Dawn's Magazines head Murtaza Razvi found dead

His body was found by his wife and artist Shahid Rassam in the latter’s studio.


Saad Hasan/tooba Masood April 19, 2012

KARACHI: Murtaza Razvi, senior assistant editor (head of Dawn Magazines), was murdered in the DHA area of Karachi during the early hours on Thursday.

Police said that the body was found from an office flat in DHA. There are reports that the crime scene has been sealed by the police.

According to a Dawn statement, the body bore torture marks and the hands were tied. It appeared that Razvi had been strangled to death, but police have said that the real cause of death will be established after the post-mortem.

The body was found by his wife and artist Shahid Rassam in the latter’s studio. Razvi’s body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for an autopsy.

He was reported missing by his wife when he did not come home on Wednesday night.

Razvi’s family has said that he did not have any personal enmities and have requested that the media not speculate till the police has apprehended the killer(s).

Razvi is survived by his wife and three daughters.

His funeral prayers will be held at Jama Masjid Yasrab in DHA Phase IV, after Friday prayers on April 20, 2012.

He was a well-known columnist and political analyst who served as as a resident editor for Dawn, Lahore from 2005 to 2007.

He also authored two books, ‘Musharraf: the years in power’, a political biography of former president Parvez Musharraf, as well as ‘Ordinary People’ which comprised interviews with ordinary citizens of Pakistan about history, society and culture.

Razvi held a master’s degrees in Ancient Indian and Islamic History from the University of Punjab, Lahore and Political Science & International Relations from the US.

COMMENTS (63)

mariam | 11 years ago | Reply

SO its nothing to do with his being Shia or his writings - see http://tribune.com.pk/story/368969/police-arrest-one-suspect-another-absconding-in-murtaza-razvi-murder-case/

As usual the losers above jumping to stupid conclusions. It was a masseuse that has been arrested.

And because we still have some decency - the media have stopped at that. In any western country the word would have been different.

gujranwala987 | 11 years ago | Reply

@Syed:

Attack on Sunni tehrik jalsa in karachi was not religiously motivated but rather politically motivated as Sunni tehrik was getting political support in karachi, who would have carried out the attack and benfitted should get clear due to political nature of that attack.

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