Pakistanis slam ‘clown’ Moeed Pirzada for belittling Bilawal against Indian MP, projecting Indian narrative on cross-border clashes

Journalist and YouTuber Moeed Pirzada has been slammed for drawing an ill-conceived comparison between Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Indian Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor after both leaders were appointed to lead their respective delegations to the international community on the recent Pakistan-India clashes.

Senior Congress leader Tharoor has been appointed to lead one of the seven all-party delegations tasked with briefing key foreign governments on the recent conflict whereas PPP chief Bilawal has been appointed by Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif to lead a high-level delegation for presenting “Pakistan’s case for peace” against Indian aggression.

In a vlog on his YouTube channel on Sunday, Pirzada calling Tharoor a “self-made man” and referred to Bilawal as someone “born with a silver spoon”, adding that that the PPP chief “did not have the ability and experience of Tharoor”.

He further said that the Indian MP had interacted with media from abroad and had a lot of experience in the field while Bilawal, on the other hand, had “not struggled at all and was in politics because of his family”.

While Tharoor shared the clip on his X account with the “thanks” emoji, Pakistani internet users have not shied away from calling the YouTuber out for his baseless rationale.

“Is this hatred for Bilawal or love for Shashi Tharoor? Moeed Pirzada once again steps into the field for the Indian audience,” wrote one user on Pirzada’s clip drawing comparisons between the PPP chief and Indian National Congress leader.

Another opined that Pirzada and disgraced self-proclaimed defence analyst Adil Raja had done more for India than all of Godi media – term used to describe media houses allegedly controlled by Indian premier Narendra Modi’s government.

“When clowns wear press badges, don’t expect news; expect a circus,” wrote a third user.

“@BBhuttoZardari absolutely does have the ability. And experience comes along the way. Pakistanis have full faith in him being the right choice for this task,” said another user.

This, however, wasn’t the first time Pirzada provided Indians with sufficient ammunition to use as an information war continues following military clashes between the countries. Earlier, he also called Indian airstrikes on Pakistani airstrips “accurate”, and claimed that had New Delhi continued targeting Pakistan Air Force (PAF) bases for the next 48 hours, “the country would have very few runways left for landing its fighter jets”.

“It was a huge crisis for Pakistan. [United States] President Donald Trump bailed Pakistan out but you [Pakistan] cannot use the US further or play the nuclear card anymore,” he said.

The clip was also shared by Indians, prominently by journalist Barkha Dutt on her X account, describing Pirzada’s claim as “plain truth”.

“Finally, a Pakistani voice speaking the plain truth, ‘Another 48 hours & the Pakistan Air Force would have been crippled’- @MoeedNj on Operation Sindoor & why Pakistan had to implore for a ceasefire. Breaking,” she wrote.

However, it also drew strong reactions from Pakistani netizens.

“Who said he is a Pakistani voice. You joking right?” commented one user.

“He has been involved in treason against Pakistan. There are other important senior and world-class journalists in Pakistan like Hamid Mir and others. Have the courage to call them!” said another.

A third user wrote that Pirzada was “not a Pakistani and instead an American citizen”.

“He is a traitor who fled Pakistan so whatever nonsense he talks about, it has nothing to do with Pakistan. Your media is the same man,” they added.

“Barkha don’t embrace yourself by projecting these touts... [sic] he is a criminal...,” wrote another, mentioning the time when Pirzada was arrested for allegedly forging property documents.