Tag: Moeed Pirzada
New Challenges for the US Diplomacy
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times|
The emerging political structure in Pakistan may present new challenges to both the US and Pakistani diplomacy in the region. And...
Surviving Musharraf
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
After a long period in its history, Pakistan is bubbling with positive news. Yet there are troubling questions that lurk on...
Pakistani Politics: Where Exactly Lie the Next Fault Lines?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
How PPP and PML(N) — despite the Murree Accord — will ultimately resolve their different approaches towards the restoration of...
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...
Age of Interdependence
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
In days of such “narrow focus” the wider world gets blurred. No wonder few have paid attention to the kaleidoscope...
Post Election Fault Lines
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
These overtures were a must to ensure the continuity of US strategic interests in a period of transition. However, it...
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...
Pakistan Peoples Party at the Crossroads?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
The rot may have been brewing for a while. The natural thought, “what will I get?” must have dominated many...
Seeing Pakistan Through the Eyes of Pakistanis
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
You know I am saddened by this increasing lack of poise and confidence in my Pakistani students,” my friend Bob...
Long Live Musharraf
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
RECENTLY, in Karachi, a poor man living on the coast, went fishing and caught a big fish. Happy with his...
Conspiracy Brigades
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
General (retd) Musharraf’s recent interview with Singapore’s The Straits Times was widely misquoted, misrepresented and blown out of proportion. His words...
Illusions of Reality
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...
A Blow to the US
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
BENAZIR Bhutto was a gifted progeny of a remarkable mind. Confronted by a three-decade long adversity and tragedy, she displayed...
Re-interpreting The Message
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
On the second day of Eid Al Adha, in Pakistan, GEO TV marked its partial comeback on the country’s cables...
Not a Banana Republic!
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
I write these lines in a state of euphoria. A prominent Pakistani columnist is often accused by his jealous critics...