Month: December 2019
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2020 – WILL IK SHED HIS SHACKLES?
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It is the wedding season in Lahore bringing multiple invites. The cold and fog lends coziness to the atmosphere. A word of caution before you accept, driving in fog/smog combined with long distances is a lethal, time consuming combo. Lahore now is an urban sprawl; fertile agricultural lands that supplied…
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WHO IS THE TRAITOR?
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It’s in the air, Lahore does it to you. It does not matter wherever you are from, after how long you return to Lahore, the moment you land, you go care free. Your system stops taking stress, you join the Lahoris in their merry ways. Whatever will happen shall happen,…
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DECENCY BUTCHERED
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Announcement was made over the intercom that the plane was about to land. Despite nearly four decades of international travel, landing in Lahore gives a flutter of excitement unmatched anywhere else. There is a feeling of belonging, a sense of owner ship. Too many memories and associations. However the Lahore…
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Demise of Morality
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I grew up in the sixties in Abbottabad, a pretty and peaceful town nestled amongst pine trees in the foothills of Kashmir. It was named after Major James Abbott. A garrison city, Abbottabad was home to Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) and many Army units. My alma mater Burn Hall School…