Where do Muslims place themselves in the modern world? Looking at the general state of Muslims in the modern era,...

Umar Riaz was on hand to witness an exchange of Easter goodwill between Muslim and Christian Pakistanis, last year in...

Umar Riaz despairs about the growing list of despicable crimes against the helpless young

Umar Riaz reviews two books on Pakistan's enduring identity conundrum

Umar Riaz traces the rise of violence in a peaceful Sufi tradition to the Muslim ulema's resistance to British colonialism

In California, a social worker and volunteer Frank Baird, did a novel thing. He started a walk, for a mile....

Umar Riaz says we have to break the spell of "Don't ask, don't tell" because the new criminal can easily...

Umar Riaz says it will be business as usual unless, learning from Zainab's case, we enact legislation for new scientific...

Umar Riaz underlines the significance of this past October to the world and to the Indian subcontinent in particular

Kidnapping rumors point to deeper child safety issues

To end terrorism, we must end extremism

There must be a balance between freedom and responsibility on social media

We need a special institution to protect women from their own families

We are not good at telling truths, but better at detecting lies

Transparency is the only long-term instrument of accountability

Kashmir needs harbingers of sacrifice, not messengers of violence

Seeing no chance of winning in the battlefield, Taliban have resorted to suicide attacks and assassinations

Action against elusive radical groups requires more than military raids

If our society has to survive and grow, it must guarantee its women freedom from violence and oppression

Saving Pakistani women from honour killings requires more than telling their stories

A mere accusation of blasphemy can turn a group of people into a blood-thirsty mob  

There is a need to implement a National Accountability Plan with the same vigor and coordination as the National Action...

We must counter extremism before it is too late

The worst forms of exploitation are often those which are taken for granted

It's about time the business-crime-power nexus was broken