Mushtaq Rajpar

Mushtaq Rajpar

  • The lost voice of journalism

    The lost voice of journalism

    Slain journalist Nasrullah Gadani. — Facebook/@hazrat.bahaiJournalism has become a dangerous profession in Sindh. Out of the 11 journalists killed...

  • Democratizing the budget

    Democratizing the budget

    Pakistan’s provinces are not equal in terms of population, geography and economy

  • Rebel with a cause

    Those of us who believe in scientific reasoning as a core base of analysis in the development of human society and individuals, would not buy the...

  • Indicting Trump

    The United States Senate is scheduled to start hearings into former president Donald Trump’s second impeachment, passed by the US Congress. Though...

  • Remembering G M Syed

    Syed Ghulam Murtaza Shah Kazmi, commonly known as G M Syed, was a renowned Sindhi politician, born in British-occupied Sindh in 1905.For many...

  • Failed policies

    For the past seven decades the way successive military and civil governments have treated and handled Balochistan has been a clear example of...

  • Ground realities

    As the world battles an extraordinary pandemic that has taken away over a million lives across the globe, ties between India and Pakistan continue...

  • Sindh and the islands

    The federal government’s decision to establish an Island Authority through a presidential ordinance has continued to spark protests by Sindh’s...

  • How did Biden win?

    Donald Trump is not the only American president in recent American political history who has not been elected for a second term.Jimmy Carter in the...

  • Changes ahead

    The US presidential election is just days ahead and a historic voter turnout is already being witnessed in the most populous states. This...

  • Dangerous divide

    The November 3 US presidential election will be the first one whose outcome is already scary and uncertain, not in terms of who will win, but...

  • Government by ordinance

    US President Donald Trump has taken cover of issuing executive orders whenever he lacks required votes in the Congress. Every executive order has...

  • Karachi and the centre

    Governments in Pakistan should not be judged on what promises they make; judge them on their actions.Our country is a story of tall promises which...

  • Victims of class and race

    On May 30, a heartbreaking story was reported by the media. Two young brothers in their late 20s committed suicide; photographs published in papers...

  • Chaos in Karachi

    Disaster preparedness historically has been very weak in Pakistan – mainly because of decaying institutions, ageing infrastructure and dangerous...

  • Change and a school teacher

    As they say, ‘It doesn't matter where you start. It’s where you finish that does’. That is the life of a simple less known school teacher...

  • The science of a budget

    By virtue of parliament’s vote, the budget becomes a legal document and cannot be treated as merely an statement of intentions.However,...

  • The saga of a mill

    In a most heartless and irresponsible decision, the federal government has removed close to ten thousand employees of the Pakistan Steel Mills ,...

  • A life well lived

    H T Sorley was a British civil servant in Sindh back in the 1920s, posted in the Hyderabad region. A local publisher Sadho Hiranand published a poem...

  • What’s at stake?

    Pakistan is again at a crossroads. The hard-won consensus achieved after decades-long political wrangling is under threat again.From 1977 to 2010,...