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Triumph of the will…the power of determination – Amazing piece by Ayaz Amir – Idolise Imran Khan or pillory him, the fact remains that against the odds, out of the seemingly impossible, through sheer force of personality...
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Time Line of Violence in Islamabad – Given continuous claims & counterclaims and official lies its important to know how it all started. Protestors marched towards the road that enters the Civil Secretariat, they started to loosen...
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Indian Foreign Minister, Sushma Swaraj, completed her 19 – 20 minute speech at United Nations General Assembly short while ago. She spent first 9 minutes talking of the need to fight poverty, talking of the 400,000 plus...
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Ahmed Khan, (not his original name) waits in his car behind a long line of other vehicles, for his turn to be checked. He can spot army soldiers with smart tablets putting in CNIC numbers of motorists...
Moeed Pirzada |Pakistan Today|
Whereas the Model Town tragedy of June 17 – where Punjab police ended up killing at least 14 innocent men and women – has filled the media space with the news of an uninspiring judicial commission...
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Scotland Yard, the investigative arm of British Police has dropped all charges related to money laundering against MQM leader Altaf Hussain. Charges have also been dropped against his party comrades – Mohd Anwar and Sarfaraz Merchant. Details...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Pakistan’s powerful military establishment is under rare scrutiny from the country’s top court, which after a gap of 16 years has opened an investigation into allegations the army funnelled money to politicians to influence elections.
The...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
This relates to today's program (Sat, 17th Dec) This program had a limited and defined focus on certain key aspects and questions related to the break-up of Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh in Dec...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
Responding to Ayesha Hasan:- I never said that demanding PM Nawaz's resignation is "unconstitutional" - I have repeatedly said it was a "maximalist" demand which in politics means that you will ultimately settle for lesser but...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, is now the President of Pakistan. We must congratulate him for it is time to admit that his intelligence, patience and political skills have yielded results. And there...
PMLN is famous for building roads and does not shy away from taking full credit of it. They are known to even take credit for most of the work they have not initiated but have become a part of...
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Financial Times (FT, 18 July) coined the term, “Dirtiest Elections” to describe Pakistan’s July polls that brought Imran Khan’s PTI to power in center, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The party also emerged as the largest political force...
Moeed Pirzada | The Nation |
I was listening to Abu Mazen. This is how the Arab people and many Middle Eastern diplomats in Islamabad refer to Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine. This is coup d’état. He was talking of his...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
Ref: Last Night Discussion on Form-14 Verifications:- Discussion with Mudassar Rizvi & Fawad was a bit technical but very important to current political crisis and negotiations. What we all need to understand is that the fundamental,...
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@Ashutosh and all those who have read his questions and comments in an earlier post: – You are right; Pakistani Muslims attitude towards Ahmediya/Qadyanis is disgusting; all what happened to this “Punjabi community” is a symptom of...