executive Director, COVA,  India
463. Meena Menon, journalist, Mumbai
464. Meenakshi Chhabra, peace educator, Lesley University
465. Meenakshi Chakraverti, writer, San Diego
466. Meera Kumar, educationist, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu
467. Meher Marfatia, author, Mumbai
468. Mehmal Sarfraz, journalist, Lahore
469. Mehreen Hosain, environmental and social policy consultant, Islamabad/ London
470. Mekaal Hasan, musician, Lahore
471. Mekhala Krishnamurthy, academic, anthropologist, New Delhi, India
472. Melanie P. Kumar, independent writer, Bangalore
473. Menka Shivdasani, poet, Mumbai
474. Merry Barua, Director, Action for Autism, New Delhi
475. Mihir Vatsa, poet and heritage archivist, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India
476. Milind Champanerkar, writer, Pune
477. Minahil Mehdi, teacher, minority rights activist, Founder of HumAahang, Lahore
478. Mira Hashmi, actor, film critic,  educator, Lahore
479. Miriam Chandy Menacherry, filmmaker, Mumbai
480. Mithu Sen, artist, New Delhi
481. Mitu Varma, Director, Film Southasia
482. Mohd Afroj, research scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
483. Mohammad Ali Shah, activist, Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, Karachi
484. Mohammad Jibran Nasir, Never Forget Pakistan, lawyer
485. Mohammad Shoaib, Aariz Media
486. Mohammad Tahseen, ED, South Asia Partnership Pakistan & Convenor, Pakistan Civil Society Forum
487. Prof. Dr Mohammad Taqi, academic, physician, Peshawar/Florida
488. Mohammad Zakiuddin Mahdi, research scholar, Uttarakhand Technical University
489. Mohini Giri, chairperson, War Widows Association, New Delhi
490. Mohiuddin Ahmad, writer, researcher, activist, former professor in Seoul, founder member, Community Development Library, Bangladesh
491. Mohsin Hamid, writer
492. Dr. Mona Kazim Shah, founder, Project Pakistan, journalist and human rights activist, Dallas
493. Moniza Inam, journalist, Executive Director, WAF, Karachi
494. Monojit Lahiri, writer, Kolkata
495. Motika Anand, Chicago
496. Dr Mubarak Ali, historian, Lahore
497. Dr Mubashir Hasan, former finance minister, founder member PIPFPD, Lahore
498. Mubashir Zaidi, journalist, Dawn News, Karachi
499. Muhammad Al-Helal, M.Phil Researcher on Sub-Regional Cooperation in South Asia under the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka
500. Muhammed Anwaar uddin, actor, Karachi
501. Muhammad Haris Sodher, student/activist, Tando Allahyar, Sindh
502. Muhammad Naeem Salim, student, Quetta
503. Muhammad Saheto, banker, activist, Larkana
504. Muhammad Salman Khan, blogger/social worker, Karachi
505. Mujeeba Batool, freelance consultant, Islamabad
506. Mukesh Arora, financial consultant, Meerut
507. Mukunda Kattel, Director, Forum Asia, Kathmandu
508. Munizae Jahangir, Aaj TV anchor and executive producer, Pakistan
509. Murad Futehally, industrialist, Alibaug
510. Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, Coordinator, Swarajpeeth Trust (Kashmir Chapter) & Founding Trustee, Inspire Me Foundation
