Tonight With Moeed Pirzada: Aitzaz Ehsan Perspective on Kashmir Issue !!!
While talking to Dr Moeed Pirzada Opposition Leader in the Senate Aitzaz Ahsan said that that government should also take more measures for Kashmir movement. Indian held Kashmir has not been declared war zone yet by international community and they are defend themselves from brutality of Indian forces who are legally protected under acts to beat, kill or even rape of innocent Kashmiris. Aitzaz said the opposition wanted the accountability of all those who were named in PanamaLeaks. “The opposition wanted to ease the government’s difficulties as the chief justice has returned the government’s letter,” he added. He said Nawaz Sharif wanted an accountability through a toothless commission while the opposition desired even handed accountability of all those who were named in PanamaLeaks and there should be no discrimination of anyone and even of the prime minister. Aitzaz said the PPP would also unveil the bill for the accountability in the Senate soon. To a question, he said the joint opposition will gather on July 19 in Islamabad on the invitation of the PTI in which all the nine opposition parties would participate and major decisions are expected. “The opposition will not adopt give and take policy and the implementation of ToRs will be made against all those who were named in PanamaLeaks without any discrimination,” he said.
Tonight With Moeed Pirzada: Indian Atrocity in Kashmir !!!
Famous Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik’s wife Mishal Malik, chairperson Peace and Cultural Organization was invited in show to discuss the brutality of Indian forces in Kashmir. Dr. Pirzada asked her whether she is satisfied with the government’s measure as Nawaz Sharif and the Cabinet announced strike on 19th July, called joint session of Parliament and declared Burhan Wani a Marty of freedom movement. Ms. Mishal Malik appreciated the government’s step. She said that government should also take more measures for Kashmir movement. Indian held Kashmir has not been declared war zone yet by international community and they are defend themselves from brutality of Indian forces who are legally protected under acts to beat, kill or even rape of innocent Kashmiris. She criticized the role of Mehboba Mufti and Omer Abdullah who never helped Kashmiris under such situation and instead doing drama with crocodile tears. Ms. Malik demanded that Prime Minister should address the nation and must take them in confidence on Kashmir which is our national cause, as previous he appeared twice on Panama issue. Strong diplomatic measure must be taken to give strong message worldwide that Pakistanis are serious and concerned over Indian atrocities in Kashmir.
PM Nawaz Home Coming & PIA Boeing-777: Is this a Non-Issue?
Media turns non-issues into issues! This was not expected of you! you are a sober anchor, a responsible media person, (or perhaps were!!) but you have become like that Anchor; he named country’s most controversial Anchor of all times. Someone who should remain unnamed for we do not want to feed into that “Rumpelstiltskin’s” ‘psychiatric conditions of megalomania’ but someone whom everyone understands when he is referred even euphemistically.
Ahsen Iqbal was polite in his tone but furious with his words. He was calling from Narowal, and protesting to me about the segment I did with Ejaz Haroon, Ex-MD PIA about the use of PIA Boeing-777 for PM Nawaz’s home coming from London, apparently with his staff and equipment and luggage of a Camp Office as revealed by PIA spokesman Danyal Gillani.
Ahsen Iqbal is one of the most logical and articulate member of PM’s cabinet. Someone I keep on looking for my program for bringing forward PMLN govt.’s point of view, like we did in case of China Pakistan Economic Corridor – and someone who is rarely available to us; for I don’t belong to the club of ‘privileged trusted good anchors’. But do I want to belong to that ‘prevailed club’ is another kind of question.
Few months ago, I was flying to Karachi and came across an important politician, who is a trusted insider of the ruling system; someone who has access to PM Nawaz Sharif’s mind, habits and idiosyncrasies; someone who has known him, his family, and his close coterie for decades and someone who is not fond of making revelations in public, an “Off-the-Record” respected insider of Islamabad and Pakistan. He is also a great supporter of Nawaz Sharif, but for his own politics of survival and empowerment, not because of any ‘ideological affiliation’ and ideology in Pakistan is dead anyway. Though the man I am referring to is a sober ‘man of ideas’.
