Man impregnates 16-y-o daughter in Rawalpindi

Man rapes and impregnates 16-year-old daughter in Rawalpindi and these cases aren’t even rare anymore. But even more outrageous is the state of denial…

Dr Anita Weiss talks about her recent book – Know more in this video

Dr Anita Weiss – professor at the University of Oregon speaks about her association with Pakistan. She visited Pakistan first time in January 1978…

Raza Rumi on violence on Women in Pakistan

Raza Rumi discusses the unfortunate incidents of violence against women in Pakistan…

Let’s accept what we have done to ourselves

The lynching of Mashal Khan by fellow students at an educational campus in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is a stark reminder of what we have done to ourselves. The…

Raza Rumi: A reading of memory & loss

Blog posting written by Rebecca Cox, Cinema and Photography, 16, FLEFF Intern, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Of the multiple times I have visited Ithaca College’s intimate…

The vicious cycle of hate and violence

The recent issue to have riled up a good number of Pakistanis including jihadi networks is the alleged blasphemy against Islam committed by the…

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…

Book review: A psycho-social perspective on terror

The launch of Dr Unaiza Niaz’s excellent book in September was most symbolic, as the world commemorated the ghastly incident of 9/11 and the…

Brewing storms

 Raza Rumi laments the tragedies of our times, and says that the state cannot be absolved of its responsibility to protect citizens against terrorism…