Raza Rumi Archive

Raza Rumi’s commendable stance on Sheikh Nimr’s murder by Saudi regime:     
How the Friday Times blog subtly absolves the anti-Ahmadi hate cleric who enabled Malik Ishaq’s Shia Genocide: In a typically wishy washy report, Sectarian threat looms large in south Punjab (TFT issue: August 21 2015) on the threat posed by ISIS-affiliated Deobandi terrorist outfits like ASWJ-LeJ, the Friday Times blog once again displayed poor taste in providing a
Is Raza Rumi’s Pak Tea House blog working against the ‘national interest’ – by Raza Habib Raja (Editor PTH blog):     Many commentators were of the view that Raza Rumi – who happens to be chief editor of Pak Tea House (PTH)-is a coward and is trying to malign Pakistan in order to seek asylum in United States.
Why only LUBP, not other “liberal” bloggers, are being attacked by Tahir Ashrafi and Ludhyanvi? – by Ali Abbas Taj:   Since 2008, the LUBP blog, Pakistan’s top blog in terms of visitor traffic and original content, has been highlighting the issues of human rights and minority rights, and as an alternative media, has also exposed the culture of
ملک اسحاق کی ہلاکت: عارف جمال حقائق کی بجائے تصوراتی مفروضوں پر کیوں انحصار کررہے ہیں؟ – عامر حسینی: پاک ٹی ہاوس بلاگ جس کو فرائیڈے ٹائمز کے ایڈیٹر رضا رومی، یاسر ہمدانی سمیت کئی ایک لبرل ایڈمن کرتے ہیں اور یہ بلاگ بنیادی طور پر نجم سیٹھی گروپ کے متعلقین یا مداحوں کا ھائیڈ پارک ہے، اس
Appeal to Sherry Rehman, Tahir Ashrafi and Raza Rumi: Don’t obfuscate Shia genocide in Balochistan as an ethnic issue: In Pakistan, more than 23,500 Shia Muslims have been killed by Deobandi ASWJ terrorists who have also killed more than 45,000 Sunni Sufis/Barelvis and hundreds of Christians and Ahmadis. In Balochistan alone, up to two thousand Shia Muslims have
Raza Rumi explains that Deobandi and Wahhabi Salafi militants are enemies of Shia and Sunni Sufi Muslims – by Ali Abbas Taj:   We commend Pakistani blogger Raza Rumi on his clear and bold stance on Deobandi and Wahhabi Salafi intolerance which is resulting in violence against Shias, Sunni Sufis and non-Muslim minorities in Pakistan. Rumi correctly identifies the Saudi Salafi
A year ago, I was almost killed by LeJ terrorists – Raza Rumi: A year ago, I suffered the fate of thousands of Pakistanis who have been attacked, maimed and terrorised by violent extremism. I was lucky to have physically survived but my driver Mustafa was not. An innocent human life lost
2014 Police Report: Raza Rumi was attacked by ASWJ-LeJ terrorists who also killed their own leader Shams Muaviya Deobandi and several Suni Barelvi and Shia professionals: Lahore: April 22, 2014 Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Chaudhry Shafique Ahmed on Friday put the police force on the frontline in the war on terrorism and extremism by exposing and arresting a dangerous group of Deobandi terrorists
A respone to Raza Rumi’s TFT article ‘About suffering they were never wrong’ – by Ali Taj: Raza Rumi, editor of Najam Sethi’s The Friday Times, has written an article in which he has presented the artwork of Pakistani miniaturist Saira Waseem who he describes as the latest exponent in a long list of Pakistani artists
Sipah-e-Sahaba, the banned militant group – by Raza Rumi: Sipahe Sahaba Pakistan is another state project gone wrong. Our own unaccountable state has been fanning these flames! And the rise of Sipah e Sahaba and allied terror groups has nothing to do with America, drones or Afghanistan. We
Note to Andaleeb Rizvi: A false Sunni-Shia binary helps Deobandi and Wahhabi terrorists.: In her otherwise valuable article published in Raza Rumi’s Pak Tea House, Andaleeb Rizvi uses false Sunni-Shia and Saudi-Iran binaries and thus, inadvertently, dilutes the fact that not only Shias but also thousands of Sunni Sufis, Christians, Kurds and
Pakistan’s beleaguered Hazaras (and non Hazara Shia of Balochistan) – by Raza Rumi: Editor’s note: We appreciate that Raza Rumi is focussing on the genocide of Shia Hazara in Balochistan. We must not forget that a substantial number of non Hazara Shia are killed in Balochistan by the same Deobandi takfiri hate machine