We changed our seats to sit close. In between our discussions on regional issues, in which my interlocutor named several key political persons being paid or influenced by the Indians, I asked my ‘Off-the-Record’ friend: but what is Mian Sahib trying to do with Modi? does he realize that Indians are taking him for a ride? they are purposefully driving a wedge between him and Pakistan’s military establishment? they are following a script and that is so patently visible….My interlocutor laughed and replied: “Mian Sb, does not think hard on such issues; for him Indians are a convenient useful leverage to weaken generals, to balance out their power, their influence..and he knows that Americans back him on this..” …but what will be the long term implications of this gamble for Pakistan? I retorted. My interlocutor paused, took a deep breath, remained silent for several moments and said:”I have known Mian Sb and all his people around him for a long time; unfortunately they are not into reading and reflection; I do not think Mian Sahib and most around him have even read the history of this region, forget about past 500 years, he does not understand the past 100 years…he then added: apart from Ahsen Iqbal and Khurram Dastgir, I have never encountered anyone else who has read anything, any book, for the past several years. I laughed and said: ‘seriously’. He smiled and said: ‘trust me, this sounds funny and ridiculous, but this is true, and this is tragic’. Our discussion moved on.
So when Ahsen Iqbal, the logical, Dy. Chairman Planning Commission, educated at UPEN, who reads books, who offers visions of distant future, who wants himself and Pakistan to be part of the world, of modernity, of 21st century, protests on an issue, one has to take it seriously. Even otherwise I remember that how Ahsen Iqbal and Khawaja Saad Rafique had been the most articulate and convincing spokespersons for PMLN, on tv platforms, from the initial period of electronic media till 2013, when they were seen as opposition – a power of articulation and convincing they have mostly lost, but they fail to realize: Why?. And in this failure of reflection, also lies their failure to understand what motivates or even defines ‘free media’ and how they were able to exploit this facility – of a media independent of the govt.- to enhance their politics first against Musharraf and then again Zardari. But this is a topic I will revert to, at another time.
Ahsen was talking of the Being-777 controversy. He protested that media has turned a non-issue into an issue. (he forgot it was raised by the real leader of the opposition, Imran Khan, who got around 8 million votes) Ahsen argued that for the past seventy years, all heads of state, or chief executives in Pakistan have been using, hiring planes from national flag carriers for their trips abroad. This is a practice, a convention world wide. He referred to the ongoing or recent trips of PM Narendra Modi in planes of Air India with his delegation. I enquired: “Are they not official trips? do you not see any difference between the official and personal?” I reminded him of the repeated statements from Sharif family that all expenses of PM’s treatment and stay aboard will be borne by the family. How come for treatment PM Nawaz becomes a private citizen and for travel back he becomes the official PM? Ahsen Iqbal explained that ‘Prime Minister is Prime Minister, he has his privileges, these are not only in convention but these are also written in law’; he further explained that while traveling to UK, PM travelled in the small seven seater, ‘Gulf Stream Jet’ but after the surgery it was not advisable to fly in the small jet, because there are more pressure changes inside a small jet, and air flights and the hours of immobilization involved can produce blood clots, from the legs, even in normal healthy persons, and PM Nawaz after his heart surgery, after his triple or quadruple CABG, was far more susceptible to clot formation; it was important for him to walk about and move in the plane.
