Godless Bullets
Salman Taseer’s killing reflects the fight over Pakistan’s soul (OUTLOOK INDIA) AMIR MIR When Punjab governor Salman Taseer stepped out of the Table Talk…
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…
Kashmir resistance continues as Pak-India tenions remain high
Indian wing commander Abhinandan was released by Pakistan on Friday, but tensions remain high. Death, displacement, injuries and destruction of homes continue in occupied…
Raza Rumi on Americas interest in peace in Pakistan
Raza Rumi’s analysis on American interest in Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to Raza, a stable Afghanistan and Pakistan is in the interest of America…
Raza Rumi on the conspiracy theories on taliban peace talks
Raza Rumi’s analysis on the peace talks with taliban. Rumi says that in wake of US withdrawl from Afghanistan, different groups and countries have…
Raza Rumi on Defence ministers ultimatum to taliban
Raza Rumi’s analysis on the statement of Defence Minister Khwaja Asif. The minister indicated at an operation in caseterrorist attacks from the other side…
There is no future of Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan says Tahir Kamran
Barelvi organizations primarily derive their inspiration from the saint and shrine culture. Now TLP’s problem is that it is being led by a ‘maulavi’,…
حضرت عمر بن خطاب نے کہا تھا کہ اگر دریا کے کنارے کو کتا بھی مرا تو اس کا ذمہ دار میں ہوں گا
حضرت عمر بن خطاب نے کہا تھا کہ اگر دریا کے کنارے کو کتا بھی مرا تو اس کا ذمہ دار میں ہوں گا…
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…
On India, Pakistan, politics and religious extremism
Recorded in April 2018 when I was invited by graduate students at Kennedy School for a talk. …
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 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…
Sabeen Mehmud: A voice of reason, pluralism and secularism
I have been quoted on different stories published on the murder of Sabeen Mahmud. A collection of these is being posted here. Pakistani rights…
Raza Rumi Talk in USIP After Peshawar- Domestic Security in Pakistan
My talk at USIP after the APS attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. The U.S. Institute of Peace held a panel discussion assessing Pakistan’s domestic security…
Raza Rumi’s speech on one month of Peshawar School attack – Dupont Circle – Washington
Today marked the first month of the ghastly incident when the Army Public School was attacked by the terrorists in Peshawar. Raza Rumi says…
Kal bhi woh darte the
A few lines I wrote after Malala’s Nobel and some of the reactions of Pakistanis on social media (English translit. below) Kal bhi woh…
Remembering Shahbaz Bhatti, an unsung hero of Pakistan
It has been over three years that Pakistan lost a brave Christian citizen Shahbaz Bhatti for his relentless advocacy of human rights and in…
Pakistan: Hiding state failure by invoking the ‘foreign hand’ theory
1) Repetitive trends. When Sri Lanka’s cricket team was attacked in Lahore the civil administration and police on TV said India did it. Raza…