Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
PM Nawaz Meeting with President Obama - I just read Munir Akram's piece, "Washington Challenge" and I genuinely felt sympathy for PM Nawaz Sharif. He is up against a huge challenge and needs our support.
As per...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
Rana Sanaullah's new definition of Imran Khan & PTI as "Fahashi Party" on Ptv, but why? - Just heard Rana Sanaullah on Ptv, while moving in between different news bulletins (12.30-12.37pm-- 22nd Oct, Thu). Rana was...
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Hi! as you all know Senator John Kerry is in Pakistan. He is a great visionary, a man of advanced consciousness, an able statesman, and a leader who thinks in terms of positive solutions for the world...
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Mullahs turn everything into a battle for and against Islam. This is wrong and plain stupid. And it also contributes to the overall ‘mediocrity of Pakistani discourse’. Once an issue becomes “mullahs versus the rest” as Maulana...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blogs |
Yes! I was only cautious when I wrote my last one liner...people were still gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan; but then they came from all directions, and they came with their wives, and wives with their husbands, they...
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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...
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...
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How many people have been arrested in Pakistan to curb this political movement? – Govt’s strategy is to keep a tight lid so that no reliable figures are available. However in the last 3-4 days all of...
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Indian TV giant, NDTV’s website reports that Indian NSA, Ajit Doval, has briefed Indian PM Narendra Modi that 100 Pakistani trained terrorists are ready at launch sites close to LOC, in Pakistani Kashmir. NDTV cites ‘sources’ for...
Dr. Moeed Pirzada |
While FATF (Financial Action Task Force) proceedings at Paris, were non-transparent and Pakistan’s troubles at FATF are not single dimensional, perhaps more political than professional; better understood in the context of difficult US Pakistan relations over...
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By M K Bhadrakumar The unthinkable is happening. The United States is confronting the Pakistani military leadership of General Parvez Kayani. An extremely dangerous course to destabilise Pakistan is commencing. Can the outcome be any different than...
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Lawyers Movement or “Adlia Bahali Tehreek” (Restoration of Judiciary) occupies an important chapter in Pakistan’s colourful political history. Kickstarted on 9th March 2007, when the then Chief Justice, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was suspended by President Musharraf and...
Moeed Pirzada | The News |
The turn of events since the bombings of the Indian embassy in Kabul should be of interest to anyone interested in international relations. Acts of symbolic value such as these, where clearly identifiable perpetrators exist and...
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Responding to Ayesha Hasan:- I never said that demanding PM Nawaz’s resignation is “unconstitutional” – I have repeatedly said it was a “maximalist” demand which in politics means that you will ultimately settle for lesser but substantive...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
Dear All, Many of you will remember Imtiaz Khan who passionately contributed to the debates on this page. Heated arguments between him and Himanshu amused many and irritated others. I have learnt that he died on...