“But PIA is supposed to be a corporation; its has a financial base line, govt. has been talking of its losses, its reform, its mismanagement by past governments and of fixing its spread sheet for privatization; surely there are huge costs involved when a Boeing-777 used for cross-atlantic flights is diverted from its schedule, (about $20,000/hour) is reconfigured for VIP travel, then reconfigured back for passengers, so who will bear these costs? I enquired. Ahsen Iqbal asserted that PIA has reserve capacity, its flight schedules keep changing, it makes alternate arrangements for the passengers and Establishment Division or PMO will pay; it always does; costs are always calculated and these are reimbursed to PIA. I was not that sure if in a country like Pakistan, full and complete costs or revenue losses to PIA from its Boeing-777 (capacity 300-400) being kept out of its scheduled commercial cycle for 3-4 days will ever be accurately calculated or reimbursed but given Ashen Iqbal’s assertion that costs will be paid, I did not want to assert. I then asked that why no one in the Govt. or PIA has been able to explain all this, all these logical facts, in so many words? where are your other cabinet colleagues? who has created this story of the ‘Camp Office in London’ and what was the need? we know that there was no notified ‘camp office’ and probably no more than 20-25 persons boarded from Stansted? But to this Ahsen Iqbal had no clarity or I could not get any, perhaps he was not aware of the statement issued by the PIA spokesperson, apparently on the behest of the PIA Chairman and published in all papers.
I have produced faithfully, most contents of our discussion, if not all, from the notes I had written immediately afterwards. I had promised to Ahsen Iqbal that I will convey his point of view to my viewers and my readers. And I have exactly done that. I will share this on social media and all readers can make their own judgements. In a separate blog, I will explain why the hiring of a Boeing-777 became controversial? Why most public is not prepared to accept that PM Nawaz needed this kind of privilege? Before raising this issue in my program on Sunday, I conduced a snap poll on twitter and almost 90% of the several thousands who responded within 24 hours or less were convinced that this non-commercial use of PIA-777 for PM should be investigated.
Should #SupremeCourt investigate non-commercial use of #PIA Boeing-777 by PM #NawazSharif?
— Moeed Pirzada (@MoeedNj) July 9, 2016
Why the young educated Pakistanis feel like this? What lies behind all this? I will explain in a separate detailed blog.
PM Nawaz Home Coming & PIA Boeing-777: Is this a Non-Issue?
Moeed Pirzada |
Ahsen Iqbal was polite in his tone but furious with his words. He was calling from Narowal, and protesting to me about the segment I did with Ejaz Haroon, Ex-MD PIA about the use of PIA Boeing-777 for PM Nawaz’s home coming from London, apparently with his staff and equipment and luggage of a Camp Office as revealed by PIA spokesman Danyal Gillani.
Ahsen Iqbal is one of the most logical and articulate member of PM’s cabinet. Someone I keep on looking for my program for bringing forward PMLN govt.’s point of view, like we did in case of China Pakistan Economic Corridor – and someone who is rarely available to us; for I don’t belong to the club of ‘privileged trusted good anchors’. But do I want to belong to that ‘prevailed club’ is another kind of question.
Few months ago, I was flying to Karachi and came across an important politician, who is a trusted insider of the ruling system; someone who has access to PM Nawaz Sharif’s mind, habits and idiosyncrasies; someone who has known him, his family, and his close coterie for decades and someone who is not fond of making revelations in public, an “Off-the-Record” respected insider of Islamabad and Pakistan. He is also a great supporter of Nawaz Sharif, but for his own politics of survival and empowerment, not because of any ‘ideological affiliation’ and ideology in Pakistan is dead anyway. Though the man I am referring to is a sober ‘man of ideas’.
I reminded him of the repeated statements from Sharif family that all expenses of PM’s treatment and stay aboard will be borne by the family. How come for treatment PM Nawaz becomes a private citizen and for travel back he becomes the official PM?
We changed our seats to sit close. In between our discussions on regional issues, in which my interlocutor named several key political persons being paid or influenced by the Indians, I asked my ‘Off-the-Record’ friend: but what is Mian Sahib trying to do with Modi? does he realize that Indians are taking him for a ride? they are purposefully driving a wedge between him and Pakistan’s military establishment? they are following a script and that is so patently visible….My interlocutor laughed and replied: “Mian Sb, does not think hard on such issues; for him Indians are a convenient useful leverage to weaken generals, to balance out their power, their influence..and he knows that Americans back him on this..” …but what will be the long term implications of this gamble for Pakistan? I retorted.
