Peshawar attack: Pakistan’s 9/11 moment?

Pakistan faces a challenge largely of its own creation and only political processes can correct it, argues Raza Rumi. The attack on Peshawar’s Army…

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…

Kal bhi woh darte the

A few lines I wrote after Malala’s Nobel and some of the reactions of Pakistanis on social media (English translit. below) Kal bhi woh…

Pakistan: Hiding state failure by invoking the ‘foreign hand’ theory

1) Repetitive trends. When Sri Lanka’s cricket team was attacked in Lahore the civil administration and police on TV said India did it. Raza…

What the Karachi airport attack says about the Pakistani Taliban

By Raza Rumi, Special for CNN Editor’s note: Raza Rumi is a policy analyst, columnist and consulting editor at The Friday Times, Pakistan. He is also…

Aftermath of Taliban’s deadly attack on Karachi airport

A deadly attack on Karachi’s International Airport has raised questions about Pakistan’s security and the government’s ability to thwart terrorist attacks. Pakistan was shaken…

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…

New battle against old demons

After 30 years of self-defeating policies, the new National Internal Security Policy may be the right way to make a fresh start Pakistanis should…

Seedhi Baat, Raza Rumi on terrorism and threat on media

Raza Rumi discusses terrorism in Pakistan and the role played by PMLN to curb it – 2014.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Pakistan: Ominous clouds of violence overshadow Elections 2013

Holding a peaceful election in 2013 would, perhaps, be one of the important milestones in countering the power and influence of the extremists Within…

Different strands of violence

My piece on the elections for The News  Holding a peaceful election in 2013 would, perhaps, be one of the important milestones in countering…

Polio, extremism and a failing state

The death of nine anti-Polio workers has come as a new low in the life of the Pakistani nation. Almost as if the country…

Fighting the existential battle

Published in The News, October 2012 What is the real, existential cause for concern – the imagined enemy, or a real, functional terror network…

In Karachi, the political and ethnic violence that’s killed hundreds of people since July

In Pakistan’s largest city and commercial capital, Karachi, the surge in violence that began in July and has killed many hundreds of people, continues.…

Myth and reality of extremism

Pakistan needs to undertake research on militancy for effective policymaking A recent attempt to understand militancy, “Poverty and Support for Militant Politics: Evidence from…

Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies are weak – Raza Rumi

My analysis on the national security issues of Pakistan. I discussed the PNS Mehran attack in Karachi. The breach of security at such heavily…