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...
Policy Paper - Kashmir: Indian Strategic Initiative Since 9/11 and Imperative By Dr. Moeed Pirzada IPRI :: Islamabad Policy Research Institute
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York laid the foundation for emerging new world order, to which both...
Policy Paper - WTO: The Challenge Ahead by Dr Moeed Pirzada IPRI ::Islamabad Policy Research Institute
This paper intends to examine the achievements, failures and future challenges faced by World Trade Organisation (WTO). It discusses the circumstances that gave birth to the...
Originally published on Facebook Page, on Fri, 25th March, 2016
Arrest of Raw Agent Kal Boshan Jhadev from Baluchistan! Many of you wonder why our government is shying away from making full disclosure, why not release his video interview, his...
Moeed Pirzada | Pique Magazine |
Few people in Pakistan have been able to fathom why the public protests in Turkey, that erupted in June, spreading from the epicenters of Taksim Square and Gezi Park in Istanbul to more than seventy Turkish...
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...
Moeed Pirzada | PIQUE |
On the night of 1st May 2012, US President Barack Obama quietly landed in Afghanistan to conclude a long awaited agreement with President Hamid Karzai. This agreement outlines the nature of US role and engagement in the...
Moeed Pirzada | PIQUE |
Though the honourable Supreme Court, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), NADRA and Attorney General of Pakistan are still battling at the tail end of a debate about the right of overseas Pakistanis to vote and the...
Moeed Pirzada | PIQUE Magazine |
The past few weeks have not been kind to the politics of Imran Khan. After the high-water mark of APC in the second week of September, where all parties agreed – once again – to...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
The decision of the Pakistan Cable Broadcasters Association to ban BBC World Service in Pakisan is unwise. The Cable Association and all their advisers ought to know that this is merely an emotional reactive decision and...
Moeed Pirzada | PIQUE Magazine |
Mantras of foreign policy – laced with juicy terms like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran – may have been mentioned in presidential debates but Barack Obama fought and won his re-elections against Mitt Romney on fault lines...
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...
Moeed Pirzada | PIQUE |
Nawaz Sharif and his foreign policy team should thank their stars that Afghanistan, and the U.S. withdrawal from there won’t drain their cerebral energies. This has been a front where C.I.A., Pentagon, Obama’s National Security team and...
Scotland Yard, the investigative arm of British Police has dropped all charges related to money laundering against MQM leader Altaf Hussain. Charges have also been dropped against his party comrades - Mohd Anwar and Sarfaraz Merchant. Details can be...
Moeed Pirzada | PAKISTAN KA KHUDA HAFIZ |
Pakistan’s electronic media has made huge strides in the last one decade. Today this industry has a massive structure and thousands of journalists, executives and technical professionals are directly or indirectly part of it....