511. Mustafa Samdani, poet, Lahore/Cambridge MA
512. N. D. Jayaprakash, social activist, Delhi
513. N. D. Pancholi, General Secretary, Citizens For Democracy, India
514. N. Jayaram, independent journalist, Bangalore
515. Col. N. N. Bhatia, Indian Army (rtd.), 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!”
516. N. Madhusudan, theatre activist, Hyderabad, India
517. Nadeem Anthony, activist, Lahore
518. Dr. Naazir Mahmood, educationist and writer, Islamabad
519. Nadeem Bashir, visual communication design professional, academic, Lahore/Adelaide
520. Nadeem Khalid, activist, businessman, Karachi
521. Nadhra Shahbaz Khan, Assistant Professor (Art History), Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
522. Lt Col (retd) Nadir Ali, Punjabi writer, Lahore
523. Nadra Huma Quraishi, Manager Professional Development, educationist, Karachi
524. Nadir Cheema, academic SOAS, Fellow Bloomsbury, UK/Pakistan
525. Naeema Masood, housewife, Dhirkot, Azad Jammu Kashmir
526. Najam Sethi, Editor, The Friday Times, Lahore
527. Najiba Ayubi, journalist, Killid Group, Afghanistan
528. Nalini Taneja, academician, Delhi
529. Nancy Adajania, art curator, Mumbai
530. Nandita Das, actor and filmmaker, Mumbai
531. Nandita Narain, President, Federation of Central Universities Teachers Associations, New Delhi
532. Nandu Kamath, General Manager, Gallerie Publishers, Mumbai
533. Commander Narender Chandola, Engineer and Management Professional from IIT Delhi & IIM Indore, Ex defence officer/Joint Director, Ministry of Defence, Greater Noida (UP), India
534. Naseer Memon, activist, Islamabad
535. Naseeruddin Shah, actor, Mumbai
536. Nasim Zehra, journalist, teacher, TV anchor, Islamabad
537. Nasima Karim, Co-founder and Focal Point Central Asia at Here We Are, Kyrgyz Republic
538. Prof. Nasreen, Karachi University professor, General History Dept, Karachi
539. Natasha Javed, Partnership Officer, Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, New York/Lahore
540. Naved Aslam, actor, Mumbai
541. Dr Naveed Baloch, pharmacist, activist, Khuzdar
542. Naveen Kishore, publisher, Kolkata
543. Navjot Altaf, artist, Mumbai
544. Nayantara Sahgal, writer, India
545. Dr. Nazir Mahmood, educationist and writer, Islamabad
546. Neelima Sharma, Nishant Natya March and activist, Delhi
547. Neena Gopal, Resident Editor, Deccan Chronicle, Bangalore
548. Neeta Mohindra, actor, Mumbai
549. Nidhi Iyer, freelance photographer, writer, Kolkata
550. Nidhi Razdan, journalist, India
551. Nighat Dad, lawyer and activist, Lahore
552. Nighat Said Khan, Women’s Action Forum Lahore, Founder Member PIFPD
553. Niharika Awasthi, development communication professional, BBC Media Action, Delhi
554. Niilofur Farrukh, independent art critic/curator, Karachi
555. Niketan, software professional, Mumbai
556. Nileshwar Narayan, student, Patna, India
557. Nilofar Afridi Qazi, public policy specialist and film maker, Islamabad
558. Nilova Roychaudhury, journalist, New Delhi
559. Nita Luthria, head of junior school, BIS, Mumbai
560. Nitya Jacob, author, New Delhi
561. Nityanand Jayaraman, writer, social activist, Chennai
562. Nivedita Jha, freelance journalist, India
563. Nirupama Subramanian, journalist
564. Noam Chomsky, institute professor (retired), MIT, Cambridge, MA
565. Noman Quadri, lawyer, accountant, activist, Karachi
566. Noorjehan Bilgrami, artist, Karachi
567. Nusrat Jamil, COO Latitude PR; feminist, peace & rights activist; Director, Lahore Literary Festival; activist, Lahore
568. Nuzhat Shirin, law student, member WAF, Karachi
569. Omang Agarwal, Asia Coordinator, Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassadors Network, Delhi
570. Omar Abdullah, Working President, J&K National Conference
571. Omar Ali MD, associate professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
572. Dr. Osama Siddique, legal scholar, Lahore
573. Ovais Sultan Khan, social activist, Delhi
574. P Somi Reddy, youth leader, Adivasi Society, E. Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
575. Padmini Mirchandani, publisher, Mumbai
576. Pamela Philipose, Public Editor, The Wire, New Delhi
577. Panchaksharam, fairtrade, Chennai
578. Parag Shah, Communications Coordinator, Asia Plateau, Panchgani
579. Pari Khan, counsellor, London
580. Paronjoy Guha Thakurta, author, editor of Economic & Political Weekly, Mumbai
581. Parshu Narayanan, advertising professional, Gurgaon
582. Dr. Partha Banerjee, human rights activist, educator, and writer, Kolkatta/New York
583. Parvana Noorani, business person, Mumbai
584. Pawan Bali, journalist and filmmaker, India
585. Peddalu, student, Nagar Karnool
586. Dr Pervez Hoodhboy, physicist and teacher, Islamabad
587. Pervez Majeed, journalist, Srinagar, Kashmir
588. Pervin Sanghvi, development communications consultant, Mumbai
589. Poile Sengupta, writer, Bangalore
590. Pooja, youth organiser, Shaheen, Hyderabad
591. Poorvi Parekh, classical vocalist, Mumbai
592. Prabhat Patnaik, Professor Emeritus, JNU, New Delhi
593. Prabodh Parekh, poet, educator, Mumbai
594. Pramilla Malick, environmental activist, New York
595. Prataap, student, Srikakulam
596. Praveen Singh, convener for Milne Do and Students Right to Accommodation, Delhi
597. Preeti Krishnamurthy, development professional, Mumbai
598. Prem Shankar Jha, journalist, columnist, India
599. Prerna Gupta, student, Mumbai
600. Priya Sarukkai, poet, Pune
601. Priyanca Vaishnav, Lead, Content and Communications, IES Entrepreneurship Foundation
602. Priyankaa Vir, publisher, Hyderabad
603. Puja Anand, educator in rural Himachal Pradesh, India “So proud of this initiative. All for it. It resonates completely with my thoughts”.
