Mullahs turn everything into Islam vs the Un-Islamic. This polarizes the public and reduces the quality of debate. But irrespective of what Mullahs say, there are serious risks with the kind of hasty social legislation Pakistani Political elite are pushing through to appease west. Such legislation should only be passed after wider and substantive debate.
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...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
Hi! At a time when Pakistan's foreign Secretary Salman Bashir was holding a press briefing on the Post-Osama Bin Laden Killing Issues, a select group of Pakistani media was invited to meet a few senior military...
Dr. Moeed Pirzada |
Tired, sick, guilty and beset by rebellion, King Henry IV is feeling the weight of
his crown… Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1, 26-31
William Shakespeare, 1597
Supporters of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan were perturbed...
Sharif set for grilling on wealth
Pakistan's new regime says the deposed prime minister bought Park Lane apartments with stolen money
Pakistan coup: special report
Luke Harding and Rory McCarthy in Islamabad
Monday 10 April 2000 01.52 BST
Pakistan's jailed former prime minister, Nawaz...
Dr. Moeed Pirzada gave lecture on "Role of Electronic Media for Investigative Reporting in Pakistan" at Seminar "Use of Right to Information Laws for Investigative Journalism In Pakistan" Organised by Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO) in collaboration with Preston University,...
They say if you find yourself fallen into a pit, the first thing to do is stop digging. Afghanistan has long been an abyss, owing to the lack of vision and political insight from both itself and stakeholders. Policy...
Dr. Moeed Pirzada lectured at the Eighth National Media Workshop at National Defense University Islamabad, on 12th April. Topic of his lecture and subsequent discussion was: "Propaganda Wars: How Anti-State Elements use Media". Dr Pirzada explained the history and...
Dr. Moeed Pirzada, Editor Strategic Affairs, Dunya News, met clients of Credit Suisse from Picket Asset Management (UK) and Aventicum Capital Management, Qatar on their request to discuss Pakistan's political landscape and nature and direction of political change on 4th...
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times |
It is time to take a step back and find new solutions, solutions beyond carrot and stick diplomacy. Let's not turn the Raymond Davis affair into the murder of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. Despite its many...
Moeed Pirzada |Pakistan Today|
I thought I was unable to explain Farzana’s tragedy the way I wanted to do in my TV program,Siyasat Aur Qanoon; idiot box as repeatedly pointed out by many veterans of print journalism has its limitations as...
Moeed Pirzada | Pique Magazine |
Few people in Pakistan have been able to fathom why the public protests in Turkey, that erupted in June, spreading from the epicenters of Taksim Square and Gezi Park in Istanbul to more than seventy Turkish...
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blogs |
Yes! I was only cautious when I wrote my last one liner...people were still gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan; but then they came from all directions, and they came with their wives, and wives with their husbands, they...
Dr. Moeed Pirzada | Kaptaan Times
Term “Civil Society” in Pakistan has become an interesting term, and as this article will explain increasingly confusing. Who are those commonly referred in Pakistan as Civil Society and liberals? What is their relation...
Moeed Pirzada | PAKISTAN KA KHUDA HAFIZ |
Pakistan’s electronic media has made huge strides in the last one decade. Today this industry has a massive structure and thousands of journalists, executives and technical professionals are directly or indirectly part of it....