The day I’m killed
Dr Az a fearless and sensitive soul – sent me this poem via email. Travel TicketsThe day I’m killed,my killer, rifling through my pockets,will…
Reporters Without Borders Q and A
Raza Rumi talks about threat to press freedom across the Globe. Rumi asserts that the expanded power of Media always threatens the governments because…
Interview for My Muslim Friends
“In 2017, I visited Boston and My Muslim Friends interviewed me” I had been writing for nearly 10 years for the Friday Times and…
My Utopia Died Three Years Ago
The Parliament has extended the military courts for another two years. Cited as a desperate measure in extraordinary times, there has been a widespread…
More Than Just a Footnote
Mustafa: associate, companion, employee, friend A year after gunmen attacked his car, killing his young driver, I mourn the loss of Mustafa It has…
The Perils of Reporting in Pakistan
The toll of Taliban attacks is measured in more than bodies. By MARY LOUISE KELLY Stay in the news business long enough, and you…
In Pakistan, ‘Blasphemers’ Like Me Receive Militant Justice
Like so many others, I was recently targeted in a cold-blooded assassination for speaking out against extremism. Pakistan has acquired a strong reputation of…
Pakistani Media Under Attack
My interview with Robert Mackey from the New York Times. The Pakistani journalist Raza Rumi survived an assassination attempt in March that killed his…
Reporting in Pakistan – My talk
I spoke at the New America Foundation with Kati Marton, Peter Bergen and Joel Simon on the dangers of reporting freely in Pakistan. It…
Away from the ‘homeland’
In the past one month, my friends and associates from across the globe have reached out. I am grateful to them. Now that I…
Pakistani Journalists Live Dangerously If They Cross The Line
Listen to the story: Steve Inskeep talks to Raza Rumi, editor of the Pakistani newspaper Friday Times, about the rise in attacks against journalists.…
The Wrong Kind of Pakistani – Ali Dayan Hasan
On the invention of “the liberal extremist” and the attempted assassination of a friend. By Ali Dayan Hasan On March 28 in Lahore, my…
Speaking at the launch of UNESCO Press Freedoms Report
Went to the UN to discuss UNESCO Media Trends report on press freedom & role of free media in global development agenda Watch my…
Escaping death in the Land of the Pure
Finally, I countenanced what I had been dreading for quite some time. Journalists and media houses being under threat is a well-known story in…