604. Qandeel Fatima, banker, Lahore
605. Qasim Jaffri, member Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Lahore
606. Qurat Mirza, Chief Project Coordinator, SPO, Member WAF, Karachi
607. Qurat-ul Ain, Lee Kuan Yew Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
608. R. Sriram, corporate consultant, Bangalore
609. Commander R.V. Singh, retired Indian Navy official, Delhi
610. Rabbi Shergill, singer, lyricist, New Delhi
611. Rabeya Jalil, visual artist, educator, Lahore
612. Rabeea Arif, Head of Graphic Design, University of Karachi
613. Rachana Johri, Professor, Ambedkar University, Delhi
614. Radha Bheel, ED, Radha org, and Chairperson, Dalit Sujag Tahreek, Mirpurkhas
615. Radhi Parekh, Founder Director, ARTISANS’ Gallery, Mumbai
616. Radhika Nair, student intern, Noida
617. Raell Padamsee, theatre director/producer, Mumbai
618. Rafia Gulani, activist, Shahdadpur
619. Rafeeq Ellias, photographer and filmmaker, Mumbai
620. Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Asst. Professor of English, University of Nevada, Reno
621. Raheel Khursheed, Head of News Partnerships, South Asia & South East Asia at Twitter
622. Raheem ul Haq, Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Forman Christian College, Lahore
623. Rahul Baswani, educator, Gurgaon
624. Rahul Reddy, student, geopolitical analyst, technologist, humanist
625. Rahul Roy, filmmaker, Gurgaon
626. Rahul Sahay, advocate, formerly with Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, Delhi
627. Raj Aaryan, poet/writer, New Delhi
628. Raja Masood Akhtar, teacher, Dhirkot, Azad Jammu Kashmir
629. Rajdeep Sardesai, Consulting Editor, India Today
630. Rajinder Arora, designer, New Delhi
631. Rajmohan Gandhi, writer, India
632. Rajni Bakshi, journalist and author, Mumbai
633. Rajni Bhagat, counsellor, Gurgaon
634. Rakesh Sharma, filmmaker, Mumbai
635. Raksha Kumar, multimedia journalist, Bangalore
636. Ram Mohan Rai, advocate and peace activist
637. Ram Puniyani, Center for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai
638. Ramanjit Singh, IT professional, Bangalore
639. Ramesh Oza, journalist, Mumbai
640. Ramesh Yadav, activist, Amritsar
641. Dr. Raminder Jit Singh, Founder and Director ‘THE – SARA’, Jammu
642. Ramnik Mohan, Associate Professor (retd), social activist, Haryana
643. Ramu Ramanathan, playwright/director, Mumbai
644. Rani Wahidi, documentary journalist, Quetta
645. Ranjan Palit, cinematographer/filmmaker, Kolkata
646. Ranjit Deyal, entrepreneur, India
647. Ranjit Kumar, journalist, Punjab Kesari group, New Delhi
648. 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
649. Rashid Mehmood, singer, activist, Karachi
650. Rashida Dohad, Executive Director, Omar Asghar Khan Foundation, Islamabad
651. Ratna Pathak Shah, actress, Mumbai
652. Ravi Das Ranwa, activist, Karachi
653. Ravi Kiran Jain, President PUCL, India
654. Ravi Nair, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, India
655. Ravi Nitesh, peace activist, Founder, Aaghaz-e-Dosti
656. Raza Ali Abidi, activist, Muzaffarabad
657. Raza Khan, peace activist, Lahore
658. Reza Said Khan, banker, Pakistan
659. Raza Habib Raja, PhD student, Syracuse University, USA
660. Raza Rumi, Editor Daily Times, Cornell University faculty
661. Raza Rabbani, Chairman Senate, Pakistan
662. Raza Syed, journalist, Awaaz Multimedia Group
663. Razia Ismail, child rights activist, IACR, Delhi
664. Reema Amin, educationist and peacenik, Lahore
665. Rekha Rodwittiya, artist, Baroda
666. Resham Sitara, student, Sialkot
667. Revathi Siva Kumar, writer and journalist, Bangalore
668. Richa Puranesh, concerned citizen, Mumbai
669. Rimsha Siddiqi, Assistant Speech Therapist, Karachi
670. Risham Syed, artist, Lahore
671. Rita Manchanda, writer, activist, Delhi
672. Ritika Chokhani, therapist, Ummeed Child Development Centre, Mumbai
673. Ritu Dewan, President, Indian Association for Women’s Studies, Mumbai
674. Rochelle Potkar, fiction writer, poet, Mumbai
