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- Our selective solidarity with the UmmahOped for Daily Times The brutal treatment of the Rohingya community by Myanmar has attracted international indignation. Thousands have fled Myanmar and have been entering neighbouring Bangladesh. Aung San Suu Kyi, the ignoble laureate, who was once a heroine for many across the globe, stands exposed by her silence on the persecution of this minority The post […]
- No room for dissent in Pakistan; liberals face risk of being persecutedI was mentioned by Catch News. March 28, 2014 Outspoken columnist and development activist Raza Ahmad Rumi was travelling in Lahore in his car with his bodyguard and driver. Suddenly, some men opened fire at the vehicle near Raja Market. Eleven shots were fired. Rumi’s bodyguard jumped to save him, but his driver was killed. January The post No room for di […]
- ‘The military has made a dramatic comeback in Pakistan’s national affairs’I was interviewed by ‘Tehelka’. Here is the full story: Raza Rumi — a Pakistani columnist, policy analyst and journalist — has recently written the book The Fractious Path, which focuses on Pakistan’s transition from dictatorship to democracy, and how democracy evolved immediately after the period of Gen Musharraf. In an interview with Riyaz Wani, Rumi dis […]
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