کیا ترقی کو اتنی بڑی قیمت ادا کر کے لانا لازمی ہے؟
شروع میں زبردستی گھر خالی کروائے جانے پر بہت شور مچا لیکن پچھلے کچھ عرصے سے یہ بہت خاموشی سے ہو رہا ہے- بغیر…
Standing Up To Injustice
My talk involving human rights, minority rights and injustice.…
What Does The TLP Have To Do With Bahawalpur Professor’s Gruesome Murder?
The country was shaken by the murder of a professor last week. Professor Khalid Hameed was stabbed to death by a 21-year-old student. Both…
Voices of the oppressed – Dalit literature
By K G Sankarapillai Dalit means broken, oppressed, untouchable, downtrodden, and exploited. They come from the poor communities which under the Indian caste system…
Two poems on justice – from Sri Lanka
Herat Hami A poem by Wimalaratne Kumaragame (a translation) Herat Hami who lived in Aliya Watunu Wawe*1 Even someone like me was more important…
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…
Pakistan moves 25 places on World Happiness Index, ranks highest in South Asia
Happiest nation of South Asia, Pakistan, on the latest World Happiness Rankings moved 25 places and ranked 67th out of the total 156 countries…
Incomplete BRT Project Raises Question Mark On PTI’s Performance in KP
TransPeshawar or Bus Rapid Transit is a mega-development project initiated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. It is still under construction. The project will be…
Banning Movies Detrimental To Industry Business
In the wake of tensions between Pakistan and India, both sides of the border imposed ban on exchange of art. Pakistan banned Indian TV…
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…
On social justice and immigrants in America. (Part 1)
My talk on Social Justice and immigrants in America. I discuss the example of China. The Chinese diaspora emerged as a key driver for…
On social justice and immigrants in America
Raza Rumi speaks on social justice and the immigrants in America…
Women Empowerment Through Shelter And Transport
Projects like Violence Against Women Centre (VAWC) and Women on Wheels (WoW) have played a significant role in empowering women and taking down patriarchy…
Is India To Blame For Dinosaur Extinction?
The extinction of Dinosaurs is a mystery or perhaps it was, as a recent study claims to have found the answers! The Researchers in…
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…
Anti-Violence Women Centre In Multan In Miserable State
Multan’s Violence Against Women Centre (VAWC) is in trouble. Staff complains that they have not been paid since July 2018 because the PTI govt…
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…
“Two years of challenging & rewarding experience” Raza Rumi says while leaving Daily Times
Senior and well known journalist and analyst Raza Rumi has resigned from his editorship in Daily Times. He announced his resignation on Facebook with…
Amjad Islam Amjad on the imperative of hard work. A message for the youth of Pakistan.
‘The day you stop working hard, someone else will replace you’: Amjad Islam Amjad talks about the keys to success. He says continuous effort…
پاکستان اور انڈیا کے درمیان کشیدگی کا سب سے زیادہ نقصان کشمیریوں کو اٹھانا پڑتا ہے
پاکستان نے ونگ کمانڈر ابھی نندن کو واپس بھارت بھیج دیا ہے، لیکن دونوں ممالک کے درمیان تعلقات ابھی تک کشیدہ ہیں – اس…