675. Rohma Khan, textile designer, Lahore
676. Romila Thapar, historian, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
677. Ruby Chishti, artist, New York
678. Ruchhita Kazaria, advertiser, Kolkata
679. Rukhshanda Naz, activist, Peshawar
680. Rumana Husain, artist, Karachi
681. Rustam Vania, Academic Dean, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore
682. S. Anandarao, Adivasi youth leader, Adivasi Aikya Vedika, Murthimamuguda
683. S.G. Vasudev, artist, Bangalore
684. Dr. S. Haroon Ahmed, President, Pakistan Association of Mental Health, Karachi
685. S. M. Naseem, development economist, retired professor QAU, Islamabad
686. Saamia Vine, artist, Lahore
687. Saba Dewan, independent documentary filmmaker, Gurgaon
688. Saba Hamid, actor, Karachi
689. Saba Khan visual artist, educator, Lahore
690. Saba Qizilbash, artist, Dubai
691. Sabahat Javed, motivational speaker/trainer, Abbotabad
692. Sabina Gillani, artist, Paris
693. Sachin Karne, artist, Baroda, India
694. Sadaf Chughtai, designer, photographer, Lahore
695. Sadanand Menon, writer/pedagogue, Chennai
696. Saddam Hussain, student/peace activist, Khuzdar
697. Saeed Ahmed Rid, Assistant Professor, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
698. Safeer-Ul-Hasnain, banker/activist, Karachi
699. Safia Bokhari, peace activist, Lahore
700. Sagarika Ghose, Consulting Editor, Times of India
701. Dr Sagari Radhika Ramdas, veterinary scientist, Food Sovereignty Alliance, Hyderabad, India
702. Sahar Alamgir, student and development professional, Islamabad/London
703. Sahr Bashir, jewellry designer, associate professor, Lahore/Adelaide
704. Dr Saif Mahmood Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Founder, South Asian Alliance for Literature, Art and Culture
705. Saif Samejo, musician/vocalist at The Sketches; producer, Lahooti Live Sessions, Jamshoro, Sindh
706. Saiful Huq Omi, photographer, Dhaka, Bangladesh
707. Dr Saima Firdoos, physician, Rawalpindi/Boston, former board member American Pakistani Physicians New England (APPNE)
708. Saima Hayat, activist, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Karachi
709. Saima Munawer, artist, London
710. Sajid Hassan, student, Karachi
711. Sajid Iqbal, research scholar, COMSATS University, Abbottabad
712. Sajid Javed Afridi, social activist, Founder Of Young Leaders Forum, Khyber Agency, FATA
713. Sajjad Ahmed Bhutto, politician, businessman, Karachi
714. Sakuntala Narasimhan, journalist and musician, Bangalore
715. Saleem Asmi, journalist, former editor Dawn, Pakistan
716. Salima Hashmi, artist, educator, Lahore
717. Salima Saleem, registered nurse, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
718. Dr. Salman Ahmad, polio goodwill ambassador/Rotary international/SGTF, professor of Sufi music, Queens College; founding member of Junoon, USA
719. Salman Anees Soz, economist, National Media Panelist, Congress Party
720. Salman Rashid, author, photographer, Lahore
721. Salonie Dua, student, University of Delhi
722. Samal Shah, yoga instructor, Mumbai
723. Saman Jafri, parliamentarian, Karachi
724. Samana Malaika Raza, activist, Islamabad
725. Samar Jodha, artist, educator, New Delhi
726. Samarth Das, architect, Mumbai
727. Sameer Dandekar, filmmaker, Mumbai
728. Sameer Khan, social activist, Gilgit-Baltistan
729. Samia Ahmad, teacher, Karachi
730. Samiksha Raorane, Manager, Global Foundation, Mumbai
731. Dr. Samina Ahmad, President, SSGWI; Manager, Junoon; Holistic Health expert, NY, USA
732. Samina Ahmed, actor, producer, Karachi
733. Dr Samina Iqbal, artist, art historian, Lahore
734. Samina Rahman, educationalist/human rights activist, Lahore
735. Samir Gupta, IT professional
736. Sana Gulzar, Chairperson, Chapirchal, Peshawar
737. Sanna Ejaz, peace activist/journalist, Peshawar
738. Sanna Palsule, behavioral scientist, Cambridge/Mumbai
739. Sandeep Choubey, physicist, Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University
740. Sandeep Pandey, teacher and social activist, Socialist Party, India; Magsaysay Awardee 2002