My interlocutor paused, took a deep breath, remained silent for several moments and said:”I have known Mian Sb and all his people around him for a long time; unfortunately they are not into reading and reflection; I do not think Mian Sahib and most around him have even read the history of this region, forget about past 500 years, he does not understand the past 100 years…he then added: apart from Ahsen Iqbal and Khurram Dastgir, I have never encountered anyone else who has read anything, any book, for the past several years. I laughed and said: ‘seriously’. He smiled and said: ‘trust me, this sounds funny and ridiculous, but this is true, and this is tragic’. Our discussion moved on.
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So when Ahsen Iqbal, the logical, Dy. Chairman Planning Commission, educated at UPEN, who reads books, who offers visions of distant future, who wants himself and Pakistan to be part of the world, of modernity, of 21st century, protests on an issue, one has to take it seriously. Even otherwise I remember that how Ahsen Iqbal and Khawaja Saad Rafique had been the most articulate and convincing spokespersons for PMLN, on tv platforms, from the initial period of electronic media till 2013, when they were seen as opposition – a power of articulation and convincing they have mostly lost, but they fail to realize: Why?. And in this failure of reflection, also lies their failure to understand what motivates or even defines ‘free media’ and how they were able to exploit this facility – of a media independent of the govt.- to enhance their politics first against Musharraf and then again Zardari. But this is a topic I will revert to, at another time.
Ahsen was talking of the Being-777 controversy. He protested that media has turned a non-issue into an issue. (he forgot it was raised by the real leader of the opposition, Imran Khan, who got around 8 million votes) Ahsen argued that for the past seventy years, all heads of state, or chief executives in Pakistan have been using, hiring planes from national flag carriers for their trips abroad. This is a practice, a convention world wide. He referred to the ongoing or recent trips of PM Narendra Modi in planes of Air India with his delegation.
I was not that sure if, in a country like Pakistan, full and complete costs or revenue losses to PIA from its Boeing-777 (capacity 300-400) being kept out of its scheduled commercial cycle for 3-4 days will ever be accurately calculated or reimbursed but given Ashen Iqbal’s assertion that costs will be paid, I did not want to assert.
I enquired: “Are they not official trips? do you not see any difference between the official and personal?” I reminded him of the repeated statements from Sharif family that all expenses of PM’s treatment and stay aboard will be borne by the family. How come for treatment PM Nawaz becomes a private citizen and for travel back he becomes the official PM? Ahsen Iqbal explained that ‘Prime Minister is Prime Minister, he has his privileges, these are not only in convention but these are also written in law’; he further explained that while traveling to UK, PM travelled in the small seven seater, ‘Gulf Stream Jet’ but after the surgery it was not advisable to fly in the small jet, because there are more pressure changes inside a small jet, and air flights and the hours of immobilization involved can produce blood clots, from the legs, even in normal healthy persons, and PM Nawaz after his heart surgery, after his triple or quadruple CABG, was far more susceptible to clot formation; it was important for him to walk about and move in the plane.
“But PIA is supposed to be a corporation; its has a financial base line, govt. has been talking of its losses, its reform, its mismanagement by past governments and of fixing its spread sheet for privatization; surely there are huge costs involved when a Boeing-777 used for cross-atlantic flights is diverted from its schedule, (about $20,000/hour) is reconfigured for VIP travel, then reconfigured back for passengers, so who will bear these costs? I enquired. Ahsen Iqbal asserted that PIA has reserve capacity, its flight schedules keep changing, it makes alternate arrangements for the passengers and Establishment Division or PMO will pay; it always does; costs are always calculated and these are reimbursed to PIA.
