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Pakistan’s Elites Have Pushed The Country To The Brink. Can They Fix It?
The resurgence of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its relentless attacks on the Pakistani state come at a time when the country faces the…
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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…
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Raza Rumi Talk at Cornell on 16th December remembering Peshawar School Attack
My talk at Cornell University back in December 2015 – remembering the Peshawar School attack. The 2014 attack on the Army Public School acted…
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No exit
The US must not forget the importance of a democratic, pluralist Pakistan The recent visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry to…
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Will Peshawar attack change Pakistan’s policy on terror?
Pakistan’s predicament is a sad tale of domestic Islamist identity enmeshed with the regional dynamics. The latest strike by the Pakistani branch of the…
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Challenges for the PML-N
In early June, the PML-N completed one year in office and presented its second budget before the Parliament. Both these events were overshadowed by…
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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…
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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…
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Mullahs, mullahs everywhere
Raza Rumi It is a test for the state and the political parties of Pakistan as to how they can deal with a narrative…
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Murder in the capital
A photographer takes picture of the spot where Nasiruddin Haqqani, a senior leader of the feared militant Haqqani network, was assassinated at an Afghan…
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At the Abyss
By Raza Rumi The recent drone strike in Pakistan’s northwest has eliminated an enemy of the state and his close associates. Hakimullah Mehsud’s death…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…