Sense and sovereignty in Kafkastan
I just returned from Karachi, where the city was outraged at the unscheduled, endless power cuts. Everywhere, the energy crisis dominated the discussions. In…
Bahria Town is currently being prosecuted for illegally acquiring land for its projects in Karachi
Bahria Town is currently being prosecuted for illegally acquiring land for its projects in Karachi. But why is the mainstream media silent over Bahria…
More on abidi factor – he was an ideological person.
Raza Rumi’s analysis on Ali Raza Abidi’s murder. Rumi says Abidi was a very important member of the civil society and was also active…
Raza Rumi on the International Crisis Group report on Pakistan
Raza Rumi says the report on Pakistan by International Crisis Group (ICG) is very insightful and has been published at a time when Pakistan…
پاکستان کا سب سے بڑا شہر کراچی پانی کی شدید کمی کا شکار
اس وقت کراچی کی یومیہ پانی کی ضرورت 1100 ملین گیلن ٹن ہے لیکن 350 ملین گیلن ٹن فراہم کیا جا رہا ہے۔ اربابِ…
لیاری کا ایک باصلاحیت میک اپ آرٹسٹ
عاصم سے ملئے جو لیاری سے تعلق رکھنے والا ایک باصلاحیت میک اپ آرٹسٹ ہے وہ روزمرہ کے استعمال میں آنے والی کاسمیٹکس اور…
Portfolio: Local yet global
Recently, Aicon Gallery in York exhibited Monomania the first solo US exhibition of Karachi-based artist Adeel uz Zafar. The title of the exhibition summed…
Aftermath of Taliban’s deadly attack on Karachi airport
A deadly attack on Karachi’s International Airport has raised questions about Pakistan’s security and the government’s ability to thwart terrorist attacks. Pakistan was shaken…
Khabar se Agey, Raza Rumi on Karachi problems
Raza Rumi’s analysis on the issues of Karachi including the recent report by International Crisis Group (ICG). Rumi says there is now a need…
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,…
Books, bombs & mangroves (on the fourth Karachi Literature Festival)
In its fourth year, the Karachi literature festival (KLF) has become a public event that brings together the cosmopolitanism and the fissiparous identities of…
In Karachi, the political and ethnic violence that’s killed hundreds of people since July
In Pakistan’s largest city and commercial capital, Karachi, the surge in violence that began in July and has killed many hundreds of people, continues.…
Karachi continues to bleed
Karachi needs democratisation of power and robust accountability mechanisms Karachi’s mayhem in the past few days has exposed, once again, the primary issue of…
What needs to be done in Karachi
By Raza Rumi The recent escalation of violence and senseless butchery in Karachi serves to remind us once again just how the state is withering away…
The barbarians have attacked another shrine – no respite for Karachi
Karachi’s famous shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi was attacked a while ago. Over 60 people are injured and 12 are dead. After Lahore’s Data…
Karachi Literary Festival: Spring in the land of suicide bombers and charlatans
Who says Pakistani literature was a relic of the past? If anything, Pakistani authors have a global audience today, and our writers are now…
Imagined homeland
It irks me when I hear simplistic platitudes on Pakistani society, state or people. The heterogeneity of Pakistan is by itself an anthropologist’s dream,…
Remembering Benazir Bhutto
I am reposting my piece that was written a year ago. It seems that not much has changed in these twelve months It was…
October 18: Attack on Benazir Bhutto’s rally at Karsaz, Karachi (From the archives)
Despite the Tragedy, Extremism Will be Fought by Pakistanis Published October 20, 2007 (blogcritics) 180 are dead and more than 500 injured in Karachi…
Karachi – “Bright Lights”
Each time one visits Karachi the sprawling metropolis seems more run down. Crumbling infrastructure, notwithstanding the recent improvements, and a sense of neglect are…