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PM Nawaz speech at UNGA…!

Moeed Pirzada | PM Nawaz Speech at UNGA was not bad. If anything it was a good balanced speech. Off course it was not written by Nawaz; he would not even grasp some of the concepts or terms -or their...
Last summer, in a small gathering, a senior civil servant was complaining of massive traffic congestion on access roads to Murree and Swat. And then he paused, reflected and amused with himself said: "but it also shows veil of...

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 official trip across Europe, a clear mood of change has set in. With this the...
Moeed Pirzada | Shah Mehmood Qureshi while talking in my program on Dunya News on Fri, 13th April hinted that Zardari has lost control on PPP; he argued, albeit cautiously, that Zardari is no more running the show and Bilawal...
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...
CDA Institute Security & Defence Blogger Adnan Qaiser, a political and defence analyst with a distinguished career in the armed forces and international diplomacy, examines factors hindering India’s rise to global prominence. James Feibleman had stated, “A myth is a...

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)...
By Maleeha Hashmi Dear Ishaque Dar sahib! This nation has not only disappointed you but everyone with an exceptionally good sense of humour. Is bragging about receiving an award from IMF that even IMF wasn't aware of, that big a...
They say if you find yourself fallen into a pit, the first thing to do is stop digging. Afghanistan has long been an abyss, owing to the lack of vision and political insight from both itself and stakeholders. Policy...
Dr. Moeed Pirzada | For Pakistanis, December 16, was always a day of tragedy – and unforgettable pain. On 16th December 1971, Pakistani garrison in Dacca surrendered to invading Indian forces. For past four decades, newspapers and now private TV...

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 |The Nation| Nawaz government’s continuing moratorium on “death penalty” is getting more and more confusing. Public and media have still not understood what is happening? Is it EU’s blackmail stitched with its GSP-Plus or is this the fear...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | I arrived at the director-general military operation’s briefing on November 29 traumatised and almost convinced that NATO may haveattacked the Pakistani posts in Mohmand Agency as part of “Operation Punishment”. But while Major-General Ishfaq Nadeem was...
Moeed Pirzada | Hi! as you all know Senator John Kerry is in Pakistan. He is a great visionary, a man of advanced consciousness, an able statesman, and a leader who thinks in terms of positive solutions for the world...
Moeed Pirzada | World Economic Forum (WEF) top management kept hoping till the very end that Pakistani PM, Imran Khan, may be persuaded to join the Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss mountainous city of Davos. Sources familiar with World...