9th Panos-Himal Roundtable
Challenges and opportunities for lasting peace in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
EXCERPTS FROM THE NINTH PANOS-HIMAL ROUNDTABLE, 2-3 OCTOBER 2010, BELGIUM
Participants
India
Bharat Bhushan, Editor, Mail Today
Anant Nath, Editor, Caravan magazine
Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor, Strategic Affairs, The Hindu
Surya Gangadharan, Diplomatic Editor, CNN-IBN
Om Thanvi, Editor, Jansatta
Afghanistan
Shahir Zahine, CEO, Killid Group
Hussain Yasa, Editor, Daily Outlook Afghanistan
Danish Karokhel, Editor, Pajhwok Afghan News
Pakistan
Azhar Abbas, Executive Director, Geo News
Zahid Hussain, Columnist, Newsline and Wall Street Journal
Khalid Hameed Farooqi, International Correspondent,Geo News
Moderator
Kanak Mani Dixit, Editor, Himal Southasian
Organisers
A S Panneerselvan, Executive Director, Panos South Asia
Sahar Ali, Country Representative, Panos Pakistan
Panos South Asia and Himal Southasian have been bringing together top media editors from India, Pakistan and Afghanistan for an open, informal and informed sharing of experience and information. The Belgium meet, held 2-3 October 2010, was to be a site for mutual learning of new realities and unwinding of past prejudices, a wellspring to cleanse the scourge of stereotyping the other.