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Young Voices for Peace…

Selected extracts from letters of students of Abbottabad Public School, Abbottabad, Pakistan
to letters written by students of City Montessori School, Lucknow, India

How are u and how is the City of Nawabs? I pay my regards to everyone there in CMS for being so nice and affectionate with us. Our trip to your country was excellently magnificent. We enjoyed it a lot. Our most charming days were when we stayed there in your institution. Everything was really tremendous. Any CMS fellow who wants to make me a friend should write to me. I’ll respond for sure. May the blessings of the Almighty be upon humanity.

Jai Jagat.

— M Bilal Qureshi
Class 12 Blue,
Abbottabad Public School

Most respected friends, I consider memories of my India visit, particularly stay at CMS, a valuable asset of my life. You can contribute to this asset by becoming my friend. I will be too glad to receive your letters. Let us be friends forever.
Jai jagat.

— Saad Ilyas
Class 9 Pink
Abbottabad Public School

Friendship has no boundaries, mean that friendship is totally independent of religion, country, race, etc. Therefore, my friend can be a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, so that we can know about each other’s feelings. So anyone of any class, gender and age is free to write to me and become my friend…..Our fellows visited your school and were full of praise for your hospitality and friendly environment. They had no thought of being strangers there in India. They were very happy and full of love for your people when they returned. I wish to visit India because my forefathers were of India. May God bless you, your families, your college and both India and Pakistan.

— Farhan Abid
Class 12 (Blue) Pre-Medical
Abbottabad Public School

Let us step up and lay the foundation of life long friendship.

— Jalal Aslam
Class 7 Pink
Abbottabad Public School

Without a friend a man is like a body without soul. This April, some of my friends visited your country and school. While listening to them we were very much impressed by your behaviour and hospitality.

— Fahad Ali Khan
Class 8 Blue
Abbottabad Public School

I want to make friendship with you, please don’t discourage me. I have a great liking for your people. Credit goes to Mr Jagdish Gandhi who converted CMS into a global village and gave us an opportunity to interact with so many people. Be my Friend. I will be to glad to come to your great institution again and again.

— Nadeem Shahzad Niazi
Class 9 Pink
Abbottabad Public School

I will be very Lucky to be a friend of CMS students. Anyone who like to be my friend should write to me freely. I will be waiting eagerly for your for your letters.

— Zia-ul-Hassan Khan
Class 9 Pink
Abbottabad Public School

Our friends who visited your school have told me that your behaviour, traditions and culture is outstanding. I am quite impressed and want to make friendship with your school fellows. I hope you will love to read this letter and I shall be very happy if you tell me about yourself. Please reply me as soon as possible.

— Zeeshan Rashid
Class 8 Green
Abbottabad Public School

My ardor for terms with you enchanced when my friends participated in GEOFEST ’04 narrated about your institution. I want to seize this opportunity of making friendship with you people. This step of ours will curtail the differences the two countries have. Let us chum up for peace and brotherhood. Eagerly waiting with love.

— M Hishan Khan Wazir
Class 9 Green
Abbottabad Public School

I like people with independent nature free from all prejudices. When our friends returned, they displayed all the pictures that they had brought from India. Those pictures gave us a good insight about the life at CMS and compelled me to write to you for friendship. So be my friend.

— Anas Shakir
Class 10 Green
Abbottabad Public School

I belong to Karachi, the biggest city of Pakistan. My father is an Indian and he belongs to Agra, the city of Taj. I will be too glad if you become my friend. Please feel no hesitation in writing to me.

— Umer Farooqui
Class 8 Green
Abbottabad Public School

My hobby is to make good friends that is why I joined the Pen Pal Club. This is my first letter to anyone in India. So do reply. With love from Pakistan.

— Wajid Abbasi
Class 7th Blue, Sultan Tipu House
Abbottabad Public School

This year some boys from our school visited your institution and they were very much impressed by your behaviour. From the very beginning, was interested in pen friendship but I never got chance before. I have been granted the membership of Pen Pal Club recently. This is my first letter to you. I will be waiting for your reply anxiously.

