Author Archives: Murtaza Razvi
23rd February, 2013
Land fraud: Property tycoon, son to be indicted on March 2
Malik Riaz and Ali Riaz are among the accused in the case originally registered on Nov 4, 2009 on the complaints of residents of villages near Rawat.
Malik Riaz and Ali Riaz are among the accused in the case originally registered on Nov 4, 2009 on the complaints of residents of villages near Rawat.
6th April, 2012
Where to with anti-Americanism?
We will be deceiving ourselves by focusing on the half truth that the US needs Pakistan; we also need the US and its allies for a chance at survival.
We will be deceiving ourselves by focusing on the half truth that the US needs Pakistan; we also need the US and its allies for a chance at survival.
9th March, 2012
Balochistan and the media
Dissident Baloch nationalists are these days seen speaking their minds on TV.
Dissident Baloch nationalists are these days seen speaking their minds on TV.
24th February, 2012
United we fall?
National security indeed is a matter of utmost concern for our civil-military establishment policy makers; it has been so since the heady days of Ayub…
National security indeed is a matter of utmost concern for our civil-military establishment policy makers; it has been so since the heady days of Ayub…
17th February, 2012
A case of double standards
It’s not only the West, but also Muslims who have double standards, Pakistanis and Arabs more so than others. While the West keeps mum over…
It’s not only the West, but also Muslims who have double standards, Pakistanis and Arabs more so than others. While the West keeps mum over…
10th February, 2012
‘Thanks to Allah’
‘Thanks to Allah’, as our cricketers would say, “Just 40.1 per cent of the 5-16 age group [schoolchildren in Pakistan] could do two-digit subtraction sums…
‘Thanks to Allah’, as our cricketers would say, “Just 40.1 per cent of the 5-16 age group [schoolchildren in Pakistan] could do two-digit subtraction sums…
3rd February, 2012
Why this kolavari di?
What have the Ahmadis done to deserve this treatment in this Islamic republic of ours? The latest bout of hate speeches against the Ahmadi community…
What have the Ahmadis done to deserve this treatment in this Islamic republic of ours? The latest bout of hate speeches against the Ahmadi community…
3rd February, 2012
Cultural heritage in ruins
AT the ruins of the first and second cities of Taxila, Sirkap (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) and Sirsukh (2nd to 5th century CE), it’s business as usual. The pushy minders tell you that you may do still photography and no filming, hoping that you’d oblige them somewhat to relax the unwritten rules.
AT the ruins of the first and second cities of Taxila, Sirkap (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) and Sirsukh (2nd to 5th century CE), it’s business as usual. The pushy minders tell you that you may do still photography and no filming, hoping that you’d oblige them somewhat to relax the unwritten rules.
27th January, 2012
Holy bans only
While in a Karachi park a frenzied, self-righteous TV show host chased couples out on a date filming them without their consent last week, in…
While in a Karachi park a frenzied, self-righteous TV show host chased couples out on a date filming them without their consent last week, in…
23rd January, 2012
Strange ways of democracy
BEING a public servant in a democracy is a strange business; one slip of the tongue and you may lose your job. It sounds even stranger to Pakistani ears. Norway’s national security chief’s resignation is a case in point.
BEING a public servant in a democracy is a strange business; one slip of the tongue and you may lose your job. It sounds even stranger to Pakistani ears. Norway’s national security chief’s resignation is a case in point.
20th January, 2012
No Jack hit, this one!
Some in the Pakistan’s self-righteous media brigade downgraded Ijaz from Senior Jack of all trades to Junior Jack.
Some in the Pakistan’s self-righteous media brigade downgraded Ijaz from Senior Jack of all trades to Junior Jack.
10th January, 2012
Mad Hatter’s party
There is, after all, an all-round consensus on having no consensus on any given important issue. There is none between the army and the government;…
There is, after all, an all-round consensus on having no consensus on any given important issue. There is none between the army and the government;…
31st December, 2011
Chinese, made in Pakistan
One fine, i.e. muggy, September morning in Karachi, education lovers in the Sindh government decided that Mandarin should be taught at the secondary school level, and perhaps even be made mandatory, come 2013.
One fine, i.e. muggy, September morning in Karachi, education lovers in the Sindh government decided that Mandarin should be taught at the secondary school level, and perhaps even be made mandatory, come 2013.
15th December, 2011
Women of disaster
HUMANITARIAN aid organisations estimate that some 1.2 million women of reproductive age are still caught up and marooned in the flooding that washed away their homes and subsistence livelihoods in Sindh.
HUMANITARIAN aid organisations estimate that some 1.2 million women of reproductive age are still caught up and marooned in the flooding that washed away their homes and subsistence livelihoods in Sindh.
9th December, 2011
The state of general affairs
Given our internal rifts, political, religious, sectarian, government-military related heartburns, bad governance and with foreign policy in a shambles, Pakistan is becoming increasingly isolated from…
Given our internal rifts, political, religious, sectarian, government-military related heartburns, bad governance and with foreign policy in a shambles, Pakistan is becoming increasingly isolated from…
2nd December, 2011
Conducting foreign policy on martyrdom
When patriotism rules the minds, thinking faculties take the backseat. Patriotism, like religion, is a conviction based on a belief system which cannot be reasoned…
When patriotism rules the minds, thinking faculties take the backseat. Patriotism, like religion, is a conviction based on a belief system which cannot be reasoned…
27th November, 2011
Crackdown on nurses
THE nurses’ agitation recently on The Mall in Lahore to demand the implementation of higher pay scales promised to them by the health department
THE nurses’ agitation recently on The Mall in Lahore to demand the implementation of higher pay scales promised to them by the health department
25th November, 2011
Media’s gaping hole
Hussain Haqqani’s was definitely last week’s most watched media trial on prime time TV. Far from being done with him, this Thursday, the media found…
Hussain Haqqani’s was definitely last week’s most watched media trial on prime time TV. Far from being done with him, this Thursday, the media found…
20th November, 2011
Wherewithal of change
OVER the years, tolerance of difference of opinion in our society has receded significantly. It has now come to the point where
OVER the years, tolerance of difference of opinion in our society has receded significantly. It has now come to the point where
16th November, 2011
Why I Khan’t … just yet
There is nothing like success or even the prospects of it, which are now all too visible via the wide grin that Imran Khan has…
There is nothing like success or even the prospects of it, which are now all too visible via the wide grin that Imran Khan has…
