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Jahane Rumi- When Will COVID Vaccine Arrive In Pakistan?Lately with each passing day, the debate on procurement of coronavirus vaccine is gaining momentum. At the same time, the confusion is also multiplying due to contradictory and vague conjectures and announcements by the PTI government regarding the timing of procurement. It is to be noted that 70 Million is the target set by the... Read More The post When Wi […]Mehmood Ashraf
- Quick Roundup Of 2020: Democracy On Decline, Trump Defeat And Arab-Israel RelationsIn an exclusive interview with Wajahat Ahmad, Raza Rumi discusses key global issues. The year of 2020 witnessed the decline of democracy with the rise of strongmen transgressing democratic processes and norms, pandemic that adversely affected lives and economies, and Israel-Arab friendship. The situation in the Middle East is changing. The UAE has recognized […]Mehmood Ashraf
- New US Administration And Indo-Pak Relations; Is There A Way Forward?Raza Rumi shares key insights on impact of prospective Biden administration on foreign front, especially in South Asian context, Indo-Pak stalemate and nationalism, and prospects of normalcy in their relations. Daanish: Mr. Raza is an analyst, author and journalist; he is also the founding editor of Naya Daur media. I will ask him about the... Read More The […]Mehmood Ashraf
- (From the archives) October 18: Attack on Benazir Bhutto’s rally at Karsaz, KarachiDespite the Tragedy, Extremism Will be Fought by Pakistanis Published October 20, 2007 (blogcritics) 180 are dead and more than 500 injured in Karachi suicide attacks on the biggest rally of the country’s largest political party. Millions had rejected extremism earlier on the streets of Karachi October 18 was the day of unforgettable images –... Read More Th […]Raza
- Book E-Launch – The Battle For Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and A Tough NeighborhoodIn this e-launch of Shuja Nawaz’s The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and A Tough Neighborhood, the panelists (Shuja Nawaz, Raza Rumi, Huma Baqai and Ejaz Haider) discuss Pakistan’s foreign relations, security situation, economics and governance. Has Pakistan been the “price-setter” or the “price-taker” in its international posturing; has Pakis […]Farhan Qadir
- Pakistan’s Youth And Their Concerns: A DiscussionIn this talk, Raza Rumi is joined by Nayab Jan, Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, Hamza Ghaznavi, Rafiullah Kakar, Basil Nabi Malik to discuss the problems faced by the youth in Pakistan. Pakistan currently has a 70% youth population. Yet, instead of employing the youth for the benefit of the country, the state treats them with suspicion... Read More The post Pakis […]Farhan Qadir
- Legacy of Bhagat Singh – India and Pakistan’s Shared HeroWatch Raza Rumi in conversation with historian Irfan Habib (in Delhi) and activist Diep Saeeda (in Lahore) about Bhagat Singh’s legacy and why we need to remember him as a shared hero. “Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was born in Lyallpur, Punjab, India (now Pakistan), on September 27, 1907, to a Sikh family deeply involved in... Read More The post Legacy of Bh […]Mehmood Ashraf
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- When Will COVID Vaccine Arrive In Pakistan?Lately with each passing day, the debate on procurement of coronavirus vaccine is gaining momentum. At the same time, the confusion is also multiplying due to contradictory and vague conjectures and announcements by the PTI government regarding the timing of procurement. It is to be noted that 70 Million is the target set by the... Read More The post When Wi […]
- Quick Roundup Of 2020: Democracy On Decline, Trump Defeat And Arab-Israel RelationsIn an exclusive interview with Wajahat Ahmad, Raza Rumi discusses key global issues. The year of 2020 witnessed the decline of democracy with the rise of strongmen transgressing democratic processes and norms, pandemic that adversely affected lives and economies, and Israel-Arab friendship. The situation in the Middle East is changing. The UAE has recognized […]
- New US Administration And Indo-Pak Relations; Is There A Way Forward?Raza Rumi shares key insights on impact of prospective Biden administration on foreign front, especially in South Asian context, Indo-Pak stalemate and nationalism, and prospects of normalcy in their relations. Daanish: Mr. Raza is an analyst, author and journalist; he is also the founding editor of Naya Daur media. I will ask him about the... Read More The […]
- (From the archives) October 18: Attack on Benazir Bhutto’s rally at Karsaz, KarachiDespite the Tragedy, Extremism Will be Fought by Pakistanis Published October 20, 2007 (blogcritics) 180 are dead and more than 500 injured in Karachi suicide attacks on the biggest rally of the country’s largest political party. Millions had rejected extremism earlier on the streets of Karachi October 18 was the day of unforgettable images –... Read More Th […]
- Book E-Launch – The Battle For Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and A Tough NeighborhoodIn this e-launch of Shuja Nawaz’s The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and A Tough Neighborhood, the panelists (Shuja Nawaz, Raza Rumi, Huma Baqai and Ejaz Haider) discuss Pakistan’s foreign relations, security situation, economics and governance. Has Pakistan been the “price-setter” or the “price-taker” in its international posturing; has Pakis […]
- Pakistan’s Youth And Their Concerns: A DiscussionIn this talk, Raza Rumi is joined by Nayab Jan, Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, Hamza Ghaznavi, Rafiullah Kakar, Basil Nabi Malik to discuss the problems faced by the youth in Pakistan. Pakistan currently has a 70% youth population. Yet, instead of employing the youth for the benefit of the country, the state treats them with suspicion... Read More The post Pakis […]
- Legacy of Bhagat Singh – India and Pakistan’s Shared HeroWatch Raza Rumi in conversation with historian Irfan Habib (in Delhi) and activist Diep Saeeda (in Lahore) about Bhagat Singh’s legacy and why we need to remember him as a shared hero. “Freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was born in Lyallpur, Punjab, India (now Pakistan), on September 27, 1907, to a Sikh family deeply involved in... Read More The post Legacy of Bh […]
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- Trees of LahoreSalman Rashid Until the 1970s some one hindered and sixty species of birds were listed in Lahore. While the city had such green spaces as Lawrence Gardens, Aitchison College, the cantonment and Model Town, farm and forest on the outskirts began where Defence Society or Allama Iqbal Town and the innumerable societies now sprawl in […]
- The Lahore that I grew up in was a great placeI grew up in Lahore. All my life I lived here except for the seven years in the army and ten in Karachi. I returned again in December 1988 and have lived here since. I knew a Lahore that was a very beautiful city. It was a city of people who ere cultured, courteous and with […]
- Odysseus LahoriFellow of Royal Geographical Society, Salman Rashid is author of several books including jhelum: City of the Vitasta and The Apricot Road to Yarkand, Riders on the Wind, Between two Burrs on the Map, Prisoner on a Bus and Sea Monsters and the Sun God. He is the only Pakistani to have seen the North […]
- Lahore Metro – Pros, Cons & PerceptionsA state of the art metro bus system – brand new and unique in Pakistan – should make every Lahori proud of their city today. A lot has been written and said about this system. And as is the case with almost everything in Pakistan, the points of views are poles apart. Many people regard […]
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By Haroon Khalid Just 2 days after the 3 days annual urs celebration at the Bibiyan Pak Daman, attended but hundreds of thousands of devotees, Shiias and Sunnis alike, I visited the shrine. The entire atmosphere suffered from a collective … Continue reading →
Posted on November 29, 2011 by Haroon Khalid
