Junaid Hafeez’s Death Sentence Is A Stark Reminder Of Broken Justice System
Junaid Hafeez, a young scholar who has suffered six years of solitary confinement has been sentenced to death on a dubious blasphemy case. To…
Standing Up To Injustice
My talk involving human rights, minority rights and injustice.…
India, Pakistan Need To Get Their House In Order Before Blaming Each Other
PM Imran Khan has taken notice of two Hindu women abducted and converted to Islam in Sindh’s Ghotki district. Father of the girls, Raveena…
Violence Against Women Needs To Stop Now
Tomorrow is the International Women’s Day. Every year, millions of women all around the world, and in Pakistan, are subjected to violence, sexual and…
A void really difficult to fill: Raza Rumi remembers Asma Jahangir on first death anniversary
Whenerver excesses were committed by the judiciary, like dam fund etc, or civil rights were curbed, or Arman Loni and SP Dawar were murdered,…
Protection Of Constitutional Rights Is Must For Naya Pakistan, says Raza Rumi
Right to dignity is blatantly dishonoured in Pakistan. In this video, Raza Rumi expresses concern over violation of human rights in Pakistan. Will it…
2018 A Tough Year For Human Rights Defenders In Pakistan, says Raza Rumi
Today is the #HumanRightsDay –In this video, Raza Rumi says that the world is unsafer and myopic with the rise of facism across the…
Asma Jahangir is no more — but her formidable legacy lives on
It will take some time to accept that Asma Jahangir has gone silent. That she is not at the centre of Pakistan’s political discourse.…
End this culture of impunity
Pakistani journalists and activists continue to face intimidation and violence. Worse, they have to deal with a culture of impunity that impedes justice and…
Salmaan Taseer – on the right side of history
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the senseless, cold-blooded murder of Salmaan Taseer. His martyrdom was a price paid for defending a poor Christian…
Bring Pakistan’s Missing Bloggers Home
An activist holding an image of Salman Haider during a protest to condemn the disappearances of social activists, in Karachi, Pakistan, this month. Credit…
Taseer will live as an icon for a sane, just Pakistan
Salmaan Taseer, businessman, publisher and Governor of Pakistan’s largest Province, was killed by his bodyguard a zealot who like his supporters thought that Taseer had…
Sabeen Mahmud, Martyr for Free Speech
My op-ed for The New York Times The appalling murder in Karachi last week of Sabeen Mahmud is a stark reminder of challenges that…
Sabeen Mehmud: A voice of reason, pluralism and secularism
I have been quoted on different stories published on the murder of Sabeen Mahmud. A collection of these is being posted here. Pakistani rights…
Raza Rumi: They Tried to Silence Me Once and For All
I spoke with Clarion about fighting for freedom of speech when the price for failure is death. Raza Ahmad Rumi is a Pakistani policy…
Pakistan: At the edge of the abyss?
Pakistan’s blasphemy law is used to fuel violence and death. The recent murder of a brave human rights lawyer Rashid Rehman reminds us of…
State of Human Rights in Pakistan
“The elected government’s authority remains notional in several areas – particularly those concerning the intelligence agencies” – Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan Representative, Human Rights…
On human rights, courts and governance
My interview Ali Dayan Hasan of Human Rights Watch published in The Friday Times No government institution, including the courts, should be immune from…
Asma Jahangir – A formidable fighter
Fearless and a formidable fighter, Asma Jahangir personifies the struggles Pakistanis have initiated against shameful cultural practices, discriminatory legislation and executive excess. A frail…
On counterterrorism and human rights
From an interview that I conducted: There is, of course, a nationalist discourse, as shrill as it is bogus, centered on US-bashing and lionizing…