The Jury is Out On The First 100 Days of This Government
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
On 28th May, many in Pakistan celebrated or condemned the first ten years of Pakistan becoming an overt nuclear power. But...
Comment: Religion and post-modernism – Dr Moeed Pirzada
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times |
TED founders describe themselves as a community of knowledge seekers. Each year they select three gifted individuals for the TED Prize...
Londonistan and End of An Era
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Ken Livingstone’s defeat at the hands of Boris Johnson in the elections for the Mayor of Greater London, last week,...
A Pakistani in Turkey
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Many years ago I fell in love with Bosphorus, its bridges, fishermen and Turkey. This affair still continues. But just like...
COMMENT: Don’t hang him - Moeed Pirzada
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Musharraf must be persuaded to let Sarabjeet Singh walk freely to embrace his daughter Swapandeep. But for that to happen, the...
View: Murder, media and intolerance : Moeed Pirzada
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In a media driven and controlled by popular and often pedestrian national moods, it is no wonder that no one had...
US Elections and Positive Change
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
To most Americans and to many of us it was received wisdom that a democrat will win the US Elections in...
New Challenges for the US Diplomacy
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times|
The emerging political structure in Pakistan may present new challenges to both the US and Pakistani diplomacy in the region. And...
Surviving Musharraf
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
After a long period in its history, Pakistan is bubbling with positive news. Yet there are troubling questions that lurk on...
Pakistani Politics: Where Exactly Lie the Next Fault Lines?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
How PPP and PML(N) — despite the Murree Accord — will ultimately resolve their different approaches towards the restoration of...
Suicide Bombers and US
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Mr Zardari, Ms Bhutto’s widower, were able to reconcile their differences for a historic...
Comment: YouTube and all of us: Moeed Pirzada
Moeed Pirzada | Daily times |
Immanuel Kant in his 1795 essay, "Perpetual Peace" had argued that it is not the state of peace but the state...
Age of Interdependence
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
In days of such “narrow focus” the wider world gets blurred. No wonder few have paid attention to the kaleidoscope...
Post Election Fault Lines
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
These overtures were a must to ensure the continuity of US strategic interests in a period of transition. However, it...
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...
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...