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Panama Papers & Pakistan’s kingdom of lies!

Moeed Pirzada | In the morning of 27th April, Pakistani public was bombarded with the front page stories in leading English and Urdu papers of...

Panama Crisis & Government by threats, bluffs and lies!

Moeed Pirzada | This morning Pakistani public was bombarded with the front page stories in leading English and Urdu papers of a media group closely...

Pakistan’s political Sunday? What lies ahead for PTI & PMLN?

Moeed Pirzada | With Imran Khan of PTI announcing a ‘Campaign against Corruption’ from Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad; Jammat-e-Islami organizing a ‘Dharna’ (Sit Down...

Panama Papers: Why ‘Commission’ should be rejected?

Moeed Pirzada | Panama Cat is out of the bag! PM Nawaz gave his ‘Commission of Enquiry’ that will or can investigate everyone ‘rich’ in...

America’s poor president & Pakistan’s rich rent seekers!

Moeed Pirzada | Recently White House issued US President Barack Obama’s income and tax records. These were really interesting. American President in 2015 had a...

US position on Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif after Panama files leaks & its importance?

Moeed Pirzada | A question was asked in US State Dept briefing that given accusations of corruption and demands by Pakistani Political parties that PM...

Nawaz-Zardari Meeting in London: Yeh tu wohi jaga hay, guzray thehy hum jahan say?

Moeed Pirzada | Many of us remember the ‘All Parties Conference in London’ in the July of 2007. Then it was supposedly an alliance of...

“Propaganda Wars: How Anti-State Elements Use Media” – Lecture by Dr. Moeed Pirzada at...

Dr. Moeed Pirzada lectured at the Eighth National Media Workshop at National Defense University Islamabad, on 12th April. Topic of his lecture and subsequent...

Of blasphemy laws & woman protection bill: law of unintended consequences!

Moeed Pirzada | How could two be related? Blasphemy Laws and Woman Protection Act? These two pieces of legislation look so different. How on earth...

Punjab Woman Protection Act & politics of NGOs & religion?

Moeed Pirzada | Pakistan’s religious parties have made an interesting political move. While in public and media consciousness they are identified as ‘spoilers’ who resist...

Suicidal madness on Easter: “re-enacting” the “old narrative”!

Moeed Pirzada | Last summer, in a small gathering, a senior civil servant was complaining of massive traffic congestion on access roads to Murree and...

Punjab Woman Protection Bill: Mullahs are wrong! But there are issues with such hasty...

Mullahs turn everything into Islam vs the Un-Islamic. This polarizes the public and reduces the quality of debate. But irrespective of what Mullahs say, there are serious risks with the kind of hasty social legislation Pakistani Political elite are pushing through to appease west. Such legislation should only be passed after wider and substantive debate.

Punjab Woman Protection Bill: Mullahs are wrong! But there are issues with such hasty...

Moeed Pirzada | Mullahs turn everything into a battle for and against Islam. This is wrong and plain stupid. And it also contributes to the...

What Apple & Tim Cook are fighting for?

Moeed Pirzada | I am painfully aware that many suspect me of being ‘out of sync with reality’, the reality of poverty, misgovernance and corruption...

Reflection from the past…

Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | I am making a new website; its still under construction and not ready. Will invite your comments on it soon. Main purpose of...