{{Short description|Pakistani journalist and analyst}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Moeed Pirzada<br /><small>{{Nastaliq|معید پیرزادہ}}</small>
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| birthname = Moeed Hasan Pirzada
| education = [[Columbia university]]
| occupation = [[Political analyst]]
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| URL = {{URL|www.moeedpirzada.pk}}
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'''Moeed Hasan Pirzada''' ({{lang-ur| معید پیرزادہ}}) is a Pakistani journalist, and TV anchor.
==Early life and education==
His late father, Dr Ghulam Mohiuddin Pirzada (d. 2015), originally from [[Srinagar]], has been hailed as "the oldest physician of [[Mirpur, Pakistan|Mirpur]]" in [[Azad Kashmir]] as well as "the first highly-qualified medical specialist in Mirpur since the city resurfaced as a new modern township following the construction of the [[Mangla Dam|Mangla dam]] in 1967."<ref>Staff Reporter (15 August 2015), [https://nation.com.pk/15-Aug-2015/father-of-tv-anchor-laid-to-rest "Father of TV anchor laid to rest"], ''The Nation''. Retrieved 15 April 2019.</ref>
Moeed Pirzada has been a [[Britannia]] [[Chevening Scholarship|Chevening Scholar]] at [[London School of Economics|London School of Economics & Political Science]] and studied [[International relations|International Relations]] at [[Columbia University]], [[New York City|New York.]]
He has been a member of the [[Royal Institute of International Affairs]], [[Chatham House]], [[London]] ([https://www.loc.gov/item/2002564458/ RIIA]) and [[Royal United Services Institute]] ([[Royal United Services Institute|RUSI]]), in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].
==Career==
=== Host and anchor ===
He has also been a Director for World Affairs and Head of Content at [[PTV News]], and hosted the famous talk show ''Sochta Pakistan'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftpapp.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=130859&Itemid=2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203014222/http://ftpapp.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=130859&Itemid=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-03|title=Moeed Pirzada joins PTV as Director World Affairs|accessdate=2011-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ptv.com.pk/today-on-channel.asp|title=PTV News, Programs List|accessdate=2011-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127195433/http://news.ptv.com.pk/today-on-channel.asp|archive-date=27 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Interviews ===
He has interviewed Pakistani and foreign notables including [[Benazir Bhutto]], [[David Cameron]], [[Hamid Karzai]], [[Mahmood Abbas]], [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]], [[Jaswant Singh]], [[Richard Holbrooke]], [[Mike Mullen]] , [https://www.globalvillagespace.com/ambassador-john-boltons-insights-on-us-pakistan-relations/ Ambassador Bolton], [https://moeedpirzada.pk/tonight-with-moeed-pirzada-exclusive-interview-of-chairman-pti-imran-khan-25-july-2013/ Imran Khan] and the British politician [[George Galloway]]. He has covered the strategic dialogue between US and Pakistan as well as several talks between India and Pakistan, including the meeting of the former Pakistan President [[Pervez Musharraf]] with the Indian Prime minister [[Manmohan Singh]] at the Non-Aligned Summit in Havana in 2006.
He has covered the Pakistani military action in the Swat valley and the IDP crises in 2009. In September 2009, [[Anne W. Patterson]] appeared on his program and denied that the US security company Black Water had been operating in Pakistan; a claim that was proved untrue after the detention of Raymond Allen Davis in Lahore in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S a never satisfied "mother-in-law" |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12305049 |accessdate=2010-06-21}}</ref>
When Pirzada was moderating an event at which the US Secretary of State, [[Hillary Clinton]], met young Pakistani civil society activists and entrepreneurs on 21 October 2011 in Islamabad's Serena Hotel, a student elicited laughter by branding the American government as the 'mother-in-law of all Pakistanis'.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S a never satisfied "mother-in-law" Hillary Clinton told by Pak woman |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM0o9N7LM3E |accessdate=2011-10-21 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=Declan |date=2011-10-21 |title=Hillary Clinton visits Pakistan to urge action against Taliban militants |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/21/hilary-clinton-pakistan-taliban |accessdate=2011-10-21}}</ref> Pirzada had also moderated Clinton's first controversial appearance with TV anchors in October 2009, when she remarked that if Pakistanis did not want the Kerry Lugar Bill's aid then they should boldly reject it.<ref>{{cite news |date=2010-07-18 |title=Clinton raises pressure on Pakistan to fight militants |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10679383 |access-date=2011-07-18}}</ref>
=== Academia & Writings ===
He has been invited to talk to students and faculty at [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Georgetown University|Georgetown]], [[George Washington University|George Washington]], [[Columbia University|Columbia]], [[University of Florida]] in the [[United States|US]]. And top institutions in [[Pakistan]] like [https://lums.edu.pk/ LUMS], [[NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science|NUST]], [[FAST]], SDPI,<ref>{{Cite web |title=sustainable development policy |url=https://sdpi.org/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=sdpi.org}}</ref> Jinnah Institute,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jinnah Institute |url=https://jinnah-institute.org/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Foreign Service Academy|Foreign Services Academy]], [[Civil Services Academy]], [[National School of Public Policy]], [[Forman Christian College|Forman Christian College University]] and other institutions across the country.
