The Threats And Risks To Pakistan’s Fragile Democracy

In this video, Raza Rumi analyzes the threats and risks to democracy. After two successful democratic transitions, the third one faces numerous challenges of…

Pakistan’s democratic transition is derailed. Does anyone care?

Pakistan’s decade-old democratic transition is going nowhere. Ten years after the military president Gen Musharraf removed his uniform and paved the way for national…

Elections 2013: A Peaceful Transfer of Power

My piece for South Asia magazine (published in Jan 2013 issue) General elections in Pakistan are scheduled to take place later this year; however,…

How instability is garnered

My latest analysis published by The News We continue to bemoan the failure of democratic norms to take root in our governance culture. True,…

To undo the vicious past

 Published in the News on Sunday It’s about time a civilian Pakistan functions as a peaceful country with fair share of resources put into…

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…