741. Sanjay Barot ‘Rakhdoo’, author of “Kashmir, The South Asian Panacea”, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
742. Sanjay Kak, filmmaker and activist, New Delhi
743. Sanjay Kapoor, Editor, Hardnews Magazine
744. Sanjay Kumar, associate professor of physics, St. Stephens’s College, University of Delhi
745. Dr. Sanjay Nagral, surgeon, author, Mumbai
746. Sanjay Nahar, author, activist, Pune
747. Sanjay Rajoura, stand up comic, Delhi
748. Sanjiv Bhatt IPS, ex-Indian Police Service Officer, Ahmedabad, India
749. Sanober Nazir, peace activist, Islamabad
750. Saqib-Ul-Hasnain, student, activist, Larkana
751. Sarah Ahmed, artist, USA
752. Sarah Riaz Awan, Core Member, Hum Sub Aik Hain
753. Sarica Palsule, university graduate, Cambridge, UK
754. Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, filmmaker, actor, Lahore
755. Saroj Nagi, freelance journalist, New Delhi
756. Saroj Razdan, journalist, India
757. Sarojini, Adivasi youth leader, Vijayanagaram
758. Sarwar Bari, activist, Islamabad
759. Dr Saraswathy Ganapathy, doctor/community health activist, Bangalore
760. Satish Gupta, artist, New Delhi
761. Satish Mishra, journalist, New Delhi
762. Satyapaul, Secretary General, South Asian Fraternity
763. Saumya Aggarwal, Co-founder, Youth for Peace International, Delhi
764. Saumya Balsari, author, Cambridge, UK
765. Saurav Jaiswal, entrepreneur, Kolkata
766. Sawera Nazir, student, Islamabad
767. Seema Anil Sehgal, peace singer, also known as ‘Bulbul e Kashmir’, Jammu/Mumbai
768. Seema Guha, journalist, New Delhi
769. Seema Mohan, sales and marketing professional, Hyderabad
770. Seema Mustafa, Editor, The Citizen, Delhi
771. Seema Rana, rights activist, Karachi
772. Seema Sheikh, member Womens Action Forum, Karachi
773. Seema Tyagi, physician and educator, Meerut
774. Sehba Farooqui, Democratic Human Rights Network, Delhi
775. Sehba Sarwar, independent writer/Artistic Director, Voices Breaking Boundaries, Pasadena CA/Karachi
776. Sehyr Mirza, independent journalist, Lahore
777. Sevanti Ninan, journalist, New Delhi
778. Shabana Arif, activist, Islamabad
779. Shabana Nasim, lawyer/activist, Lahore
780. Shabnam Hashmi, social activist, Delhi
781. Shaheryar Azhar, retired international banker; moderator and editor The Forum political blog, Karachi
782. Shahida Afzal, activist, Quetta
783. Shahnaz Bashir, academic and novelist, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
784. Shahvaar Ali Khan, actor, writer, musician, adman, Lahore
785. Shahzad Ahmad, activist, Islamabad
786. Shamin Gulzar, Chairperson, Umeed Partnership Pakistan, Lahore
787. Shamina Talayerkhan, designer, New York
788. Shamsul Islam, scholar, peace activist, Delhi
789. Sharmistha Ray, artist, Mumbai/New York
790. Shandana Khan, CEO Rural Support Programmes Network, Islamabad
791. Dr. Sharifa Vijaliwala, associate professor and head of Department of Gujarati, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat
792. Shashi Deshpande, writer, Bangalore
793. Shastri Ramachandaran, independent journalist and international publications consultant, India
794. Shazia Hasan, Empowering The Differently Abled Persons, Karachi
795. Sheba Chhachhi, artist, New Delhi
796. Sheema Kermani, activist, Director Tehrik-e-Niswan
797. Sheen Farrukh, writer, journalist, Editor, Inter Press Communication, Karachi
798. Sheharyar Rizwan, journalist, Lahore
799. Shehnaz Ismail, Professor Emeritus, Indus Valley School of Art and Design, Karachi
800. Shehryar Sarwar, writer, Ottawa, Canada
801. Air Vice Marshal (retd) Shehzad Chaudhry, analyst, Islamabad
802. Sheikh Manzoor, journalist, New Delhi
803. Shilpa Gupta, artist, Mumbai
804. Shiraz Hassan, journalist, Islamabad
805. Shireen Aijaz, member, Women’s Action Forum, and journalist, Karachi
806. Shireen Gandhi, gallerist, Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
807. Shireen Pasha, Berlin Bureau Chief, Dhaka Tribune, Germany
808. Shivam Vij, journalist, Delhi