— Farhan Baseer
Class 8th Pink, Iqbal House
Abbottabad Public School

I like Indian movies and I also love Indians. I am always in search of good friends. I am sure you will find me a great friend.

— Zaid Sattar
Class 9th Blue, Liaquat House
Abbottabad Public School

My friends have told me about your school, city and country. I am very impressed by all those things which they told me. So, I want to be my friend. I am anxiously waiting for your letter.

— Jawad Jahangir
Class 9th Green, Sultan Tipu House
Abbottabad Public School

I participated in MacFair International 2004. It was a great learning experience. I am really impressed by Mr Jagdish Gandhi and his ideas about humanity. The students of CMS greatly impressed me. I hope you enjoyed this token of friend.

— Mohd Waqar Saleem
Class 9th Blue, Liaquat House
Abbottabad Public School

I am very fond of making good friends. I will also be very happy to make you my best friend. I will be waiting for your reply.

— Sardar Mohammad Bilal
Class 7th Pink, Nishter House
Abbottabad Public School

You’ll surely find a good friend in me and my views about true friendship are that “True friendship is always evergreen.”

— Bilal Shaukat
Class 9th Blue, Iqbal House
Abbottabad Public School

I have heard a lot about CMS from my school fellows who participated in Geofest and Macfair. I have also heard about Mr Jagdish Gandhi and his efforts for world peace. I am much impressed.

— Wajahat Latif Khan
Class 8th Pink, Liaquat House
Abbottabad Public School

Friendship is a precious gift of God. I love to make friends. I feel happy if you accept my friendship. Now I am closing this letter with hope that you will reply me soon.

— Sabih Zia Sabir
Class 9th Green, Rehman House
Abbottabad Public School

Let me share something important with you which I learnt at school, it was that I should never judge a man by his locality, colour, class or creed. To me, a man should be judged by his action and deed. I wish you all the very best in life. Pay my regards to all at home.

— Ehsan Ali
Class 9th Blue, Sardar Bahadur House
Abbottabad Public School

Thank you for paying so much respect to our two teams, one for Geofest and one for Macfair in 2004. Our teams were very glad and were telling us about your hospitality. They said Indians are very kind. I am very fond of writing letters. I don’t care about what caste, religion or gender my friend belongs to but I very much fond of making Indians as my friends and to visit India.

— Your-friend-to-be Mohammad Ghazanfar Abbas
Class 7th Blue, Sultan Tipu House
Abbottabad Public School

I found the people of India very nice and co-operative when I came to CMS Luck now to participate in Macfair 2004 and I know that you would be as nice and co-operative as is the overall impression of Indians to me….may peace prevail throughout the world.

— Anees Wajid
Class 9th Pink, Liaquat House
Abbottabad Public School

I have joined this Pen Pal Club to exchange my views with you. The movie that I like is “Main Hoon Na” because of ‘Project Milap’. I hope that differences between Pakistan and India will come to an end and in this regard CMS and APS have taken good steps.

— Waleed Jehangir
Class 7th Pink, Sultan Tipu House
Abbottabad Public School

I have joined this club to end enmity between our two countries. Who so ever want to be my friend is welcome. It is my first ever letter to any friend. Do reply - you will find me a true friend. With love from Pakistan….

— M Khyzer Jehangiri
Class 8th Pink, Sultan Tipu House
Abbottabad Public School

I hope my letter finds you in the best of health. I really want to have friends in India. I shall be eagerly waiting for your reply.

— Jawad Ali Khan
Class 12th Blue (Pre-Medical), Jinnah House
Abbottabad Public School

Thank you very much for paying that much respect to our teams and country. When they returned from India they told us that you are very kind and friendly peoples. From their words I got inspiration and also want to come to your country. Pray for me.

— Your-friend-to-be Rizwan Zafar
Class 7th Blue, Sultan Tipu House
Abbottabad Public School

The meaning of my name is helper and as my name indicates I am caring and friendly. Friendship is like a flower which spreads its fragrance everywhere. So we should also spread it.

— Ouun Ali
Class 11th Blue, Iqbal House
Abbottabad Public School

I believe in strong and lasting friendship. I hope you will find me a great friend.

— Muddassir Khan
Class XI Blue, Iqbal House
Abbottabad Public School