By pushing people like Sherry Rehman to the wall, PPP is only harming itself – by Raza Rumi (6 Nov 2010): LUBP’s note: We are cross-posting and archiving a couple of old posts (November 2010) from Pak Tea House blog edited by bloggers Raza Rumi, Yasser Latif Hamdani and Raza Raja in which these bloggers reacted to what they describe
Raza Rumi’s balanced analysis of Imran Khan and Dr Qadri’s sit-ins against Nawaz Sharif government: Source: Twitter
جن پہ تکیہ تھا وہی پتے ہوا دینے لگے: طاہر اشرفی بنام یاسر لطیف ہمدانی اورمحمل سرفراز – از عامر حسینی: مجهے بڑی حیرانی ہوئی پچهلے دنوں ٹویٹر پر اچانک ایک ایسے آدمی کی مولوی طاہر اشرفی کے خلاف ٹویٹس پڑھکر جو ابهی کچه عرصہ پہلے خود اپنے مرشد خاص نجم سیٹهی اور لبرلز میں اینٹی شیعہ، اینٹی سنی بریلوی
35-Punctures Scandal: Ex Caretaker CM Najam Sethi threatens to take legal action against Imran Khan: Imran Khan’s wild and baseless allegations: rejoinder by Najam Sethi Monday, August 11, 2014 Lahore: Imran Khan has once again levelled false and baseless allegations against me in a press conference on 11th August 2014. He has many times
Yasser Latif Hamdani should ask comrade Raza Rumi to grant him an NRO –:   Yasser Latif Hamdani should ask comrade RR to grant him an NRO. YLH also claims that he is from a Ahmadi and Shia background. I thought that YLH hatred against LUBP and Shias had made him subservient to
Noted elitist liberal Nadeem Paracha taken to task by an ordinary Pakistani citizen: Ali Zaidi made this comment on Facebook in response to abhorrent obfuscation of Shia Genocide in the media. Zaidi commented about this post: https://lubpak.com/archives/318239 We thank Ali Zaidi for actually trying but did you really expect these types to feel
Pakistani Canadian “liberal” Tarek Fatah’s views about Ahmadiyya Muslims: Source: Twitter and Facebook Written by: Tarek Fatah Did you hear about the new ‘Caliph of Islam’ in Iraq? But did you know there is a dude in London who is also #KhalifaOfIslam ‘Caliph of Islam’? I’m not demonizing
علی دایان حسن -جعلی لبرل میں نیا اضافہ—-تو مجھے مولوی کہہ ،میں تجھے حاجی: ہیومن رائٹس واچ کے پاکستان میں سابق ڈائریکٹر علی دایان حسن نے بی بی سی اردو ویب سائٹ پر ایک آرٹیکل لکھا ہے جس میں انھوں نے رضا رومی پر ہونے والے حملے کے حوالے سے حملہ کرنے والوں
دہشت گردی پر ابہام کا شکار میڈیا تکفیری دہشت گردیوں کے نشانے پر – ڈاکٹر عائشہ صدیقہ:   “Both journalists, Raza Rumi and Hamid Mir, who have been recently attacked were either somewhat careful in their discourse or quite vague in their ideology. For example, Hamid Mir seems to support liberals on certain issues but he
Sympathize with Hamid Mir but don’t turn him into a hero of human rights or liberal values: Related posts: Hamid Mir, the murderer! https://lubpak.com/archives/69530 جیو اور حامد میر بمقابلہ آئی ایس آئی: عاصمہ جہانگیر اور فہمیدہ ریاض کا تبصرہ https://lubpak.com/archives/312687 Hamid Mir, a champion of the Balochs? https://lubpak.com/archives/307659 Munawar Hasan and Hamid Mir’s discourse on Hazara genocide in
لائف سٹائل لبرلز اور تکفیری دیوبندی دہشت گردوں کا معاشقہ – از عامر حسینی: ڈاکٹر نجیب کی افغانستان میں برسی تهی جسکے لئے کابل میں ایک بہت زبردست پروگرام کا انعقاد کیا گیا تها تو میں بهی کابل گیا تها اور وہاں بہت سے لوگوں سے ملا تو واپسی پر میں نے ایک
اداریہ تعمیر پاکستان: بلاول بھٹو زرداری کی ہم پر تنقید- زاہد تنگ نظر نے مجھے کافر جانا: پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چئیرمیں بلاول بھٹو زرداری نے سماجی رابطے کی ویب سائٹ ٹوئٹر پر ادارہ تعمیر پاکستان کی ویب سائٹ پر تنقید کرتے ہوئے جب یہ لکھا تو ہمیں فوری طور پر یہ شعر یاد آگیا کہ زاہد
Instead of condemning ASWJ-SSP, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari attacks LUBP: As an independant alternative media web site, LUBP has always strived to publish valid criticism of mainstream media from a wide spectrum. An alternative perspective is particularly needed in a State like Pakistan where establishment enjoys a tight control
ایکسپریس نیوز پر دیوبندی دھشت گردوں کاایک اور حملہ: گول مول ڈسکورس کام نہیں کرنے والا: ایکسپریس چینل کے اینکر پرسن، نجم سیٹھی کے اخبار فرائیڈے ٹائمز کے مدیر رضا رومی پر قاتلانہ حملہ ہوا جس میں رضا رومی معمولی زخمی ہوئے جبکہ فائرنگ سے ان کا ڈرائیور مصطفی شہید اور گارڑ انوار حسین زخمی