He has also been a “Distinguished Visiting Faculty Member” with [[National Defence University, Pakistan|National Defense University (NDU), Pakistan.]] He has attended national and international conferences, seminars and policy workshops and has been a member of the Prime Ministerial Education Task Force<ref>{{cite web |title=Education Task Force-British Council |url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/files/documents/pakistan-Next-Generation-Report-Part-01.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128051359/http://www.britishcouncil.org/files/documents/pakistan-Next-Generation-Report-Part-01.pdf |archive-date=28 November 2009 |accessdate=2010-11-09}}</ref> that collaborated with the British Council to produce the Next Generation Report.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Next Generation Report-British Council |url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/pakistan-active-citizens-next-generation-report.htm |accessdate=2010-11-09}}</ref>
He has contributed policy papers to the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) and also written several policy pieces for Pique Magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=WTO: The Challenge Ahead |url=http://www.ipripak.org/journal/summer2002/wto.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317105915/http://www.ipripak.org/journal/summer2002/wto.shtml |archive-date=17 March 2012 |accessdate=2002-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kashmir: Indian Strategic Initiative Since 9/11-IPRI |url=http://www.ipripak.org/journal/winter2003/kashmirindian.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525110758/http://www.ipripak.org/journal/winter2003/kashmirindian.shtml |archive-date=25 May 2010 |accessdate=2010-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Erdogan's Turkey |url=http://sochtapakistan.com/erdogans-turkey-hope-for-the-politics-of-muslim-world/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140219042105/http://sochtapakistan.com/erdogans-turkey-hope-for-the-politics-of-muslim-world/ |archive-date=19 February 2014 |accessdate=2013-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan and Obama |url=http://sochtapakistan.com/pakistan-obama-a-journey-of-love-hate-and-realism/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140219042105/http://sochtapakistan.com/pakistan-obama-a-journey-of-love-hate-and-realism/ |archive-date=19 February 2014 |accessdate=2012-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Will Supreme Court able to Save Media |url=http://sochtapakistan.com/will-supreme-court-be-able-to-save-media-from-itself/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225013254/http://sochtapakistan.com/will-supreme-court-be-able-to-save-media-from-itself/ |archive-date=25 February 2014 |accessdate=2012-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Case Against Drone Strikes |url=http://sochtapakistan.com/the-case-against-drone-strikes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140219042118/http://sochtapakistan.com/the-case-against-drone-strikes/ |archive-date=19 February 2014 |accessdate=2012-07-18}}</ref> He acted as an Executive Director of Governance and Policy Advisors (GAPA),<ref>{{cite web |title=GAPA |url=http://gapa.com.pk |accessdate=2013-06-12}}</ref> which provides consultancy services to government institutions, development organizations and corporate bodies on issues related to media, governance, health policy and regional peace.<ref>{{cite web |title=Program with Media |url=http://gapa.com.pk/can-the-media-ask-difficult-questions-sat-3rd-nov-2012-islamabad |accessdate=2013-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Program with Media 2 |url=http://gapa.com.pk/pre-election-dialogue-with-the-media-political-parties-nov-27th-2012-karachi/ |accessdate=2013-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Program on Governance |url=http://gapa.com.pk/peace-building-in-pakistan-conflict-challenges-lessons-learned-and-opportunities-for-collaboration-knowledge-seminar-tuesday-1-october-serena-hotel-islamabad |accessdate=2013-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Punjab Government |url=http://gapa.com.pk/punjab-governments-experience-on-public-health-issues-roundtable-with-pakistan-muslim-league-pmln-friday-1st-march-2013/ |accessdate=2013-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FES |url=http://gapa.com.pk/pakistan-launch-of-joint-declaration/ |accessdate=2014-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FES 2 |url=http://gapa.com.pk/regional-peace-and-stability-in-afghanistan/ |accessdate=2014-02-18}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://moeedpirzada.pk Dr. Moeed Pirzada's official Website]
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