Murtaza Razvi

Where to with anti-Americanism?

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. Published 06 Apr, 2012 12:05pm
Balochistan and the media

Balochistan and the media

Dissident Baloch nationalists are these days seen speaking their minds on TV. Published 09 Mar, 2012 04:50pm

United we fall?

National security indeed is a matter of utmost concern for our civil-military establishment policy makers; it has... Published 24 Feb, 2012 06:26pm

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... Published 17 Feb, 2012 06:06pm
‘Thanks to Allah’

‘Thanks to Allah’

—Photo courtesy of Fayyaz Ahmed ‘Thanks to Allah’, as our cricketers would say, “Just 40.1 per cent of the 5-16 age... Published 10 Feb, 2012 05:48pm
Why this kolavari di?

Why this kolavari di?

-Photo Courtesy Ayesha Vellani/White Star What have the Ahmadis done to deserve this treatment in this Islamic... Published 03 Feb, 2012 04:46pm

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 o Published 02 Feb, 2012 10:00pm
Holy bans only

Holy bans only

While in a Karachi park a frenzied, self-righteous TV show host chased couples out on a date filming them without... Published 27 Jan, 2012 01:43pm

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. Published 23 Jan, 2012 12:00am
No Jack hit, this one!

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. Published 20 Jan, 2012 10:36am
Mad Hatter’s party

Mad Hatter’s party

The court has given the government six more days in which to show cause for non-compliance with the court orders,... Published 10 Jan, 2012 03:05pm
Chinese, made in Pakistan

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. Published 31 Dec, 2011 12:16am

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. Published 14 Dec, 2011 09:21pm

The state of general affairs

Given our internal rifts, political, religious, sectarian, government-military related heartburns, bad governance ... Published 09 Dec, 2011 11:57am

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 Published 26 Nov, 2011 09:15pm
Media's gaping hole

Media's gaping hole

-Photo Illustration by Abro Hussain Haqqani’s was definitely last week’s most watched media trial on prime time TV.... Published 25 Nov, 2011 10:35am

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 Published 20 Nov, 2011 03:00am