We condemn ASWJ-TTP terrorists’ attack on Raza Rumi: LAHORE (28 March 2014): Deobandi terrorists of TTP-ASWJ have struck Express Media group once again, this time attacking Express TV anchor and blogger Raza Rumi, which led to the unfortunate death of his driver Mustafa on Friday evening. The
The ISI-OBL Link: Peter Bergen’s article celebrated by the usual suspects in Pakistan: In defending the indefensible, Peter Bergen has once again shown the reach of Pakistan’s military establishment and its efforts to consistently influence and compromise the media discourse relating to Pakistan. In his article published on CNN web site (http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/21/opinion/bergen-bin-laden-new-york-times/),
“Shair Aur Bukree Aik He Ghaat Par. He must be in Punjab” – says CM Shahbaz Sharif:  
Humanizing terrorism: Editor of Ahmadiyya Times criticizes fake liberals: In the past, LUBP has criticized the Friday Times blog (edited by Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi), the Jinnah Institute, Capital TV etc for normalizing, humanizing and providing platform to pro-Taliban clerics and leaders of banned terrorist organizations. Najam
Ahmadi rights activist Yasser Latif Hamdani’s hate campaign against Shia Muslims:   Related post: Mazhar Ali Azhar Deobandi and Ahrar: Yasser Latif Hamdani recycles Shia-phobia! – See more at: https://lubpak.com/archives/307463 Pakistan’s Sunni, Shia and secular activists have strongly condemned and rejected blogger and Ahmadi rights activist Yasser Latif Hamdani’s hate
Mazhar Ali Azhar Deobandi and Ahrar: Yasser Latif Hamdani recycles Shia-phobia!: In his recent post on Pak Tea House blog (chief edited by Raza Rumi), lawyer-blogger Yasser Latif Hamdani has recycled one of his own articles published on Pak Tea House on 15 November 2009 to implicate Shia Muslims in
After Taseer, haka is ready for Bilawal?: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s bold speech against TTP terrorists must be appreciated by all those who believe in tolerance, peace and progressive values. However, the appreciation of his speech seems a bit odd by those urban elite thugs who simultaneously
Najam Sethi’s typical obfuscation of Shia genocide and absolution of PML-N and Pakistan army – by Sukaina Hazara: In his ISI gossip show (24 January 2014), Aapas Ki Baat, Najam Sethi reduced the ongoing Shia genocide in Quetta to a minor administrative problem of combining two districts. For him the continuing massacres of Hazara Shias and non-Hazara
سوشل میڈیا پر قادیانی اور شیعہ انتہا پسند نقلی لبرلز کے خلاف جماعت اسلامی کے اصلی لبرلز کا جہاد:  محترم شمس الدین امجد جماعت اسلامی کے سوشل میڈیا اور انفارمیشن ٹیکنا لوجی ڈیپارٹمنٹ کے انچارج ہیں ان  اصلی لبرل حضرت کی بنگالیوں، شیعوں اور احمدیوں کے بارے میں نفرت سے بھرپور گفتگو ملاحظہ فرمائیے – تعمیر پاکستان ویب سائٹ
Raza Rumi’s blog continues to obfuscate Deobandi terrorism – by Laleen Ahmad: Pakistan’s elitist liberals (or fake liberals) continue to obfuscate the Takfiri-Deobandi campaign of terror against Shias, Sunni Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, and Hindus. One day after the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP aka ASWJ) assassinated Allam Nasir Abbas, a noted Shia scholar,
Rawalpindi riots and the original sin: So as my previous post goes, slowly the information has started to trickle down and we are getting to the see a much clearer picture of what really happened on the day of Ashura in Rawalpindi. By the way
A case for drones: Army-friendly censorship by Najam Sethi’s The Friday Time blog: Compare these two versions of the same article on drone attacks on Taliban hideouts in FATA, published by The Friday Times and Viewpoint Online. Viewpoint: A Case for Drones and Islamic University Lecturer involvement in the highly flawed Amnesty
Capital TV threatens and fires employees asking for payment of salaries:   Related post: FIR against management of Capital TV: Protest against Capital TV by Pakistani journalists I had been hearing for last many months about Capital TV that its employees are not getting the salaries. Then I read on