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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 | In the pure interest of ‘common sense’ every man & woman with average IQ should be able to see through the façade of ‘Split Media’; let’s pull the mask off this funny allegation and see the man cleverly...
I have spent several sleepless nights in the last few days. Yes! the burning of, 19 year old, Maria was gruesome, was shocking and hard to digest. One shudders to imagine the pain, the fear the stink of burning...
PM Imran Khan and ruling PTI are trying to establish the principle that senate elections – due in March – should be held through an open transparent ballot; instead of the secret vote as mandated by the constitution. This...
Moeed Pirzada | 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...
Altaf Hussain's incitement to violence and exhortation to attack media channels has many dimensions and while he may look like acting in sheer frustration, its quite possible that he is acting on being prompted from some quarters - and 'hunger...
Moeed Pirzada | Rana Sanaullah’s new definition of Imran Khan & PTI as “Fahashi Party” on Ptv, but why? – Just heard Rana Sanaullah on Ptv, while moving in between different news bulletins (12.30-12.37pm– 22nd Oct, Thu). Rana was talking...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Why you must read Henry Kissinger's "World Order"? - Unlike many books these days that read like a Master student's exam passing thesis with the help of quotes stolen from internet, this book, World Order, is...

Failure for whom?

Moeed Pirzada | A court in Karachi has accepted a Letter from US Embassy to set this man – Joel Cox – free and ordered Police to return his things back to him. US Embassy Letter says that US officials...

Modi sounded more confident ?

Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Why Modi sounded more confident than Nawaz? - Many factors are involved but two or three are more important. Modi knows that English is not his forte; Nawaz Sharif speaks much better English than Narendra Modi...
Moeed Pirzada | Panama Cat is out of the bag! PM Nawaz gave his ‘Commission of Enquiry’ that will or can investigate everyone ‘rich’ in Pakistan except himself. This is called a ‘potential sixer’. Will this be caught at the...
Moeed Pirzada | 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 | 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...
Dear Moeed Sahib I sent an article to an English Newspaper but it was not published. May be it worth for posting on your website. I tried to send it in a word document but it could not be processed....
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | You know I am saddened by this increasing lack of poise and confidence in my Pakistani students,” my friend Bob was telling us. Bob — not his real name — is a US expert on...