Articles & Blogs

Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | No single event in Pakistan’s recent history, despite all its scars, has inspired more comment, more heated discussion and more disagreement than the terrorist destruction of the Hotel Marriott in Islamabad last week. And yet it...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Dunya News Application to NADRA & Punjab Police Response on our discussion & Questions: - Highest sources in Punjab Police contacted me after today's discussion on Dunya News at 4pm News Bulletin in which I participated...
Moeed Pirzada | Chowk.com | Few years ago, Shahbaz Bhatti confided in a friend: “ I don’t want to get married, because I know that sooner or later an assassin’s bullet will find me; it will only be unfair to that woman...

Suicide Bombers and US

Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times | Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Mr Zardari, Ms Bhutto’s widower, were able to reconcile their differences for a historic accord that promises the restoration of judiciary sacked by President Musharraf. And it appears that...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Egyptian Crisis is increasing! though by now there is little doubt that the US was behind creating this "military coup" (while US and EU are still trying to reinvent English language and dictionary by not admitting...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog | Dear All, I have seen some very detailed and interesting comments from some of you regarding the PPP Bilawal Jalsa today in Karachi and what is its importance or not in Pakistani politics. Those of you...

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...