I was not that sure if, in a country like Pakistan, full and complete costs or revenue losses to PIA from its Boeing-777 (capacity 300-400) being kept out of its scheduled commercial cycle for 3-4 days will ever be accurately calculated or reimbursed but given Ashen Iqbal’s assertion that costs will be paid, I did not want to assert. I then asked that why no one in the Govt. or PIA has been able to explain all this, all these logical facts, in so many words? where are your other cabinet colleagues? who has created this story of the ‘Camp Office in London’ and what was the need? we know that there was no notified ‘camp office’ and probably no more than 20-25 persons boarded from Stansted? But to this Ahsen Iqbal had no clarity or I could not get any, perhaps he was not aware of the statement issued by the PIA spokesperson, apparently on the behest of the PIA Chairman and published in all papers.
I have produced faithfully, most contents of our discussion, if not all, from the notes I had written immediately afterwards. I had promised to Ahsen Iqbal that I will convey his point of view to my viewers and my readers. And I have exactly done that. I will share this on social media and all readers can make their own judgements. In a separate blog, I will explain why the hiring of a Boeing-777 became controversial? Why most public is not prepared to accept that PM Nawaz needed this kind of privilege? Before raising this issue in my program on Sunday, I conduced a snap poll on twitter and almost 90% of the several thousands who responded within 24 hours or less were convinced that this non-commercial use of PIA-777 for PM should be investigated.
Should #SupremeCourt investigate non-commercial use of #PIA Boeing-777 by PM #NawazSharif?
— Moeed Pirzada (@MoeedNj) July 9, 2016
Why do the young educated Pakistanis feel like this? What lies behind all this? I will explain in a separate detailed blog.
Moeed Pirzada is prominent TV Anchor & commentator; he studied international relations at Columbia Univ, New York and law at London School of Economics. Twitter: MoeedNj. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Global Village Space’s editorial policy. This piece was first published in Moeed Pirzada’s official page. It has been reproduced with permission.
Tonight with Moeed Pirzada: PTI plans agitation against Prime Minster in near future !!!
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned back to Pakistan from London after 48 days of absence due to his medical treatment. A special Plane of Pakistan International Airline Boeing 777 brought him and his family members from London. Dr Yasmeen Rashid a prominent member of Pakistan Tehrek Insaf criticized that it will cost a huge amount of money because a special plane was used, Flights were rescheduled and delayed, parking charges, and seat adjustment costs. She is of the view that PIA is Government owned Corporation and tax payer’s money is also involved so public has the right to raise questions on the special plane used in order to bring Prime minister back. According to her Prime Minster should personally pay for these expenses, on the other hand PTI has planned to take this matter to the court soon.
This is the time when PTI had submitted a petition in Election Commission for disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to contest Elections. Dr Yasmeen was the opposing candidate in General Elections 2013 for national assembly constituency against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. In PTI petition to Election Commission it was mentioned that Prime Minister didn’t declare his own and dependent Maryam Nawaz’s assets although it is a prerequisite to contest Elections. Two other opposition parties PPP and PAT had filed similar petitions in the Election Commission. But due to retirement of previous election commissioners the case will not be processed until the appointment of next members of Election Commission. Dr Yasmeen said that Government should finalize the appointments of the members Election Commission within 45 days as mentioned in the constitution that will be 27th July 2016.
Tonight With Moeed Pirzada: Politics after arrival of Nawaz !!!
Dr. Moeed Pirzada in his intro commented on A Kashmiri social media activist and young commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, who died in a fight against Indian Army on 8th of July. Thousands of Kashmiris attend his funeral and abruptly protest was started by young Kashmiris against Indian forces, in which around 20 people died.
On domestic politics after the arrival of PM Nawaz Sharif from London, Mr. Rauf Klasra said that youth of Pakistan is frustrated and are showing their anger on social media against return of Nawaz Sharif like a king. He also said that the Rs. 30 Crore expenses of Boeing 777 are not yet denied by PIA nor by the government. He also raised the question that whether it is possible and legal to shift Prime Minister’s camp office abroad. Mr. Klasra also revealed that Nawaz Sharif is not happy with Shahbaz Sharif on his advice to allow Pervaiz Musharraf a safe passage but problems are still as it is.
