STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Dushman maray te Khushi na kariye, sajnaa ve mar jaanaa” translates “do not rejoice death of an enemy, our dear ones will also pass away.” These are profound lyrics of Punjabi Sufi poet Mian Mohammad…

STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan We all live our lives with the face we are born with. It’s a fact of life you cannot argue with. At times one succeeds in concealing shortcomings or enhance some features, temporarily through make-up…

STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan While talking to my buddy Hassan Nisar along with Afzal Ghauri we went on a nostalgic binge recapping our 60 years of friendship. Revisiting our memories of yesteryears when we met up in 1965 upon…

STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France. An Austrian princess, she married into French royalty. Her husband, King Louis XVI’s degenerative acts were the final straw triggering the French Revolution. Marie got married at…

STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Anyone who has witnessed PMA Kakul passing out parades would bear me out that it is an awesome experience. The uniformity of movements, the emotions generated by music in the background and the glamor of…

STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Masi Barkate”, Aunt Barkate was a permanent fixture in our ancestral “dera” in Lyallpur. She was widowed at a young age with no offsprings and was woven into our joint family structure. She ran the…

STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan We are a nation of 250 million living in a state of anxiety. Every day, survival is a challenge for an overwhelming majority. Spiraling inflation, constant fear of the midnight door knock, lack of hope…

STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Washington is a city of traffic lights; I hate this stop and start” said the young man, nicknamed Junior, while drivingme to the November 26th massacre Congressional Briefing. He had a point; the density of…

STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Washington is abuzz with anticipation for the upcoming Congressional briefing on the massacre of November 26th2024. These days I am in US and had an opportunity to interact with this brave lot leading the charge.…

STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Flying saucers are imaginary objects in futuristic spacefictions. One has been launched by our shifty Prime Minister in Pakistan naming it “Uraan Pakistan” translates “Take-off and flight of Pakistan”. We saw the same rodeo a while back when General Asim and PM Sharif launched “SIFC Pakistan” a platform with much fanfare.…