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Virtual Democracy Set

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...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | I came to the DGMO Pakistan Military’s briefing on 29th Nov traumatized and almost convinced that NATO may have attacked the Pakistani posts in Mohmand Agency as part of some “operation punishment”. But while Gen. Ashfaq was...
Moeed Pirzada | FB blog | Faislabad represents an interesting challenge for both PTI and PMLN. Imran Khan had threatened to block cities but then in subsequent explanations PTI leaders made it clear that "closing city" does not mean forcing traders to...
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...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | PTI Seminar on Health Policy VisionTI Seminar on Health Policy Vision: I did attend the Seminar at Marriott, Islamabad. It is certainly a historic moment in Pakistan's political history when a major political party, or any...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | What can Pakistan & PM Nawaz do for Saudi Arabia? - While all eyes inside Pakistan were galvanized at the Senate Elections, PM Nawaz was being received personally by Saudi King Shah Salman bin Abdul Aziz...

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...
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 | Why it is vital for ECP to call Army to supervise Elections in NA-149 Multan on 16th October?- Given today's application by Punjab Govt to Election Commission to postpone/delay elections in Multan constituency for fear of...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | CALL it irony or comedy but the fact is that at its 61st anniversary Islamic Republic of Pakistan, that has always used the stick of religion to fight all separatist tendencies, now faces an Islamic threat...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | @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...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Some Reflections on Pakistan's troubled Kashmir Policy - Success has many fathers and claimants but usually no one is prepared to own up a failure. While in changed global circumstances Pakistan's Kashmir Policy or actions in...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | The rot may have been brewing for a while. The natural thought, “what will I get?” must have dominated many minds from the moment they descended upon Naudero and Gari Khuda Baksh to bury the...
Moeed Pirzada | The Nation | The latest terrorist attack in Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar, on Sunday, third within the bloody week, since the attack on All Saints Church may now make Imran Khan and PTI look like political buffoons; but the...

US Double Standards

Moeed Pirzada | The News | The turn of events since the bombings of the Indian embassy in Kabul should be of interest to anyone interested in international relations. Acts of symbolic value such as these, where clearly identifiable perpetrators exist and...