Tag: #pakistan
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...
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...
Hope beyond the Failure of Boycott?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
NAWAZ Sharif has finally decided to contest the polls. APDM has thrown PML(N) out — as if it really mattered...
Good Show, General!
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
On November 28, the Pakistani dictator finally decided to shut the doors to the most colourful wardrobe in the land....
Media Under Siege
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
It is Karachi. We are all standing, pushing and shoving, outside the offices of Jang, Pakistan's largest paper. This private...
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...
The Continuing Challenge?
Moeed Pirzada | Khaleej Times |
IN 1986, Mikhael Gorbachev declared Afghanistan a “bleeding wound”. More than two decades later it is still festering. Among those...
A New US Vision?
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...
HAVANA DIARY: A Musharaf-Manmohan love affair: Moeed Pirzada
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...