Tag: national
TV Belt and the Outsider
Moeed Pirzada | PIQUE |
A leading politician in Punjab, a PML-N hard hitter, recently confided in me: “TV has changed my politics; I don’t have...
Confusing Signal from Court?
Moeed Pirzada | The Nation |
The debate in Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding Dr Tahirul Qadri’s petition has started to send confusing signals with totally unintended...
The Case Against Drone Strikes
Moeed Pirzada | PIQUE |
Emperor with a grim vacuous expression in his eyes is surrounded with courtiers, whose faces are beaming with the intensity and excitement reminiscent...
How to Reform the Reformer…!!
Moeed Pirzada | Dawn |
The controversy surrounding an interview of real-estate tycoon Malik Riaz on Dunya News has brought Pakistan’s electronic media under unprecedented pressure.
Criticism has...
Pakistani Media: Achievements, Failures & Way Forward?
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...
ANALYSIS: Challenges for the new DG ISI
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times |
Did General Pasha and his colleagues ever realise that their mid-20th century organisation, built on 'paradigms of control and fear' and...
ANALYSIS: What Imran Khan achieved in Lahore and why?
Moeed Pirzada | Daily Times |
Imran Khan did not have the charisma of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto or the oratorical skills of Benazir, but what...
ANALYSIS: What Imran Khan achieved in Lahore and why
Moeed Pirzada | FB Blog |
Imran Khan did not have the charisma of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto or the oratorical skills of Benazir, but what he had,...
Western Media’s War on Pakistan
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...
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...
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...
Musharraf and the Media: What is the Way Forward?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
The ongoing ‘mysterious ban’ on the private TV channels may be over within the next few days but General Musharaf’s...
These Lawyers Seem Somewhat Above the Law
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
These are great times. Pakistani state, civil society and the judiciary are in a state of flux. Some observers are...