POWER BLOCS FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Those of us who have been around long enough would recollect the hijacking of an Indian aircraft “Ganga” in…
WILL CANADA VEER RIGHT DESPITE PITFALLS?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Elections in Canada can be boring when compared to the razzmatazz of a Pakistani campaign. The Canadian election writ…
PREDICTIONS FAIL AS AFGHANS COME INTO THEIR OWN
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan September 6th was celebrated as the “Day of the Martyrs”, offering the ultimate sacrifice for the Motherland is a…
TALIBAN NEED TO APPLY BALM TO BRUISED EGOS
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan NATO forces landed in Afghanistan as “deliverers”; twenty years later they ended up being the occupiers. How did this…
RUFFIANS AND FRAUDSTERS IN A TOOTHLESS STATE
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Desi drama serials are an integral part of our lives in the sub continent, especially amongst women. I have…
TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN. WHAT’S NEXT?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Author’s Note: I want to thank my readers and friends for their encouragement. It is an elixir that pushes…
SERIOUS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THREATS LOOMING
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was August 2002 when I last visited Kabul. I was accompanied by Niaz Ali Shah, a scion of…
FIRES ACROSS CONTINENTS- GLOBAL WARMING IS HERE
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It is time to wake up. We are facing the biggest threat ever to mankind – Global warming is…
PML(N) PARLIAMENTARIANS NEED TO WAKE UP
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is an English classic novel written by R. L. Stevenson in 1886, a must…
THREATS TO PAK- CHINA SOLIDARITY
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The Chinese engineers got ready for work as usual on Dasu Dam. Nine of them would never return. Tragic….