809. Shoaib Hashmi, retired writer, director, educator, Lahore
810. Shobhna Jain, journalist, New Delhi
811. Shrenik Mutha, independent activist and poet, Pune
812. Shreya Jani, Managing Trustee, STEP Trust, Delhi
813. Shri Prakash, filmmaker, teacher, Ranchi, India
814. Shruti Arora (Achesh), theater educator
815. Shruti Ganapatye, The Asian Age, Mumbai
816. Shruti Kedia, independent journalist, Bangalore
817. Shubha Mudgal, artist, India
818. Shubha Singh, columnist, New Delhi
819. Shubhasini Chalam, entrepreneur, Bangalore
820. Shujaat Bukhari, Editor-in-Chief, Rising Kashmir
821. Shuma Raha, journalist, India
822. Shweta Singh, educator, New Delhi
823. Sibtain Naqvi, educationist, independent researcher and writer, Karachi
824. Sibtay Hassan Haider, graduate student of Urban Planning and Gender, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
825. Siddharth Narrain, legal researcher, Delhi
826. Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor, TheWire.in
827. Sido Deva, development professional, India
828. Sidra Saeed, activist, Islamabad
829. Simantini Dhuru, educationist and filmmaker, Mumbai
830. Sini Nair, Educator, Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai
831. Sitara Rafiq, M.Phil scholar, Gender and Development studies, Lahore
832. Smeetha Bhowmik, artist, poet, Founder, Women Empowered, Mumbai
833. Smita Crishna, social worker, Mumbai
834. Smita Sahay, writer, poet and social entrepreneur, Accio Health, Mumbai
835. Smruti Divate, publisher, Mumbai
836. Sohail Abid, Founder, Folk Punjab, Lahore
837. Sohail Malik, Cloud professional, IBM, Dallas, Texas
838. Sonal Shah, concerned citizen, writer, Mumbai
839. Sonali Huria, PhD student, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
840. Soonha Abro, writer, director, Zabaan Writers’ Collective, Karachi
841. Soumya Dutta, convenor, Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha, India
842. Sristhi Chauhan, Fellow, Teach for India, Delhi
843. Steven Crabtree, land conservation volunteer, lived in Calcutta, Lahore and Karachi in the 1970s; Maine, USA
844. Subhi Dhupar, Regional Coordinator, United Religions Initiative, New Delhi
845. Subrat Kumar Behera, artist, Baroda
846. Sudeep Sen, poet, New Delhi
847. Sudha Ramachandran, independent researcher and journalist, Bangalore
848. Sudhanshu Palsule, Leadership Consultant, academic at Cambridge, UK
849. Sudheendra Kulkarni, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, Mumbai; author August Voices, calling for a Pakistan-India-Bangladesh confederation
850. Maj. Gen. Sudhir Vombatkere, National Alliance of Peoples Movements (NAPM), Mysuru, India
851. Suhaee Abro, performing artist, dancer, Italy/Karachi
852. Suhasini Mulay, actress, Mumbai
853. Sumaia Akbari, student at Bamyan University, working with GFA consultancy group as Monitoring & Evaluation Manager at Bamyan, Afghanistan
854. Sumaira Ishfaq, activist, Jhelum
855. Sumesh Sharma, curator, Mumbai
856. Sumit Chakravartty, Editor, Mainstream, New Delhi
857. Suneeta Dhar, activist, India
858. Sunil Gawde, artist, Mumbai
859. Sunil Shanbag, theatre director, Mumbai
860. Sunit Arora, journalist, India
861. Suraj Katra, photographer, Associate Communications, Teach For India
862. Suraya Islam, Coordinator of Aaghaz-e-Dosti, Karachi
863. Surendran Nair, artist, Baroda
864. Suresh Bhat B, Dist President, Karnataka Communal Harmony Forum, Mangalaru, Karnataka
865. Surinder Joginder Singh, Jeolikote, Uttaranchal
866. Suroor Mander, advocate, New Delhi, India
867. Sushobha Barve, Executive Secretary, Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, Delhi
868. Suzanne Merwanji, production designer, Mumbai
869. Swara Bhaskar, actor, Mumbai
870. Swarna Rajagopalan, independent scholar and Managing Trustee, Prajnya, Chennai
871. Swati Bhattacharjee, journalist, Kolkata
872. Swati Sharan, writer/publisher, Hamilton, Canada
873. Syeda Hameed, writer, activist, former member of Planning Commission and National Women Commission, former chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Delhi
