Articles & Blogs

Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times | The delegates condemned the current world economic order, unregulated privatisation, the doctrine of preventive war, the aggression against Palestinian people and the unjust war in Lebanon and supported every nation's right to peaceful use of nuclear...
News Analysis | Salman Safdar, legal counsel for former president Pervez Musharraf, announced that his client is likely to return to Pakistan on May, 1. Mr Safdar reportedly told media personnel that despite his deteriorating medical condition, the former military...
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times | In all fairness, the Raymond Davis saga, irrespective of the technicalities being discussed in Pakistan, may prove a fit case for the world to review the whole concept of ‘diplomatic immunity’ When Secretary Clinton came to Pakistan...

Good Show, General!

Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | On November 28, the Pakistani dictator finally decided to shut the doors to the most colourful wardrobe in the land. In an auspicious celebration, General Pervez Musharraf became civilianised, so to speak Since 9/11, my biggest...

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 | FB Blog Modi Govt upset about growing Pak-Afghan thaw & improved relations between Islamabad and Kabul and its intelligence apparatus may plan something in the region to divert attention and to bring Islamabad under pressure internationally and to...
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...

SINCE THE PESHAWAR TRAGEDY…!

Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Since the Peshawar Tragedy - Terrorism Attack on the Army Public School - I have not written anything here. Just a few tweets about Death Penalty that were produced here. I have remained very confused, in...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Pakistan’s Chief of Army Fights to Keep His Job By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s army chief, the most powerful man in the country, is fighting to save his position in the face of seething...
Moeed Pirzada | How could two be related? Blasphemy Laws and Woman Protection Act? These two pieces of legislation look so different. How on earth some one in right mind can find a relation between these two. And yet this...
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 gross income of US $ 435,000/- out of which $395,000 was his  official salary as...

Confusing Signal from Court?

Moeed Pirzada | The Nation | The debate in Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding Dr Tahirul Qadri’s petition has started to send confusing signals with totally unintended consequences for the state and society of Pakistan. Dr Qadri’s petition seeks to raise serious...
Moeed Pirzada | We need to critically evaluate the claims being released by unnamed Afghan and Western officials in Wall Street Journal and Guardian. We cannot blame these papers because they are being told by ‘unnamed officials’ however Pakistani Papers like...
Pakistan’s monthly power outages among highest in Asia: Asian Development Bank KARACHI: Pakistan needs massive investment in energy infrastructure as the country endures one of the region’s highest numbers of power outages, causing heavy losses to industry, said the Asian...
Moeed Pirzada | 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,...