A note from Pakistan: Why Gandhi matters beyond India’s borders
A contested figure in Pakistan’s discourse, Gandhi’s ideas and humanism retain relevance for both nations Nation-states write their own histories. Pakistan is no different.…
کیا بی بی سی جانبدار رپورٹنگ کرتا ہے؟ | نیا دور | اردو
برطانوی خبر رساں ادارے بی بی سی پر یہ الزام عائد کیا جاتا ہے کہ وہ جانبدار رپورٹنگ کرتا ہے اور اس کا جھکاؤ…
Standing Up To Injustice
My talk involving human rights, minority rights and injustice.…
Media continues to suffer crackdown as political parties look the other way
وزیر اطلاعات فواد چوہدری نے حال ہی میں سوشل میڈیا پر کریک ڈاؤن کا اعلان کیا ہے۔ اس اعلان کے بعد ایف آئی اے…
Story of a brutal, cold-blooded murder
Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Consulate in Turkey and never returned! Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate on October 2, while his fiancè waited outside. The…
My interview with Ithaca Times, U.S. (Asylum Writer Wields Pen Against Sword)
Recently I was interviewed by Ithaca Times, USA. Here is the text: The Ithaca Times sat down with Rumi to talk about his work…
Raza Rumi on Journalists at danger in Pakistan
Raza Rumi’s analysis on the current situation of journalists in Pakistan. Raza asserts that unfortunately media houses and the state itself has not been…
One year after: On the endangered freedoms in Pakistan
It has been a year as I wrote here since I was almost assassinated. I have already posted the tribute to Mustafa who died…
On the divided media of Pakistan (Urdu video)
My analysis on the division of Media in Pakistan. There are several important issues associated with Pakistan’s Media. Here I highlight three of the most…
Pakistan’s journalists under siege – my interview
Recently I talked with ” ABC news” (Australia) and explained how Journalism is under siege in Pakistan. Here is the audio-link. The transcript of…
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…
In Karachi, the political and ethnic violence that’s killed hundreds of people since July
In Pakistan’s largest city and commercial capital, Karachi, the surge in violence that began in July and has killed many hundreds of people, continues.…