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Two Indian students Surabhi Tomar and Rashmish Koparkar wrote a letter to Harvard Administration and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and lodged an objection to this event.
The Pakistan conference took place recently at the South Asia Institute of Harvard University, USA. Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Pakistan Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh participated in it.
The event took place on 27 April, which was organized by Pakistani students. There was a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, 4 days before this event i.e. on 22 April.
Indian students lodged their opposition and objections in front of Harvard regarding this conference. After this, Harvard separated himself from this issue and removed the information of the program from his website.
Indian students wrote a letter to US Secretary of State
Two Indian students Surabhi Tomar and Rashmish Koparkar wrote a letter to Harvard Administration and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In the letter, he wrote that it was wrong to call the university to Pakistani government officials.
Students wrote- It is wrong to call government officials promoting or justifying terrorism. People will also raise the question on Harvard that the university is also involved in the terrorist attack.
Students also demanded that Harvard Pahalgam should publicly condemn the attack. This event was organized by Pakistani students of Harvard.
Student Surabhi Tomar said-
We should not remain silent after a religion-based murder, it is our faith. We consulted our colleagues. We got support from students from 65 countries. We insisted that this was not a sudden violence. It was religious harassment. We requested Harvard to stand against Hinduphobia and asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to refuse to give visas to the officers who support terrorism -related ideologies.
Expressing anger, Rashmish Koparkar said that the guest at the event did not condemn the Pahalgam attack.
Pahalgam was attacked by a terrorist attack, we felt that all guest events would condemn the attack before starting. But nothing like this happened.
Cleaning of Harvard’s South Asia Institute- was organized independently by students
Apart from this, it was also learned that Hitesh Hathi, Executive Director of the University, had recently participated in a panel discussion with Pakistani-American historian Ayesha Jalal.
Amid growing controversy over the Pakistan conference, the South Asia Institute of Harvard University issued a statement in its defense. The institute expressed its condolences to the victims of the Pahalgam attack, as well as reported that the students had organized the conference independently.
South Asia Institute also said-
We all support the academic research project and also work with other universities on many programs a year. One such event was a Pakistan conference, which was organized by the students of Harvard on 27 April 2025. We share sorrows and suffering with our friends, colleagues in India, who have been impressed by the attack in Pahalgam on 22 April 2025.
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