Lifting ban on Basant a good move, says Raza Rumi
Raza Rumi appreciates governments recent move to uplift ban on basant that will restore thousands of years old festival. The basant festival is surrounded…
Raza Rumi says Pakistan do have external threats but real threat is internal terrorist organizations
Raza Rumi’s analysis on terrorism in Pakistan and why it still persists. He asserts that managing security threats inside Pakistan is more important than…
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…
After the Elections: Speaking at Brown University Sept 2018
After the Elections: Speaking at Brown University Sept 2018…
Raza Rumi talks about the US Secretary of State’s visit to Pakistan and India
CGTN’s Mike Walter spoke with Raza Rumi about the likely impact on U.S. relations with India & Pakistan of a visit by U.S. Secretary…
Kya Nawaz Sharif Hero ban chuke hain Sana Bucha Ka Raza Rumi se Sawal Public News
My analysis on Nawaz Sharif’s ouster…
UNPACKING THE BLASPHEMY LAWS OF PAKISTAN
Raza Rumi teaches at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, USA. He is a policy analyst, journalist and editor of Pakistan’s Daily Times newspaper.…
On India, Pakistan, politics and religious extremism
Recorded in April 2018 when I was invited by graduate students at Kennedy School for a talk. …
Forget the world, militias are a threat to Pakistan
Sherin Zada/AP Photo The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog, is all set to place Pakistan on its watch list this summer.…
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.…
Young Pashtuns have shown the mirror to ‘mainstream’ Pakistan
A stage is set up in Islamabad during the protest demanding justice for Naqeebullah Mehsud.— Photo by Shakeel Qarar This past fortnight Pakistan witnessed…
The dynamic political scene confirms a fast changing Pakistani society
The disqualification of Nawaz Sharif through a controversial court verdict was the easier task. Reining in his support and ousting him from the political…
The Sound of Data Darbar
NEW YORK, May 6, 2017 — Me and classical singer Tahira Syed. We explore Lahore’s, and arguably Pakistan’s, cornerstone of Sufism, the shrine of…
My interview with Interfaith Radio, DC
My Interview with Interfaith Radio, DC. This interview was conducted in wake of the latest attack on the Christian community in Lahore on Easter…
Raza Rumi: A reading of memory & loss
Blog posting written by Rebecca Cox, Cinema and Photography, 16, FLEFF Intern, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Of the multiple times I have visited Ithaca College’s intimate…
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…
Miniature Painting Goes Global
Steeped in the past, and yet, modernist in its application, neo miniature is the new face of Pakistani miniature painting and art. Having evolved…
Raza Rumi Talk at Cornell on 16th December remembering Peshawar School Attack
My talk at Cornell University back in December 2015 – remembering the Peshawar School attack. The 2014 attack on the Army Public School acted…
‘Blasphemy laws have become an instrument of malicious motives’
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in its new report On Trial: the Implementation of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws, has documented the widespread fair trial violations…
Free Speech in Free Countries The Indian Subcontinent Live with Raza Rumi
Raza Rumi’s analysis on the shared histoy of India and Pakistan. In this video he emphasises on similarities between India and Pakistan. Rumi says…