STALLED ACCOUNTABILITY INVIGORATES PML-N
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan In the sixties, during my youthful days while vacationing in Lyallpur, a rustic environment, there were few enjoyable distractions….
NASTY ONSLAUGHT ON JUDICIARY- WHO IS NEXT?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The poison well seems to be without a bottom. It continues to spew regularly keeping the political discourse vitriolic….
LEGISLATIVE WIN FOR PTI-TIME TO LOWER TEMPERATURES
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was high drama in the Parliament. The Government had a hefty agenda to pass all the pending Bills…
PAKISTANI POLITICS – A ROLLER COASTER RIDE
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Our generation has seen more changes than any that preceded us. We have transitioned from steam engines to supersonic…
YOU WANT CHANGE? ALLOW OVERSEAS PAKISTANIS TO VOTE. Part II
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It is fulfilling for a writer when the readers respond overwhelmingly. Thank you everyone. Allowing Overseas Pakistanis (OPs) the…
YOU WANT CHANGE? ALLOW OVERSEAS PAKISTANIS TO VOTE. Part 1
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Sometimes a thought keeps percolating in your mind; you want to do something about it but other things crop…
HOW WILL PM IK PLAY ON THE BACK FOOT?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It is cricketing season so it is inevitable that this game’s analogies come to mind. The events unfolding on…
A Q KHAN: WHY CAN’T WE RESPECT OUR HEROES?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan We live in the moment as a nation. Be it a national debacle like the loss of East Pakistan,…
PANDORA PAPERS: FURTHER PROOF OF ELITE CAPTURE
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Pandora Papers are a reality check. Really and truly the political divide is a façade. There are the takers…
PTI’s BIGGEST POLITICAL FOE IS FOOD INFLATION
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I was talking to Barkat Bibi. She goes around different households to cook food on a contract basis. Formerly…