Afghan Biographies
Shah Hussain Murtazavi
Name | Shah Hussain Murtazavi |
Ethnic backgr. | Hazara |
Date of birth | 1984 |
Function/Grade | Special adviser of the President in cultural affairs |
History and Biodata |
Shah Hussain Murtazawi
3. Biodata:
Behind the presidency of Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in Afghanistan, there is a small group of people who tactically stage-manage his every movement, function and word in order to dramatize his performance as the so-called representative of the people. Among this “executive arm of the invisible government” is Shah Hussain Murtazawi.
Ever since becoming Ghani’s Deputy Spokesperson, Murtazawi has been the face of the inescapable media presence of Arg, the presidential palace in Kabul, and its “alternative facts.” In his deceitful and illusory efforts, Murtazawi has been irrationally trying to engineer and puff up a “demagogue” to fit the office. Coming from a reputable journalism background, the spokesman’s graphic pronouncement of President Ghani’s “rightness” has broken path with core principles of ethical journalism.
Through his untrue and dishonest manipulation of the masses’ opinion, he made President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai so important that he has become not just the president but someone closer to a deity. Pashtuns call him their spiritual father, “Baba.” Such blind devotion resembles deity worship. While laws in Afghanistan do permit free competition among media and their staff members, Murtazawi’s efforts to bring manipulated information to the consciousness of the masses in order to aggrandize Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai’s narcissistic personality and his finite abilities is nothing but the obstruction of truth. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai has skillfully turned Murtazawi’s innocent original thoughts into a rubber stamp inked with fanatical ethnocentrism. Unfree from the whiff of bias since becoming the amplifier of Arg, he has drifted too far from sincerity and integrity. He refused to participate in a roundtable TV discussions which also demonstrates his growing intolerance for opposing views.
Ever since becoming Ghani’s Deputy Spokesperson, Murtazawi has been the face of the inescapable media presence of Arg, the presidential palace in Kabul, and its “alternative facts.” In his deceitful and illusory efforts, Murtazawi has been irrationally trying to engineer and puff up a “demagogue” to fit the office. Coming from a reputable journalism background, the spokesman’s graphic pronouncement of President Ghani’s “rightness” has broken path with core principles of ethical journalism.
With his immoral and corrupt conduct, Murtazawi has been misleading citizens by uninterruptedly attempting to capture their minds in the interest of Ghani’s ethnocentric and exclusivist policies. While laws in Afghanistan do permit free competition among media and their staff members, Murtazawi’s efforts to bring manipulated information to the consciousness of the masses in order to aggrandize Ghani’s narcissistic personality and his finite abilities is nothing but the obstruction of truth. Strikingly, President Ghani too seems to rely more and more on instruments that help to misuse the public opinion. However, his clamorous attempts to advance his ethno-nationalist cause by actually cultivating the persona that the “Transcending Pashtun Elites” want to see in their idol, has only turned many against him. Unfortunately, Murtazawi gives the impression that he is insensible to Ghani’s agenda which pleads for the restoration of Pashtun dominance. Judging by the situation, one can see that in partisan politics, Murtazawi’s conduct could be a perfectly legitimate form of human activity. However, his conscious and deliberate dissemination of what he knows to be lies prompts many to label him with the diabolical name “the Propagandist.”(20180622)
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Last Modified | 2019-07-01 |
Established | 2016-04-28 |