Black Lives Matter: My Interview With Faisal Devji

Faisal Devji is a professor of Indian history and a fellow of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. In this discussion, he…

Mukhtaran Mai’s Struggle For Justice Is Heroic

In June 2002, Mukhtaran Mai was raped and paraded naked around the village on orders of a Jirga after her brother (a 12-year-old) was…

Pakistan’s Failed Experiments With Democracy

In the following video Peter Jacobs tells why democracy hasn’t been successful in Pakistan, and he also talks about India’s intentions for escalating tensions…

نامعلوم افراد نے ہندوؤں کے مقدس اوراق جلادیے

سندھ کے ضلع خیرپور میں نامعلوم افراد نے مندر کے اندر داخل ہوکر ہندوؤں کے مقدس اوراق کو آگ لگادی جس کے بعد علاقے…

8 years in prison without fault: Asia Bibi leaves Pakistan

It’s a shame that Asia Bibi wouldn’t be able to live in Pakistan, her home country, where she was born, raised and jailed for…

My interview with Interfaith Radio, DC

My Interview with Interfaith Radio, DC. This interview was conducted in wake of the latest attack on the Christian community in Lahore on Easter…

‘Blasphemy laws have become an instrument of malicious motives’

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in its new report On Trial: the Implementation of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws, has documented the widespread fair trial violations…

Remembering Shahbaz Bhatti, an unsung hero of Pakistan

It has been over three years that Pakistan lost a brave Christian citizen Shahbaz Bhatti for his relentless advocacy of human rights and in…

The Rise of Religious Intolerance in Pakistan: Implications for Democratic Development and Human Rights

My talk at the National Endowment for Democracy on religious intolerance in Pakistan. In early November 2014, a mob in Kasur, Pakistan burned a…

Remembering Shahbaz Bhatti, an unsung hero of Pakistan

Fate connected me to Salma Peter John – the widow of Pakistan’s slain Christian Minister Shahbaz Bhatti who was assassinated by violent extremists. I…

Raza Rumi on panchayat laws against women

I condemn opression against the weak underprivilidged communities in Pakistan…

Zeal gives religious right in Pakistan the upper hand

By Salman Masood As Pakistan reels from last week’s murder of another political opponent of its blasphemy law, the divide between the country’s liberals…

Andrew Buncombe: Those who dare to speak out become a shooting target

By Andrew Buncombe Rarely have Pakistan’s religious minorities and liberals felt more beleaguered. Less than two months after the killing of Salmaan Taseer, a…

Pak Nobel laureate’s Ahmedi status hurdle for documentary

I was quoted in this story – a slight spin but an important point nevertheless.. Two young Pakistanis are battling all odds to make…

Visit to Sindh, Udero Lal (the story of the Dalits in Pakistan)

Yoginder Sikand writing at DNA South-central Sindh isn’t quite a favourite holiday destination, but I spent a fortnight there while on a vacation in…