874. Syed Abdul Latif, businessman, Rabwah
875. Syed Atif Ali, drama writer, director, Karachi
876. Syed Farid Maharaj, Gaddi Nashin, Dargah Gharib Nawaz, Ajmer Sharif
877. Syed Ghazanfar Abbas, Correspondent, India Tomorrow News
878. Syed Harir Shah, disaster management practitioner, Chitral
879. Syed Jarrar Shah, business professional, Lahore
880. Syed Khawar Latif, student and peace activist, Rabwah
881. Syed Mudassir Shah, student, Haleem Campus School, Lahore
882. Syeda Afshana, columnist and media teacher, Srinagar
883. Dr Syeda Hameed, Founder and Present Chair Muslim Women’s Forum, New Delhi, India
884. Syeda Jasmine Jaffer, homemaker, Karachi
885. Syeda Shiwal Raza, student, University of the Punjab, Lahore
886. T. M. Krishna, musician, writer/author, public speaker, Magsaysay Awardee, Chennai
887. T. R. Raghunandan, co-Founder, Avantika Foundation, consultant on decentralised public governance, anti-corruption and heritage preservation, Bangalore
888. Taimur ul Kamal, activist, Peshawar
889. Dr. Taimur Rahman, Laal music band, Assistant Professor LUMS, Lahore
890. Talat Rahim, writer, Karachi
891. 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.”
892. Talha Rathore, artist, New York
893. Tanuja, event planner, Bangalore
894. Tanveer Jahan, activist, Lahore
895. Tanvir Masood, filmmaker, former producer with PTV Lahore
896. Tapan Kumar Bose, Secretary General, South Asia Forum for Human Rights
897. Tanzeela Mazhar, journalist, Pakistan
898. Dr Tariq Rahman, Dean School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences/Education, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
899. Tarique Hussain, lecturer, Nawabshah
900. Tarun Tahiliani, fashion designer, New Delhi
901. Tayyaba Hasan, Professor, Harvard Medical School
902. Gen. Tej Kaul, Executive President, India Pakistan Soldiers Initiative for Peace (IPSI), India
903. Tishani Doshi, poet, novelist, dancer, Chennai
904. Tripta Wahi, social activist and retd Associate Professor, University of Delhi
905. Tulika Bathija, educator, Ecole Mondiale World School, Mumbai
906. Tulsi Vatsal, writer, Mumbai
907. Tunty Chauhan, Director, Threshold Gallery, New Delhi
908. SP Udaya Kumar, activist, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu
909. Uma Chakravarti, historian, academician and filmmaker, Delhi
910. Uma Sudhir, Resident Editor, NDTV
911. Umair Faizullah Bangash, Associate Professor, Visual Communication Design Lahore
912. Umair Vahidy, Dil Say Pakistan
913. Umar Azad, blogger, Larkana
914. Umber Khairi, Producer, BBC
915. Umer Abdur Rehman Janjua, columnist and author, Islamabad
916. Umer Ali, journalist, Islamabad
917. Umer Farooq, student, Lahore
918. Urvashi Butalia, Director, Zubaan Publishers Pvt Ltd
919. Urwah Sultana, Voice Society for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, Lahore
920. Usha Balakrishnan, cultural capital consultant, Mumbai
921. Usha Gawde, art practitioner, Mumbai
922. Usha Iyer, archivist, Mumbai
923. Usha K.R., writer, Bangalore
924. Usha Raman, Professor, University of Hyderabad, India
925. Usha Ramaswamy, writer, Bangalore
926. Uzma Noorani, activist, Co-Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Karachi
927. V.R. Srikrupa, youth leader, Food Sovereignty Alliance, Hyderabad
928. Vaasanthi Sundaram, author/journalist, Delhi
929. Vaibhav Arora, marketing professional, Delhi
930. Vaishali Patil, activist, Raigad, India
931. Vaishali Jethava, Program Coordinator, The Blue Ribbon Movement, India
932. Vaishnavi, writer and filmmaker, Founder, Women Making Films India
933. Valli Rao, writer, Bangalore
934. Vani Rijhwani, environment research student, Delhi
935. Vasanth Kannabiran, writer and activist, Hyderabad
936. Vasaam Venkatesh, Adivasi entrepreneur, Warangal
937. Vasvi Kejriwal, student, Queen Mary University, London
938. Ved Pratap Vaidik, journalist and peace activist, New Delhi
