Mansoor H. Laghari, at The Blogs

Jun 23, 2026, 5:30 AM

When the State Fears the Truth: Pakistan's Life Sentence for Dr. Mahrang Baloch By Mansoor Hussain Laghari Pakistan's decision to sentence Dr. Mahrang Baloch to life imprisonment is not simply a miscarriage of justice. It is an indictment of a system that...

Jun 20, 2026, 10:28 AM

Peace With Tyranny Is Surrender

The proposed agreement between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran is being promoted as a diplomatic success. I see it differently. I believe it represents a dangerous retreat from reality at a moment when moral clarity...

Jun 18, 2026, 4:26 AM

Peace or a Gift to Tehran?

For years, world leaders have insisted that the Iranian regime can be contained through a combination of sanctions, diplomacy, and limited military pressure. The newly proposed U.S.–Iran Memorandum of Understanding is the latest attempt to test that theory. It may...

Jun 3, 2026, 11:38 PM

Open letter to Zohran Momdani.

A Muslim American Responds to Your Absence at the Israel Day Parade Mr. Mamdani, As a Muslim American, I am ashamed of your decision to skip New York City's Israel Day Parade. Not because attending would have required you to support every...

May 31, 2026, 1:45 AM

Why I Will March With Israel as a Muslim

Tomorrow, I will walk down Fifth Avenue in New York City alongside thousands of people celebrating Israel. I will do so as a Muslim. For some, that statement alone will seem controversial. For others, it may appear confusing. In a world...

Apr 16, 2026, 2:24 PM

What They Claim. What They Do.

Across the Middle East and South Asia, movements such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and the Taliban consistently present themselves as defenders of their people. Their language is familiar: protection, dignity, resistance, sovereignty. But claims are easy to make. Governance...

Apr 14, 2026, 12:32 PM

‘Never Again’ Is Tested in Every Generation

On January 27, 1945, Soviet forces entered Auschwitz and uncovered what the world had refused to see: an industrial system of death. Piles of shoes, suitcases, human hair — the remnants of lives systematically erased. By then, six million Jews...

Apr 11, 2026, 6:00 PM

Israel’s Right to Defend Itself

Israel’s Right to Defend Itself Is Not Up for Debate There is a troubling pattern in international discourse. Each time Israel takes action to defend its citizens, the conversation quickly shifts—not toward the violence that made such action necessary—but toward...

Apr 10, 2026, 7:35 PM

Pakistan’s Double Game Undermines Its Claim

At a moment when the Middle East faces heightened tensions and the need for credible mediation has never been greater, Pakistan has sought to position itself as a potential facilitator of dialogue. But diplomacy rests not on declarations, but on...

Mar 30, 2026, 5:21 PM

A life that crossed oceans for purpose

A life that crossed oceans for purpose In memory of Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz There are losses that feel distant. And then there are losses that hit you in the chest. This one is personal. Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, a 22...

About Me

Mansoor Hussain Laghari is a US Army veteran, human rights advocate, and founder of the Global Youth Unity Project. Born in Sindh, Pakistan, and now based in the United States, he writes on Jewish–Muslim relations, antisemitism, extremism, Middle East politics, and democratic reform in the Muslim world.