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Najmul Hasan Rizvi

Tributes paid to poet and a lover of Urdu

Tributes paid to poet and a lover of Urdu

DUBAI - A condolence meeting was held at the Pakistan Professionals' Wing of the Pakistan Association in Dubai on Saturday to pay tribute to Malik Museebur Rehman, the distinguished Qatari impresario and literary personality who recently died in Lahore following a heart attack.

When superheroes collide

When superheroes collide

Don't sleep, if you want to keep nightmares away. This is a sincere piece of advice from Mr Right who has not slept for seven days.

Let’s learn Chinese

Let’s learn Chinese

Our youngsters will soon start writing love letters in Chinese because all boys and girls in university and schools will be able to learn the language under a Sindh government plan, Mr Right said.

Cow and bulls of politics

Cow and bulls of politics

The PPP has invented its own WikiLeaks in the shape of Dr Zulfikar Mirza who is currently on a whirlwind tour of interior Sindh to disclose the true facts about the killings in Karachi and the conspiracies hatched by the 'enemies of Pakistan'.

Quest for a dengue-free democracy

Quest for a dengue-free democracy

Serious ailments have hit the Pakistanis and Americans during the past few weeks, Mr Right said folding a newspaper that carried statements from leaders of both countries. “Dengue fever is tormenting the people in Pakistan while the Haqqani group is making life unbearable for the Americans in Afghanistan. They say the Haqqanis are as dangerous as the 'militant mosquitoes' called Dengue,” he added.

Aspiring for a ‘Clean Party’

Aspiring for a ‘Clean Party’

The lovers of democracy in Pakistan are thrilled at the news that some senior leaders are planning to wash the dirty linen of politics by launching a party of 'clean people' soon, Mr Right said. This augurs well for the soap industry as its demand will increase manifold.

Beware of ‘big mouth’

Beware of ‘big mouth’

I feel sad for our most witty Zulfikar Mirza who was ready to resume his 'sabre-rattling' as home minister after spending his 'well-earned' holiday in comparative quiet, Mr Right said. “Those sending me on a holiday have now gone on leave themselves,” the ardent lover of political controversies, declared at a reception in his honour at Karachi last week.

The proof lies in the pudding

The proof lies in the pudding

The proof of pudding is in the eating as the proverb goes. And it was proved beyond any doubt by Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who visited the MQM headquarters in Karachi, last week to insist that the PPP's best product still is the coalition pudding. Isn't it true? I asked Mr Right.

A do-it-yourself kit for reforms

A do-it-yourself kit for reforms

Some people in Pakistan think that a revolution is heading for their country via Tunisia and Egypt, Mr Right said switching off a TV channel showing a heated debate on the subject. “I can only call it day-dreaming. No courier companies offer services to deliver revolutions in gift parcels. Revolutions come on foot, when millions join the march.”

Clearing the education mess

Clearing the education mess

Although good education is not a politician's cup of tea as even a fake degree can do the needful for one's entry into parliament, many parliamentarians posing as champions of higher education are currently supporting the recent move of the government for devolution of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan,  Mr Right said pointing to a news item  in the newspaper.