939. Veer Munshi, artist, New Delhi
940. Veejay Sai, writer, culture critic, Delhi
941. Veeresham, Kudali team, Badampet
942. Vibhuti Narain Rai, former policeman and writer, India
943. Vidya Kamat, artist, Mumbai
944. Vijay Crishna, company director, Mumbai
945. Vijay Deshpande Satara, Maharashtra State Freedom Fighters Successors Organisation and Indo-Pak Friendship Forum, Satara District
946. Vijay Naik, Convenor, Indian Association of Foreign Affairs Correspondents, New Delhi
947. Vijay Satokar, consultant, Press Trust of India, New Delhi
948. Vinay Nagaraju, Edward S. Mason Fellow and MPA Candidate 2017, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
949. Vinayak Rajasekhar, Editor-in-Chief, paxpolitica.com
950. Vineeta Pandey, The Pioneer newspaper, New Delhi
951. Vinita Agrawal, author, Mumbai
952. Vinod Sharma, Regional President, South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), New Delhi
953. Vinod Varshney, journalist, New Delhi
954. Vinu Neg, housewife, India
955. Vipul Rikhi, writer and singer, Bangalore
956. Vipul Shaha, educator, Krishnamurti Foundation of India, Pune
957. Viraj Singh, cinematographer, Mumbai
958. Virginia Whiles, Art Historian, London
959. Col. Virendra Sahai Verma, India-Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace, India
960. Vistasp Hodiwala, CCO and Co-Founder Underdog ad agency, Thane
961. Wagma Feroz, Chairperson, Da Torsaro Saadar, Peshawar
962. Waheed Ali Joyo, actor, Karachi
963. Waheeda Mahesar, Director, SZABIST ZABTech, Member, WAF Karachi
964. Wajid Shamsul Hassan, former Pakistani diplomat, London
965. Waqas Halim, Director, Center for Technology in Education, Information Technology University, Lahore
966. Waqas Khan, visual artist, Lahore
967. Waqas Khwaja, Ellen Douglass Leyburn Professor of English, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
968. Waseem Ahmed, auditor, Karachi
969. Yaqoob Khan Bangash, Director, Centre for Governance and Policy, IT University, Lahore
970. Yashvi Gada, student, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
971. Dr. Yasmeen Kazi, Professor of Paediatrics, Karachi
972. Yasser Hashmi, educator, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
973. Yemuna Sunny, educationist, Hoshangabad
974. Yogesh Mathuria, peace warrior, World School of Happiness, Pune
975. Yousuf Saeed, filmmaker, writer, New Delhi
976. Yuki Ellias, actor, Mumbai
977. Yusuf Mehta, filmmaker, Mumbai
978. Yuvraj Mohite, journalist, Mumbai
979. Zafar Hai, filmmaker, Mumbai
980. Zaheer Alam Kidvai, educator/new media analyst, Karachi
981. Zahira Khattak, activist, Islamabad
982. Zaibun Nisa Hussain, teacher, ACE International Academy, Rawalpindi
983. Zain Alavi, Non-Executive Chairman, Muller and Phipps Pakistan Pvt Ltd
984. Zakia Sarwar, teacher trainer, Founder Member, Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers
985. Zaman Khan, journalist, activist, Faisalabad
986. Zalla Khattak, freelance consultant, Islamabad
987. Zar Ali Khan Afridi, Chairman, FATA Commission of Human Rights
988. Zar Bano Kohyar, social worker, feminist, Karachi
989. Zareen Khan, journalism student, Karachi
990. Zarminae Ansari, architect, writer, publisher, Joy of Urdu, Karachi/Paris
991. Zeeshan Majeed, entrepreneur, Kolkata
992. Zehra Arshad, activist, Islamabad
993. Zehra Shah, activist, Karachi
994. Zia Ur Rehman, journalist, Karachi
995. Zia Mian, physicist, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University, Princeton
996. Ziad Zafar, journalist, Karachi
997. Zohaib Karim, Co-founder and Lead Strategist at MentHub, Karachi
998. Zohra Yusuf, Council Member, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Karachi
999. Zoya Nazir, undergraduate student, Islamabad
1000. Zulfiquar Rao, sociologist, OpEd writer at Daily Times, Pakistan
1001. Zunaira Qayum Ali, student, Forman Christian College University, Lahore.

Endorsed – names sorted in alphabetical order at this link.

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