Raza Rumi says that Karachi operation not the ultimate solution, we have to build institutions
Raza Rumi says that the sucess of the operation in Karachi can only be guranteed if all the stakeholders are taken into consideration. However,…
Raza Rumi says Pakistan should see its interest in Iran Pakistan gas pipeline, says it will shorten
The gas crisis worsens in Pakistan. Raza Rumi says Pakistan should see its interest in Iran Pakistan gas pipeline.…
Raza Rumi says lack of proper energy policy for decades have created huge gas crisis
Raza Rumi asserts that the prevailing gas crisis in the county is impacting everyone. The demand for gas is way more than its supply.…
Raza Rumi said PTI rally in Lahore lacked fervor
Raza Rumi’s analysis on Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaaf’s rally in Lahore December 2013. He says the rally was not as croweded as the one in 2011.…
Raza Rumi says OBL Commission fails to serve its purpose
Raza Rumi’s analysis of the OBL comission report. He says the report has not clearly identified who is responsible for the incident.…
Mumkin, Raza Rumis analysis on the leaked OBL commission report
Raza Rumi says in wake of the OBL incident – it appears that the incumbent government wants a greater control and say in Pakistan’s…
Raza Rumi Says Britain Using Altaf Hussain case as tool
Raza Rumi Says Britain Using Altaf Hussain case as tool…
Enigma of democratic governance
Pakistan’s President Iskander Mirza (1956-58) is remarked to have said that democracy was ‘unsuited’ to the genius of Pakistani people. Decades later, similar questions…
The debate on new provinces in Pakistan
Since 1977, military or quasi-military governments have ruled Pakistan. The basic tenet of such a governance structure has been centralization and denial of multiple…
Towards a decentralised Pakistan
Without civil service reform, devolution of policy setting will be unachievable and the current reform may just not achieve its intended purposes On July…
More on the Pakistan Wikileaks- US Operations Constrained by India-Pakistan Relations
My interview which has appeared on Wikileaks Central. The Dawn Media Group in partnership with WikiLeaks has been releasing the “Pakistan Papers.” Thus far,…
Pakistan: Fixing the civil-military imbalance
Sovereignty is the flavour of the month in Pakistan. Since the capture and questionable assassination of Osama Bin Laden, the Pakistani discourse has been…
Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies are weak – Raza Rumi
My analysis on the national security issues of Pakistan. I discussed the PNS Mehran attack in Karachi. The breach of security at such heavily…
Saving a rocky relationship
The killing of Osama bin Laden is another hurdle to tackle, and we are in a critical moment of another reevaluation of the Pakistan-US…
Dynasties and Clientelism in Pakistan
THE hallmark of Pakistan’s political elites is their narrow base. A limited number of families have dominated Pakistan’s legislatures since the country’s inception in…
The electric, worrisome and meandering Long March in Pakistan
NYT report on Long March highlights the electrifying atmosphere in Islamabad yesterday: The crowd, including an unusual number of women for this Muslim country,…
The myriad voices of Pakistani blogosphere
My first post at Global Voices “Pakistan’s growing blogosphere presents a kaleidoscope of the complex, contradictory developments within the country. The country is in…
Pakistanis have rejected extremism
The election results notwithstanding the irregularities and fears of rigging, are pretty straightforward. They undo the paradigm of ousting the two mainstream parties from…
A tale of love and death
by Tanvir Ahmad Khan The terrors of the living need not trouble you, Bibi, any more. You overcame all misgivings, calumnies and flaws inherent…
People of this Murderous City
The other day, I translated my poem in Urdu written after the events of 27 December, 2007. It has been published by this blog.…