Independent Pakistan: A Prisoner of Its own Ideology?
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...
Whose Terrorists are They Anyway?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt had once said about Nicaraguan strongman, Anastosio Somoza, that: “he may be a son-of-a-bitch, but he is...
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...
Obama: Trapped in Afghanistan?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
BARACK Obama’s whirlwind trip to Afghanistan, Iraq and the world was to burnish his credentials as the ‘would be’ Commander in...
Obama and the World
Moeed Pirzada | The News |
US Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, sharing breakfast with the US soldiers in a canteen in Kabul, and patting affectionately on...
Will the US Finally Attack Pakistan?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Great powers tend to commit great blunders. But will the US be stupid enough to destabilize Pakistan, one of the most...
Making Sense of Nuclear Divide in Musharraf Country
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Pakistani nuclear scientist, Dr AQ Khan’s recent pronouncements implicating President Musharraf and the army in clandestine nuclear proliferation, and the storm...
Nuclear Divide of Politics
Moeed Pirzada | The News |
Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan’s statements are being treated as an individual act of desperation. Far from that the ease of restrictions...
Why the Israelis are Afraid of a Peaceful Iran
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Israeli cabinet has done a very interesting thing. Almost two years after the Second Lebanon war of 2006 it has approved...
A Forgotten President and Shape of Things to Come
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Gen. Musharraf, once the darling of the mini-screen, has gradually disappeared from the Pakistani television. Some days ago even the most...
Dinner with the President?
Moeed Pirzada | The News |
This week, hundreds of thousands of people across Pakistan ended up watching the documentary “Dinner with the President” co-produced by acclaimed...
Fighting the Wrong War
Moeed Pirzada | The News |
With the confirmation of Sen Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for the US presidential election and with President Bush’s last...
US Diplomacy of Desperation?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
US Ambassador to Pakistan, Ms. Anne Patterson, was distributing awards in a ceremony organised by Roots College International in Islamabad when...
Making Sense of the Long March of Lawyers
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Words are not just words. They are powerful symbols and often pregnant with historical images. And the genie of those images...
Change and Challenge in Washington
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
This is both a moment for inspiration and challenge for Pakistan. But whereas the inspiration is theoretical, the challenge is far...
9/11: Reflections After 21 Years
9/11 terror attacks in New York remind us of the darkest day in US history when Al-Qaeda terrorists, apparently masterminded by Osama Bin Laden...
Shahbaz Sharif: A Prime Minister with unparalleled challenges
Shahbaz Sharif, a veteran of Pakistani politics for the past three decades, is now PM of Pakistan. He has thrice before served as the...
Washington should move from “Regime Change” to “Regime Engagement”
US-Pakistan relationships have always been difficult – but many wonder if they had ever before reached this low level? Democratic Biden and not Russia's...
Encouraging Floor Crossings is to support Money Laundering, Why?
PPP and PMLN, Pakistan’s main opposition parties that intend to de-seat Prime Minister Imran Khan through a vote of no confidence are banking on...
China and Pakistan: Partners in a shared future!
PM Imran Khan's visit to China on invitation by the Chinese leadership to visit Beijing from February 3 to Feb 6, 2022, to attend...