The Intercept: Moderating Panel Discussion On Investigative Journalism, Accountability

I moderated this event last week organised by the center that I direct – Park Center for Indepenent Media – and the Finger Lakes…

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…

US Media Environment: My Interview With Prof Aminah Al-Deen

Raza Rumi and Prof. Aminah Al-Deen discuss the alarming state of journalism and media in the United States. They discuss how all American mainstream…

Black Lives Matter: My Interview With Faisal Devji

Faisal Devji is a professor of Indian history and a fellow of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. In this discussion, he…

Forget the world, militias are a threat to Pakistan

Sherin Zada/AP Photo The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international watchdog, is all set to place Pakistan on its watch list this summer.…

No more escape routes

Pakistan’s military should review the Taliban rule in Afghanistan and how they were not always the kind of partners and proxies we had envisioned…

In Pakistan, drone attack victims pursue criminal charges against US government officials

While the US military continues its campaign in Afghanistan, in neighboring Pakistan, there is continuing opposition to the CIA’s drone strikes. Activists, lawyers and…

More on the Pakistan Wikileaks- US Operations Constrained by India-Pakistan Relations

My interview which has appeared on Wikileaks Central. The Dawn Media Group in partnership with WikiLeaks has been releasing the “Pakistan Papers.” Thus far,…

On the Issue of the United States, Pakistan Is Playing with Fire

I was interviewed on the recently released Wikileaks Cables on Pakistan. Here is part one. Will upload part two soon. Part two appeared on…

Saving a rocky relationship

The killing of Osama bin Laden is another hurdle to tackle, and we are in a critical moment of another reevaluation of the Pakistan-US…

A constructed enemy?

Multiple subjectivities plague any ‘objective’ measurement of anti-American sentiments in Pakistan Since the end of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Pakistani society has been…

Generous and timely: US Response to Pakistan’s Disaster

Ironic that the United States has been perhaps the most pro-active and generous country in helping us with flood relief. Pakistanis, especially those were…

Discovering Lucia Micarelli

My young friend JC is forever introducing me to happening stuff. Yesterday, I heard Lucia in her full form. What a talent. Hear a…

Fair and accurate journalism

A friend asks: “Are we going to see this article splattered all over the front pages of major American newspapers? I highly doubt it.…

How the Pentagon manipulated the media to promote the Iraq war

David Walsh writes at WSWS On April 20, the New York Times published a lengthy article by investigative reporter David Barstow detailing the US Defense Department’s…

Economist estimates cost of Iraq war to exceed $3 trillion

This is an astounding figure. Not to mention the loss of over 1 million civilians, the sectarian blood-baths, the destruction of a civilisation and…

Rethinking Islam and Hinduism

S Irfan Habib in New Delhi There has been a lot of noise about rethinking in Islam, particularly post September 11,2001. I feel it…

NATO Genocide in Afghanistan?

I hold no brief for the Taliban. They have enraged the world and brought much shame to Muslims and dare I say the great…

The inequitable world that we live in (on the “filthy rich”)

Negotiating with my middle class guilt, I have been pondering over this article. I had posted on Richistans earlier – somehow the obscenity of…

Lies, Half Truths and Deceit

There is talk of war again. There is a familiar web of lies, half-truths and deceit. As if the smouldering cities and dying civilians…