Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
There are moments when history is made; when in a flash the future divorces the past and world moves into the next stage.
Tiny Georgia’s failed attempt to regain the lost South Ossetia and the Russian attack...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
First we see the images of blood pools, scattered limbs and charred torsos on our TV screens, then we watch the histrionic cries of the survivors and then we hear that ludicrously reassuring news-item that the...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
Hi! written word has one great advantage over the spoken word that you can always go back and check...read my last status update again, and don't make wrong judgements; I am not blaming Pakistan or India...I...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt had once said about Nicaraguan strongman, Anastosio Somoza, that: “he may be a son-of-a-bitch, but he is our son-of-a-bitch”. Since then American political jargon has become more black and white. These days...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
We don’t know if Pervez Musharraf was ever an avid reader of Flaubert’s Madame Bovary or played some roles in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, but let’s admit that his ability to use ‘illusions’ to create ‘reality’ is...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Pakistan’s powerful military establishment is under rare scrutiny from the country’s top court, which after a gap of 16 years has opened an investigation into allegations the army funnelled money to politicians to influence elections.
The...
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...
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...
Moeed Pirzada | Pakistan Herald |
While most Pakistanis complain of a media blitz against their country and society few have given serious thought to what this means in the longer term.It may be time to realize that in the evolving information...
Moeed Pirzada | The Nation |
Dr Tahirul Qadri’s long march will continue to inspire debate in Pakistani politics for several more weeks. The kaleidoscope of events he unleashed was complete with all ingredients of a modern soap opera: thousands and thousands...
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...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
The US Congressional bill designed to implement the '9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007' contains the seeds of new thinking on Pakistan. As widely known, this voluminous piece of legislation makes the continuation of assistance...
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times |
To most Pakistanis, Salala was a deliberate act of ‘punishment’ meted out by the Pentagon for failing to cooperate or playing ‘double games’ as it is repeatedly alleged by US officials and media
Will Pakistan be able...
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
These are great times. Pakistani state, civil society and the judiciary are in a state of flux. Some observers are convinced that a new nation is being born, out of the throes of the old....
MOEED PIRZADA |THE NATION |
Hakimullah Mehsud’s death in Danday Darpakhel by US hellfire missiles on 1st Nov, 2013, is clearly the first palpably popular use of drone strike by CIA. However there is an equally fierce and shrill reaction...