Book Review: South Asia 2060: Envisioning Regional Futures
Book review for The Friday Times South Asia 2060: Envisioning Regional Futures is a comprehensive volume of essays edited by Adil Najam and Moeed…
Understanding Contemporary Muslimness
A review of Naveeda Khan’s book Muslim Becoming published in “The Book Review“ I wanted to learn what it meant to know Islam in…
How the Future of South Asia Can Change!
Since Pakistan’s inception, its relationship with India has been mired by insecurity, hostility, suspicion and mistrust. Independence in 1947 was followed by conflict over…
The search for a new security paradigm
Recently, Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, elaborated on the losses incurred by the country in fighting terrorism, while making a policy statement…
Farewell President Zardari
Analyzing President Zardari’s tenure President Zardari has set a new record of being the only democratically elected President to have completed his term and…
Pakistan, Taliban and Karzai
My piece for ANN (link) where I argue how Pakistan’s Prime Minister is struggling to taking charge of the country’s security policies, away from…
New security paradigm
Pakistanis have been informed that there will be a new security paradigm that would drive the policy and strategy of the federal and provincial…
Recognising the shift in Pakistan’s India policy
An Editorial for the Express Tribune The silver lining of the current Pakistan-India stand-off is that Pakistan Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif remains committed…
Trial and errors of Musharraf: Trying a former army chief marks the beginning of a new chapter in Pakistan
Here’s something I wrote on Musharraf for The Economic Times Pakistan’s former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf has been indicted by court in…
The future of Afghanistan – towards a regional solution
Here is a video podcast I did for the Pak-China institute. The transcript follows the video. The situation in Afghanistan, especially as its unfolding…
Tackling the local governance crisis
Pakistan’s governance crisis has manifested itself in various ways, including the inability of the state to provide services and create a responsible relationship with…
Mumkin, Raza Rumis analysis on the leaked OBL commission report
Raza Rumi says in wake of the OBL incident – it appears that the incumbent government wants a greater control and say in Pakistan’s…
The Balochistan conundrum
Here is an Editorial for the Express Tribune Pakistan’s largest province, Balochistan, continues to bleed. Decades of neglect and exclusion have created a sense…
Revival of local government
Here is an Editorial for The Express Tribune On paper, the decision of the Sindh government to formally revive the local government system, based…
Afghan Refugees and Pakistan
Latest for Express Tribune Pakistan has hosted millions of Afghan refugees since the 1980s when the resistance to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan resulted…
Raza Rumi says other Muslim countries have adopted birth control
Raza Rumi’s opinion on increasing population rates in Pakistan. He illustrates how Muslim countries across the globe have been promoting birth control measures.…
Attacks on the state
Latest for the Express Tribune In the last few days, Pakistan and its newly elected government have been rocked by a wave of terrorist…
Hassan Rouhani: Iran’s New President Will Build Alliances With India and Afghanistan
Here is something I wrote for policymic An unprecedented number of Iranians at home and abroad participated in the 11th presidential elections in the…
The heart divided
Here’s an excerpt from my book ‘Delhi, by heart’ that was featured in TFT I am not sure how I met Bunty. It was…
Talking to the TTP
Latest for the Express Tribune: Despite the victory of a pro-peace coalition and its overtures to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), militancy…