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The day I’m killed
Dr Az a fearless and sensitive soul – sent me this poem via email. Travel TicketsThe day I’m killed,my killer, rifling through my pockets,will…
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Reporters Without Borders Q and A
Raza Rumi talks about threat to press freedom across the Globe. Rumi asserts that the expanded power of Media always threatens the governments because…
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Interview for My Muslim Friends
“In 2017, I visited Boston and My Muslim Friends interviewed me” I had been writing for nearly 10 years for the Friday Times and…
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My Utopia Died Three Years Ago
The Parliament has extended the military courts for another two years. Cited as a desperate measure in extraordinary times, there has been a widespread…
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More Than Just a Footnote
Mustafa: associate, companion, employee, friend A year after gunmen attacked his car, killing his young driver, I mourn the loss of Mustafa It has…
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The Perils of Reporting in Pakistan
The toll of Taliban attacks is measured in more than bodies. By MARY LOUISE KELLY Stay in the news business long enough, and you…
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In Pakistan, ‘Blasphemers’ Like Me Receive Militant Justice
Like so many others, I was recently targeted in a cold-blooded assassination for speaking out against extremism. Pakistan has acquired a strong reputation of…
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Pakistani Media Under Attack
My interview with Robert Mackey from the New York Times. The Pakistani journalist Raza Rumi survived an assassination attempt in March that killed his…
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Reporting in Pakistan – My talk
I spoke at the New America Foundation with Kati Marton, Peter Bergen and Joel Simon on the dangers of reporting freely in Pakistan. It…
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Away from the ‘homeland’
In the past one month, my friends and associates from across the globe have reached out. I am grateful to them. Now that I…
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Pakistani Journalists Live Dangerously If They Cross The Line
Listen to the story: Steve Inskeep talks to Raza Rumi, editor of the Pakistani newspaper Friday Times, about the rise in attacks against journalists.…
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The Wrong Kind of Pakistani – Ali Dayan Hasan
On the invention of “the liberal extremist” and the attempted assassination of a friend. By Ali Dayan Hasan On March 28 in Lahore, my…
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Speaking at the launch of UNESCO Press Freedoms Report
Went to the UN to discuss UNESCO Media Trends report on press freedom & role of free media in global development agenda Watch my…
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Escaping death in the Land of the Pure
Finally, I countenanced what I had been dreading for quite some time. Journalists and media houses being under threat is a well-known story in…