Tonight With Moeed Pirzada Part2: Edhi A Great Loss to the Nation!!!
Abdul Sattar Edhi, a beacon of hope and compassion and one of the greatest philanthropists of all times left the world aggrieved, late on 8th July 2016. Doctor Moeed Pirzada opened with a note of appreciation of Mr.Edhi’s legendary contributions. Mr. Edhi held the record for the largest ambulance network in the world. His organization was spread all over Pakistan and had reached out to the international community on multiple occasions. The Edhi foundation had hundreds of facilitation centers, nursery homes, orphanages, schools, mental asylums, contingency centers, hospitals and smaller medical units all over the country. Mr.Edhi spent most part of six decades in the selfless devotion to humanity, since the establishment of the Edhi foundation in 1953. Mr. Ansar Barni of the Barni foundation, renowned philanthropist and human rights activist joined in to express his views on the national tragedy and to shed light on as to how his legacy can be continued. Mr. Barni said that the gesture shown by the establishment in offering a state funeral is commendable. Mr.Barni stressed upon the fact that icons like Mr.Edhi need to be recognized and respected in their lifetimes, not only posthumously. Mr.Shehzad Roy, popular musician and philanthropist added a suggestion that waste-management in Karachi should be catered to. He said that Mr.Edhi was always concerned with the traffic situation and waste obtrusion of the Sindh capital and how his ambulances received hurdles. Mr.Roy said the Sindh government should look into that so Mr.Edhi’s vision can be brought to completion. Mr.Jamal Shah, experienced film-maker, actor and philanthropist joined Dr.Pirzada in the studio. Mr.Shah said that Abdul Sattar Edhi was a very unconventional human being and his compassion and services can never be matched. He also said that Mr.Edhi’s name does not deserve to be made controversial in the debate of naming an airport after him or offering him a posthumous award. He said that Edhi’s hard work and devotion deserves his legacy to be upheld with assistance from the government and the people of Pakistan. He also said that children should be enlightened with a comprehensive scripture of Edhi’s services via academics. He said that it is necessary to enlighten people of the true incentives and structures of Edhi’s vision.
Tonight with Moeed Pirzada Part 3: Edhi A Great Loss to the Nation !!!
Abdul Sattar Edhi, a beacon of hope and compassion and one of the greatest philanthropists of all times left the world aggrieved, late on 8th July 2016. Doctor Moeed Pirzada opened with a note of appreciation of Mr.Edhi’s legendary contributions. Mr. Edhi held the record for the largest ambulance network in the world. His organization was spread all over Pakistan and had reached out to the international community on multiple occasions. The Edhi foundation had hundreds of facilitation centers, nursery homes, orphanages, schools, mental asylums, contingency centers, hospitals and smaller medical units all over the country. Mr.Edhi spent most part of six decades in the selfless devotion to humanity, since the establishment of the Edhi foundation in 1953. Mr. Ansar Barni of the Barni foundation, renowned philanthropist and human rights activist joined in to express his views on the national tragedy and to shed light on as to how his legacy can be continued. Mr. Barni said that the gesture shown by the establishment in offering a state funeral is commendable. Mr.Barni stressed upon the fact that icons like Mr.Edhi need to be recognized and respected in their lifetimes, not only posthumously. Mr.Shehzad Roy, popular musician and philanthropist added a suggestion that waste-management in Karachi should be catered to. He said that Mr.Edhi was always concerned with the traffic situation and waste obtrusion of the Sindh capital and how his ambulances received hurdles. Mr.Roy said the Sindh government should look into that so Mr.Edhi’s vision can be brought to completion. Mr.Jamal Shah, experienced film-maker, actor and philanthropist joined Dr.Pirzada in the studio. Mr.Shah said that Abdul Sattar Edhi was a very unconventional human being and his compassion and services can never be matched. He also said that Mr.Edhi’s name does not deserve to be made controversial in the debate of naming an airport after him or offering him a posthumous award. He said that Edhi’s hard work and devotion deserves his legacy to be upheld with assistance from the government and the people of Pakistan. He also said that children should be enlightened with a comprehensive scripture of Edhi’s services via academics. He said that it is necessary to enlighten people of the true incentives and structures of Edhi’s vision.
