Date:02/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/02/stories/2008120259620500.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

India, Pakistan urged to stop hostile propaganda

- PHOTO: K. RAMESH BABU

Let Good sense prevail: People praying at Shammah Chruch Centre in Secunderabad on Monday.

HYDERABAD: Several civil society organisations of Pakistan and India on Monday, in a release issued by Confederation of Voluntary Associations (COVA), have urged the governments of India and Pakistan for immediate cessation of hostile propaganda against each other.

The members drawn from a host of organisations felt that a joint action plan to curb religious extremism in both the countries is needed. They urged the governments to continue and intensify normalisation of relations.