Tag: Moeed Pirzada
Will the US Finally Attack Pakistan?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Great powers tend to commit great blunders. But will the US be stupid enough to destabilize Pakistan, one of the most...
Making Sense of Nuclear Divide in Musharraf Country
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Pakistani nuclear scientist, Dr AQ Khan’s recent pronouncements implicating President Musharraf and the army in clandestine nuclear proliferation, and the storm...
Nuclear Divide of Politics
Moeed Pirzada | The News |
Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan’s statements are being treated as an individual act of desperation. Far from that the ease of restrictions...
Why the Israelis are Afraid of a Peaceful Iran
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Israeli cabinet has done a very interesting thing. Almost two years after the Second Lebanon war of 2006 it has approved...
A Forgotten President and Shape of Things to Come
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Gen. Musharraf, once the darling of the mini-screen, has gradually disappeared from the Pakistani television. Some days ago even the most...
Dinner with the President?
Moeed Pirzada | The News |
This week, hundreds of thousands of people across Pakistan ended up watching the documentary “Dinner with the President” co-produced by acclaimed...
Fighting the Wrong War
Moeed Pirzada | The News |
With the confirmation of Sen Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for the US presidential election and with President Bush’s last...
US Diplomacy of Desperation?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
US Ambassador to Pakistan, Ms. Anne Patterson, was distributing awards in a ceremony organised by Roots College International in Islamabad when...
Making Sense of the Long March of Lawyers
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Words are not just words. They are powerful symbols and often pregnant with historical images. And the genie of those images...
Change and Challenge in Washington
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
This is both a moment for inspiration and challenge for Pakistan. But whereas the inspiration is theoretical, the challenge is far...
Comment: Religion and post-modernism – Dr Moeed Pirzada
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times |
TED founders describe themselves as a community of knowledge seekers. Each year they select three gifted individuals for the TED Prize...
Londonistan and End of An Era
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Ken Livingstone’s defeat at the hands of Boris Johnson in the elections for the Mayor of Greater London, last week,...
A Pakistani in Turkey
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
Many years ago I fell in love with Bosphorus, its bridges, fishermen and Turkey. This affair still continues. But just like...
COMMENT: Don’t hang him - Moeed Pirzada
Moeed Pirzada | DAILY TIMES |
Musharraf must be persuaded to let Sarabjeet Singh walk freely to embrace his daughter Swapandeep. But for that to happen, the...
US Elections and Positive Change
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
To most Americans and to many of us it was received wisdom that a democrat will win the US Elections in...