Afghanistan: no cooperation, no stability
This is a shorter version of a brief which was prepared for Pakistani Senate’s standing committee on Defence. Also published here. Full report here…
On secularism, Jinnah and Pakistan
My contribution for Jinnah Institute’s secular space What are we fighting for? What are we aiming at? It is not theocracy, not for a…
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.…
The 18th Amendment: An Overview
“The 18th Amendment: An Overview” chapter by Raza Rumi was published in Jinnah institute report titled Devolution: Provincial Autonomy and the 18th Amendment Rumi…
Reboot the narrative
My views incorporated in The Jinnah Institute’s new brief on the urgent policy interventions for 2015: Reboot the narrative. Pakistan needs a new narrative…
Challenges of Political Transition
My piece published here Pakistan’s next general election, due in a few months, will be the first where civilian forces are in charge of…
Independent policy research is direly needed
My interview published in the Business Recorder, Pakistan: Raza Ahmed, popularly known by his pen name, Raza Rumi, is a policy adviser and development…
Half citizens? The Ahmadiyya community of Pakistan
Temporary headstones of victims at an Ahmadi Muslim graveyard in Chenab Nagar, northwest of Lahore in 2010 (Reuters) After today’s ghastly attacks on the…
That Colorless Life: Attacking Shrines and the ‘other’ Islam
An interesting policy brief by the Jinnah Institute In recent months, militant efforts have turned increasingly to operations in the heart of Pakistan’s cities,…
Can we afford to bypass Jinnah’s Pakistan?
Published today by Jinnah Institute, Islamabad: Notwithstanding the contradictions inherent to pre-1947 Muslim politics, Jinnah was clear about certain fundamentals. Pakistan was to be…
Pakistan: A transitional polity
Pakistan’s existentialist crisis is no longer a strictly Pakistani issue. Its potential repercussions have emerged as a cornerstone of global debates on regional stability…