Pakistani authorities must thoroughly
investigate the death of prominent editor and writer Murtaza Razvi, determine a
motive in his killing, and apprehend all those responsible, the Committee to
Protect Journalists said today.
The body of Razvi, the senior editor and head of magazines
at Dawn Media Group, was found in a friend's apartment in a relatively wealthy
residential area of Karachi on Thursday, according to news
reports. His body bore torture marks and his hands were tied, the
English-language daily Dawn reported,
adding that the journalist "had apparently been strangled to death."
Razvi, a columnist and political analyst for Dawn Media
Group, had worked as a journalist for more than 20 years. Before working as the
group's magazine editor, he worked as Dawn's
resident editor in the city of Lahore. In 2009, he published the book Musharraf: The Years in Power, which detailed
the rise and fall of the former president of Pakistan.
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