اوپوزیشن کہ رہی ہے کہ ہم ایک ہی ڈائریکشن میں چلیں گے لیکن پی ٹی آئ کہ رہی ہے کہ ہمیں اوپوزیشن کام نہیں کرنے دے رہی ۔۔ ؟

اوپوزیشن کہ رہی ہے کہ ہم ایک ہی ڈائریکشن میں چلیں گے لیکن پی ٹی آئ کہ رہی ہے کہ ہمیں اوپوزیشن کام نہیں…

What are the major problems women face in society? Who are responsible?

What are the major problems women face in society? Who are responsible? Watch in the below video!…

Raza Rumi says Musharaf trial was controversial from the first day

Raza Rumi’s analysis on President Musharraf’s trial. He asserts that General Musharraf’s trial has been controversial ever since it was initiated.…

It was not easy to talk about the brave friend

Talking about Syed Ali Raza Abidi – MNA and member Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan It was not easy to talk about the brave…

After the Elections: Speaking at Brown University Sept 2018

After the Elections: Speaking at Brown University Sept 2018…

Panelists analyze midterm election results

November 14, 2018: Panelists analyze midterm election results A panel of Ithaca College faculty members discussed the winners and effects of the recent midterm election,…

Majoritarian politics in South Asia

Majoritarian Politics in South Asia is a riveting issue, and in 2018, a particularly topical one. The South Asian Studies Council was pleased to…

بی این پی پاکستان تحریک انصاف کی حکومت سے علیحدہ کیوں ہونا چاہتی ہے؟

وزیر اعظم عمران خان کے انتخاب میں بی این پی کے 4 ووٹوں نے انتہائی اہمیت کا حامل کردار ادا کیا لیکن اب بی این…

On India, Pakistan, politics and religious extremism

Recorded in April 2018 when I was invited by graduate students at Kennedy School for a talk.  …

Nawaz’s sixer?

Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif’s recent statement on the clear succession plan has killed many birds with the same stone. Amid uncertainty…

Five myths that need to be buried for good

Popular narratives in Pakistan regurgitated by civil and military leadership with the support of mainstream media suggest that certain things have changed over the…

Chronicles of our recent past

FS Aijazuddin’s new book is an erudite and introspective account of a turbulent decade The past decade in Pakistan has been cataclysmic. Political upheavals…

‘I know how men in exile feed on dreams’

To the accompaniment of songs, poetry and history, Raza Rumi spent a bittersweet evening with fellow exiles exploring the state of his banishment “Our…

TALAASH WITH RAZA RUMI

Raza Rumi’s analysis on the political unstability in Pakistan in the wake of 2014 dharna and protests. Rumi says that the incumbent government has…

On the current political crisis in Pakistan

My analysis on the current political crisis in Pakistan When Nawaz Sharif assumed power in 2013, the expectation was that he might soon be…

Raza Rumi Says Britain Using Altaf Hussain case as tool

Raza Rumi Says Britain Using Altaf Hussain case as tool…

Governance crisis cannot be treated by old formula of changing faces

An old piece that I could not post earlier: Commenting on the melting state of the economy, a reputed economic analyst stated how the…

The enigma that is Pakistan (book review)

Anatol Lieven’s new book is not just a contemporary account of Pakistan, it also attempts to present an alternative narrative of what is often…

UK Election: Yasmin Qureshi, MP

Yasmin Qureshi, a barrister in the UK, is one of the few Muslim women of Pakistani origin to have entered the British Parliament. Despite…

Pakistan: flood politics at its worst

there appears to be a deliberate construction of a dangerous discourse and a sham argument for the ascendancy of the armed forces. The military…