The Spectacular Rise Of TLP And The Challenges Ahead
Even without a wider platform or broad agenda to achieve victory in the polls, groups such as TLP are poised to exploit the grievances…
Shanul Haq Haqqee: The Forgotten Literary Giant
“Don’t know whose idea it is and what the target is. My personal goals have been very limited. Nor have I ever made literature…
Commentary: IC Reorganization Requires Transparency and Inclusiveness in Decision Making Processes
For months, the Ithaca College community has been in a state of turmoil. The pandemic era has impacted every sphere of human activity including higher…
Karachi Literature Festival: Panel Discussion On Fake News And Disinformation
We are inundated with information, so much that lines of truth, fact, and value have blurred. One has to dig deeper and do silting…
Conversation On Book, “The Roots Of Fake News”
PCIM and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) hosted a conversation, moderated by Raza Rumi, with authors Brian Winston and Matthew Winston about…
The Intercept: Moderating Panel Discussion On Investigative Journalism, Accountability
I moderated this event last week organised by the center that I direct – Park Center for Indepenent Media – and the Finger Lakes…
Civil Services Reform: Pakistan’s Lingering Challenge
There is widespread consensus in Pakistan that the bureaucracy needs reform. However, focusing on the federal level alone and ignoring the requisite changes needed…
LLF 2021: Raza Rumi Discusses ‘Desi Delicacies’ Book By Claire Chambers
In Lahore Literary Festival 2021, Raza Rumi moderated a panel discussion with author Claire Chambers who shed light on her latest work ‘Desi Delicacies’.…
ThinkFest Pakistan 2021: Debating Jinnah’s Successes And Failures With Ishtiaq Ahmad
Raza Rumi interviews Professor Ishtiaq Ahmad for his latest, insightful and challenging book on the founder of Pakistan: ‘Jinnah: His Successes, Failures and Role…
My Interview On Digital Media In Pakistan And Beyond
The mainstream media in Pakistan does not give a full picture or cover all pertinent angles. The main job of media is to inform…
New US Administration And Indo-Pak Relations; Is There A Way Forward?
Raza Rumi shares key insights on impact of prospective Biden administration on foreign front, especially in South Asian context, Indo-Pak stalemate and nationalism, and…
Book E-Launch – The Battle For Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and A Tough Neighborhood
In this e-launch of Shuja Nawaz’s The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and A Tough Neighborhood, the panelists (Shuja Nawaz, Raza Rumi,…
Pakistan’s Youth And Their Concerns: A Discussion
In this talk, Raza Rumi is joined by Nayab Jan, Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, Hamza Ghaznavi, Rafiullah Kakar, Basil Nabi Malik to discuss the problems…
Remembering Asif Farrukhi With Harris Khalique, Irfan Javed, Ameena Syed, Atiya Dawood, and Ghazal Asif Farrukhi
Asif Farrukhi’s daughter and friends come together to remember and celebrate the great literary figure’s life and works. Asif passed away recently in June,…
Pakistan Food Culture, Recipes, Cuisines: Discussion with Niloferr Qazi and Haya Emaan
Connoisseurs of food Niloferr Afridi Qazi and Haya Emaan talk with Raza Rumi about the richness of Pakistani cuisine, its unique tastes, techniques and…
US Media Environment: My Interview With Prof Aminah Al-Deen
Raza Rumi and Prof. Aminah Al-Deen discuss the alarming state of journalism and media in the United States. They discuss how all American mainstream…
Think Fest Pakistan: Debating Jinnah’s Role In Pakistan Movement With Yasser Hamdani
Even though MA Jinnah led a public movement, founded a country, and changed the map of the world, many key aspects his life and…
Sadia Dehlvi: An Inimitable Friend Indeed
I had never imagined that I would be writing an obituary of a soulmate. The idea is daunting and shattering, to say the least.…
Sartaj Aziz Talks Foreign Policy, India And Nawaz Sharif With Raza Rumi And Faisal Devji
Sartaj Aziz, former foreign minister of Pakistan and author of Between Dreams and Realities: Some Milestones in Pakistan’s History, talks to Raza Rumi and…
Black Lives Matter: My Interview With Faisal Devji
Faisal Devji is a professor of Indian history and a fellow of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. In this discussion, he…