Indians and Pakistanis are changing their profile photos to send peace messages to their governments

 By 
Sonam Joshi
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In the last few days, several Indian and Pakistanis have been changing their Facebook profile photographs to send messages of peace to their governments, urging them to continue with their newly-revived dialogue despite the recent attacks at an Indian Airforce base in Pathankot.

The Profile for Peace campaign is being led by the Aman Ki Asha peace initiative, with its Facebook page becoming a common platform for citizens of the two countries.

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The campaign had been originally started by Mumbai filmmaker Ram Subramanian in October, and was revived by him again last week, after the Pathankot attacks. He has been joined by others from the two countries.

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There has been considerable speculation about official talks between the two neighbouring countries breaking down, after Indian security officials said that the Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed was behind the attack.

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