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The author is an affiliate of Conference of Defence Associations Institute and a political and defence analyst with a distinguished career in the armed forces and international diplomacy. In the backdrop of a debate on an alleged leak in...
Moeed Pirzada | “When it was published, I think, during my period, someone came and said, look what’s written, what should we do? Should we get hold of the man, court martial him, issue a rebuttal? I said, there must...
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times |   It is time to take a step back and find new solutions, solutions beyond carrot and stick diplomacy. Let's not turn the Raymond Davis affair into the murder of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. Despite its many...
Moeed Pirzada |  FB Blog | Why we should say "No" to Executive Magistracy? - DMG group has been building a case for the restoration of Exec-Magistracy; their argument has been that under the combined powers of District Administration and Judicial function...
FB Blog Slap on the face of Pakistani Media..? I have posted a story from India's most liberal paper, The Hindu. The story describes the attack on the Pakistani prisoner, Sanna Ullah, in an Indian Jail in Jammu. The opening...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | NEW YORK (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan, he referred to a $1 trillion price tag for America's wars. Staggering as it is, that figure...
Many of us remember the 'All Parties Conference in London' in the July of 2007. Then it was supposedly an alliance of the democratic parties against the dictatorship. Many of us believed it; though I am sure there were...
Moeed Pirzada | Islamabad – Today, Tue, 10th May, PM Nawaz Sharif finally met his military chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif. This photo-opportunity, with the other Sharif, was desperately needed by PM Nawaz as it was increasingly being discussed in media...
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, was the end of an era. It was a development bigger than the city of...
Pakistan's religious parties have made an interesting political move. While in public and media consciousness they are identified as 'spoilers' who resist attempts towards modernity and reform through street agitations and hoarse cries of 'Islam under threat' but on...
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 Protest) against Corruption in Lahore, with Mustafa Kamal’s, Pak Sarzamin Party (PSP) organizing its first...
Moeed Pirzada | Ali Khan Dear Mr. Moeed Pirzada, I enjoy your program on ARY. Recently I watched one of your guests erroneously compare dynastic politics of Pakistan with of that of USA I am not sure he was uninformed or...
Moeed Pirzada |Pakistan Today| Grappling with the puzzle What will happen in Afghanistan once the US and allies withdraw the bulk of their forces? Will Afghan Security Forces hold and for how long? Will Taliban overrun the periphery? Will Kabul be...

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...

Media Under Siege

Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | It is Karachi. We are all standing, pushing and shoving, outside the offices of Jang, Pakistan's largest paper. This private compound, off the famous II Chundrigarh Road, was packed to the last inch. We are...