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Moeed Pirzada | Ahmed Khan, (not his original name) waits in his car behind a long line of other vehicles, for his turn to be checked. He can spot army soldiers with smart tablets putting in CNIC numbers of motorists...
Pakistanis, Indians and the world at large may disagree on many many things; its almost impossible to count how many, but on one thing, they will all agree: putting Dawn's prominent journalist, Cyril's Almedia's name on Exit Control List...
Pakistani Establishment & Nawaz Sharif: Fighting a Noora Kushti? by Waqar Ahmed Nawaz Sharif has either outsmarted and defeated the Establishment or both are fighting a 'Noora Kushti' for public consumption? This provocative piece is a note written by Waqar...
By Maleeha Hashmi Dear Ishaque Dar sahib! This nation has not only disappointed you but everyone with an exceptionally good sense of humour. Is bragging about receiving an award from IMF that even IMF wasn't aware of, that big a...
Analysis Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has been sacked from his position after a preliminary investigative report indicating his role in the 'Dawn Planted Story' of October 6th. It has been reported that an investigation jointly conducted by IB, MI and...
What is happening in Pakistan? Why its happening the way it is happening and how can Pakistan change and become a genuinely democratic polity? Why politicians, educated middle classes and even intellectuals look towards the army to bring a...
The author is an affiliate of Conference of Defence Associations Institute and a political and defence analyst with a distinguished career in the armed forces and international diplomacy. In the backdrop of a debate on an alleged leak in...
Sunday 24th April probably deserves a small footnote in Pakistan’s political history. With Imran Khan of PTI announcing a ‘Campaign against Corruption’ from Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad; Jammat-e-Islami organizing a ‘Dharna’ (Sit Down Protest) against Corruption in Lahore, with...
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times | In a media driven and controlled by popular and often pedestrian national moods, it is no wonder that no one had the time to reflect that Jagdeesh Kumar's lifeless torso was not merely that of a...
  This morning Pakistani public was bombarded with the front page stories in leading English and Urdu papers of a media group closely aligned with the government, stories that claimed that International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) that leaked the...
Indian media is robust. It is energetic and is not shy of asking difficult or even speculative questions - especially when it comes to Indo-Pakistan issues. Last September, when Pakistan's PM Nawaz Sharif was all set to raise 'Kashmir...
As I write these lines, in the early hours of 3rd October 2016, initial reports are pouring in of 'yet another fidayeen attack against a garrison' this time in Baramula, not far from Srinagar. Though its only logical to...
From the pusillanimous response of Nawaz government to Narendra Modi's absurd pronouncements on Baluchistan one wonders where is Baluchistan located? Is this a part of Pakistan like Punjab, Sindh and KPK or is an independent or disputed territory lying...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | This relates to today's program (Sat, 17th Dec) This program had a limited and defined focus on certain key aspects and questions related to the break-up of Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh in Dec...
Is Modi Government trying to create a war hysteria across India before the forthcoming elections in Indian states?