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 to its core when militant commandos, disguised as government security forces, stormed Karachi’s international airport. It’s not clear if the militants were trying to hijack a commercial airliner or blow up […]
Aftermath of Taliban’s deadly attack on Karachi airport
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On the divided media of Pakistan (Urdu video)
Raza Rumi on the divided media of Pakistan by razarumi1
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Watching the watchdog
“Democracy is like an infertile woman that cannot produce anything”, thundered a popular columnist (a real opinion-maker) at the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent in North America (APPNA) convention held in Washington, DC. A few women participants objected, but overall, the trashing of ‘democracy’ back home in Pakistan was applauded by many a successful […]
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Pakistan: Will instability topple democracy?
Even if PM Nawaz Sharif survives the current crisis, his government will be permanently weakened. Pakistan is in a state of crisis and the continuing deadlock between the government and opposition parties threatens to derail the constitutional order. Since the beginning of August, the two leading opposition groups – Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
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Pakistan’s perilous democratic transition
Pakistan’s perilous democratic transition has been rocked by the ongoing anti-government protests. The standoff between the government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and opposition parties continues to accelerate the political uncertainty and damage the fragile economy. Sharif was elected 14 months ago in an election that witnessed unprecedented voter turnout. While most opposition parties […]
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Not being dead is a victory for Balochistan’s journalists
To say that Pakistani journalists are under attack is an understatement. They are lucky if not assailed or killed. Beyond the veneer of prime time television shows that many think constitutes ‘journalism’, there are thousands of media workers at risk. They are endangered and pressured by state agencies, political parties, militant networks and […]
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One year after: On the endangered freedoms in Pakistan
It has been a year as I wrote here since I was almost assassinated. I have already posted the tribute to Mustafa who died in the March 2014 attack. Here are a few other stories that were published recently. “It has been a year since I lost a close associate, an employee, a friend. After I miraculously escaped […]
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Odd spaces and new media
Raza Rumi talks to artist Faisal Anwar, whose work plays with space and time in the digital era Faisal Anwar is a renowned interactive, new media artist/producer based in Canada. He is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Habitat-LAB and was earlier trained in graphic design at Lahore’s National College of Arts. Anwar’s art
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Media blackout comes in handy with Pakistan’s attempt to wipe extremism
I was mentioned in ‘Daily Times’: “Projecting militants is undesirable but a blackout does not serve the public interest,” said Raza Rumi, a broadcast journalist who is currently a scholar-in-residence at Ithaca College in the United States. “For public accountability it is important that carefully edited information on militants is aired so that the public can
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Commentary: Media must revisit its core principles
My article published by The Ithacan. Journalism in the United States has entered an introspective phase since the Presidential election in November of this year. In its inability to sense the rise of Trumpism as a populist movement, the mainstream media failed itselfand its core mission to inform. The smugness of media punditry resonated
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On the divided media of Pakistan (Urdu video)
Raza Rumi on the divided media of Pakistan by razarumi1
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Watching the watchdog
“Democracy is like an infertile woman that cannot produce anythingâ€, thundered a popular columnist (a real opinion-maker) at the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent in North America (APPNA) convention held in Washington, DC. A few women participants objected, but overall, the trashing of ‘democracy’ back home in Pakistan was applauded by many a successful
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Bring Pakistan’s Missing Bloggers Home
Jan 20, 2017: Bring Pakistan’s Missing Bloggers Home (The New York Times) Since Jan. 4, at least five bloggers and activists have disappeared in Pakistan. Perhaps the best known is Salman Haider, a poet and academic who has been a vocal opponent of religious extremism and the Pakistani authorities’ abuse of opposition activists. The others who have vanished had the courage
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Threatening the regulators?
May 10, 2017: Threatening the regulators? (Daily Times) Recent revelations by Print and Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Chairman Absar Alam, made to representatives of the media, are most troubling. The Chairman stated that he and his staff were receiving threats from unidentified quarters. He even played a recording of such threats by phone. One imagines
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Accountability or regime change?
July 23, 2017: Accountability or regime change? (Daily Times) Another déjà vu moment is knocking at our doors. The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on the Panama Leaks case implicating the Prime Minister and his family. Will Nawaz Sharif will be disqualified or will he narrowly escape the so-called accountability noose? We shall find out
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The unbearable cost of advocating peace
December 24, 2017: The unbearable cost of advocating peace(Daily Times) Raza Mahmood Khan, a peace activist and a human rights’ defender from Lahore, is missing since December 2. No one knows where he is and why has he been picked up. That such enforced disappearances continue to happen makes a mockery of Pakistan’s constitution and it’s …
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The Big Question: Is Print Media on its Way to Becoming Obsolete?
August 2017: The Big Question: Is Print Media on its Way to Becoming Obsolete? (News Line Magazine) These are interesting times for journalism as technological advancements are driving the process of how people receive news. Today, the global public has a variety of options through which it can access information. In the last decade, the digital …
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With trust at an all time low, the U.S. media must return to its principles
January 4, 2017: With trust at an all time low, the U.S. media must return to its principles (Huffington Post) Journalism in the United States has entered an introspective phase since the Presidential election in November of this year. In its inability to sense the rise of Trumpism as a populist movement, the mainstream media failed itself and …
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Odd spaces and new media
June 17, 2017: Odd spaces and new media (The Friday Times) My talk to artist Faisal Anwar, whose work plays with space and time in the digital era Faisal Anwar is a renowned interactive, new media artist/producer based in Canada. He is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Habitat-LAB and was earlier trained in graphic …
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Zainab’s murder — fodder for opportunist political elites and media
JANUARY 28, 2018: Zainab’s murder — fodder for opportunist political elites and media (Daily Times) The brutal rape and murder of 8-year-old Zainab was a tragedy that should have been a wake up call for the country and how we raise children at homes, schools and madaris. Instead, it has turned into a sordid game...
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