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…
The state may be hedging that mainstreaming JuD will wean its cadres away from militancy
September, 2017: The state may be hedging that mainstreaming JuD will wean its cadres away from militancy (The Print) In the fourth of a four-part…
To protect Pakistanis, reframe security policy
Pakistan’s treatment of its minorities is unenviable to say the least. It is ironic that a country created to protect the Muslim minority of…
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…
Charting Pakistan Internal Security Policy
Pakistan recently announced National Action Plan focuses on combatting both terrorism and militancy and addresses endemic insecurity and radicalization. The plan follows in the…
Militancy in Sindh: End of our plural culture?
The recent carnage in Shikarpur has come as a shock for many Pakistanis. Rural Sindh, invisible from the view of Punjab and Karachi obsessed…
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…
Six ideas for Pakistan to defeat the Taliban
There’s a lot Pakistan could do to root out terrorism. But will it? It is being seen as a watershed moment in Pakistan, the…
Karachi airport attack a sign of wider security challenges
The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack on Karachi airport, that’s killed at least 28 people, including the ten suicide terrorists. The…
Future of a crisis
Pakistan's ruling elites fond of palace intrigues and power maximisation tricks must realise that this may be the last chance of saving the country,…
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…
Pakistan’s Southern Punjab: Politics of marginalisation
The discourse on South Punjab conceals the grassroots social movements and the clamouring for a linguistic identity in the region The conundrum of South…
This is a long war
This is a critical moment in our history perhaps unmatched for its severity and its brutal reality. The experiential nightmare that our country is…
Nightingale of Peshawar falls silent
My piece published in The Friday Times The bombing of Rehman Baba’s shrine is more proof that we are slipping, inch by inch, into…