Tonight With Moeed Pirzada: Edhi A Great Loss to the Nation !!!
Abdul Sattar Edhi, a beacon of hope and compassion and one of the greatest philanthropists of all times left the world aggrieved, late on 8th July 2016. Doctor Moeed Pirzada opened with a note of appreciation of Mr.Edhi’s legendary contributions. Mr. Edhi held the record for the largest ambulance network in the world. His organization was spread all over Pakistan and had reached out to the international community on multiple occasions. The Edhi foundation had hundreds of facilitation centers, nursery homes, orphanages, schools, mental asylums, contingency centers, hospitals and smaller medical units all over the country. Mr.Edhi spent most part of six decades in the selfless devotion to humanity, since the establishment of the Edhi foundation in 1953. Mr. Ansar Barni of the Barni foundation, renowned philanthropist and human rights activist joined in to express his views on the national tragedy and to shed light on as to how his legacy can be continued. Mr. Barni said that the gesture shown by the establishment in offering a state funeral is commendable. Mr.Barni stressed upon the fact that icons like Mr.Edhi need to be recognized and respected in their lifetimes, not only posthumously. Mr.Shehzad Roy, popular musician and philanthropist added a suggestion that waste-management in Karachi should be catered to. He said that Mr.Edhi was always concerned with the traffic situation and waste obtrusion of the Sindh capital and how his ambulances received hurdles. Mr.Roy said the Sindh government should look into that so Mr.Edhi’s vision can be brought to completion. Mr.Jamal Shah, experienced film-maker, actor and philanthropist joined Dr.Pirzada in the studio. Mr.Shah said that Abdul Sattar Edhi was a very unconventional human being and his compassion and services can never be matched. He also said that Mr.Edhi’s name does not deserve to be made controversial in the debate of naming an airport after him or offering him a posthumous award. He said that Edhi’s hard work and devotion deserves his legacy to be upheld with assistance from the government and the people of Pakistan. He also said that children should be enlightened with a comprehensive scripture of Edhi’s services via academics. He said that it is necessary to enlighten people of the true incentives and structures of Edhi’s vision.
President Obama’s Failed Afghan Policy?
Senator John McCain, chairman of Armed Services Committee United States Senate said that responsibility of trouble in Afghanistan and failure to resolve it does not lie with Pakistan or President Ashraf Ghani but President Barack Obama. He criticised alleged failed leader, Obama’s policies while talking about the region.
Significance of Zardari McChain meeting.
While responding to Dr. Moeed Pirzada, Senator John McChain told that meeting with former President Asif Zardari was on his request.
Tonight With MoeedPirzada Exclusive Interview with Senator John McChain
Doctor Moeed Pirzada held a one on one with Senator John McCane, Chairman Senate Arms Committee and Whitehouse Spokesperson, in Washington DC. This interview came a mere few days before the Senator & planned visit to Pakistan. The Senator threw light on the dire need of stability in the region. He said that Pakistan and India need to improve their relations, and that is of interest to the US as well as the people of both countries. The senator said that Afghan still holds the base of operations for the Haqqani network, which poses a threat to the US National security. He said that he himself had vouched for not withdrawing the troops from Afghanistan. The Senator said that president Obama is a failed administrator. His regime had been one of abject failures and bad decisions.
Senator John McCain, chairman of Armed Services Committee United States with Moeed Pirzada !!!
Senator John McCain, chairman of Armed Services Committee United States Senate said that responsibility of trouble in Afghanistan and failure to resolve it does not lie with Pakistan or President Ashraf Ghani but President Barack Obama. He criticised alleged failed leader, Obama’s policies while talking about the region.
While responding to Dr. Moeed Pirzada he told that meeting with former President Asif Zardari was on his request.