Writings

Virtual Democracy Set

Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, is now the President of Pakistan. We must congratulate him for it is time to admit that his intelligence, patience and political skills have yielded results. And there...
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times | In all fairness, the Raymond Davis saga, irrespective of the technicalities being discussed in Pakistan, may prove a fit case for the world to review the whole concept of ‘diplomatic immunity’ When Secretary Clinton came to Pakistan...

Mother of All Elections?

Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | People forget about creators while their creations live on and multiply. In the six years since then the expression has changed its meaning, more than once. Today it reminds you of a Pakistan where young...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Why Imran & PTI should compromise on Resignation of PM Nawaz in lieu of a genuinely empowered Judicial Commission backed by a Joint Investigation Team with ISI & MI as components? Because the real progress in Pakistani...

SINCE THE PESHAWAR TRAGEDY…!

Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Since the Peshawar Tragedy - Terrorism Attack on the Army Public School - I have not written anything here. Just a few tweets about Death Penalty that were produced here. I have remained very confused, in...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | CALL it irony or comedy but the fact is that at its 61st anniversary Islamic Republic of Pakistan, that has always used the stick of religion to fight all separatist tendencies, now faces an Islamic threat...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | I came to the DGMO Pakistan Military’s briefing on 29th Nov traumatized and almost convinced that NATO may have attacked the Pakistani posts in Mohmand Agency as part of some “operation punishment”. But while Gen. Ashfaq was...

A Blow to the US

Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | BENAZIR Bhutto was a gifted progeny of a remarkable mind. Confronted by a three-decade long adversity and tragedy, she displayed an uncanny ability to redefine and remerge. There is no doubt that she stood head...

Christian-Muslim Marriage…!

Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | I realized that most who have commented on my post of "Christian-Muslim Marriage" are perhaps not aware of the context of the story and why I raised the question. The facts are (read Express Tribune below)...

Failure for Whom ?

Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | A court in Karachi has accepted a Letter from US Embassy to set this man - Joel Cox - free and ordered Police to return his things back to him. US Embassy Letter says that US...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | The rot may have been brewing for a while. The natural thought, “what will I get?” must have dominated many minds from the moment they descended upon Naudero and Gari Khuda Baksh to bury the...
Moeed Pirzada | The Nation | The senseless massacre of innocent Christian worshippers – men, women and children – at the gates of ‘All Saints Church’ in Peshawar is unprecedented not only in Pakistan’s troubled Odyssey with TTP and other medieval reincarnations...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | A Conversation with Dr. Tahir ul Qadri on why he called off his Dharna and If he is going to Canada? - Friends started texting me today that Dr. Qadri has again decided to leave for...

HI LAHORE …!

Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | What have we learnt from Fall of Dacca in our Politics? TV Recording in Lahore, Univ of Central Punjab, 3pm, on Tue 16th Dec, open to all students & professionals in Lahore. Students & professional,...

US Double Standards

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...