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…
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’,…
Let’s accept what we have done to ourselves
The lynching of Mashal Khan by fellow students at an educational campus in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is a stark reminder of what we have done to ourselves. The…
An icon for a sane, just Pakistan
Salmaan Taseer’s defiance of convention and collective cowardice is one of the watersheds of Pakistan’s contemporary history. His defence of a poor Christian woman…
An Uphill Battle
One-year review of Pakistan’s fight against extremism and terrorism Nearly a year ago, Pakistani security forces announced the killing of Malik Ishaq, leader of…
One size may not fit all
Excerpts from my statement: Raza Rumi, Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, says the government has much to do when it…
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…
Fascists strike again in Pakistan: Minorities Minister killed
Raza Rumi Sometimes it feels we are living in stone age where no dissent and no call for a tolerant society is possible. Murder,…
A constructed enemy?
Multiple subjectivities plague any ‘objective’ measurement of anti-American sentiments in Pakistan Since the end of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Pakistani society has been…
Could there be a liberal resurgence in Pakistan? Lawmaker Sherry Rehman says she’s working on it.
By Issam Ahmed Fri Jan 28 | Karachi, Pakistan – Liberal Pakistani lawmaker Sherry Rehman left a comfortable life researching a book in London…
Mixed emotions complicate Punjab governor’s assassination
Salman Masood [NATION] ISLAMABAD // Analysts said yesterday that the assassination of Salman Taseer shows the extent of extremism in a deeply divided society…
Pakistan’s disaster could lead to a collapse
The colossal humanitarian tragedy and the imminent economic meltdown, will now shape a new Pakistan or rather, exacerbate its predicament in the months and…
Who’s afraid of Dara Shikoh’s ghost?
It is now a given that the Pakistani state is a playground for Islamism and extremism under various guises and forms. Since the passage…
Brewing storms
Raza Rumi laments the tragedies of our times, and says that the state cannot be absolved of its responsibility to protect citizens against terrorism…