Month: June 2020
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RAID ON UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan OPEN LETTER TO CHIEF MINSTER USMAN BUZDAR Greetings, but on second thought greetings for what? What have you achieved in nearly two years into your term as the Chief Executive? You head the largest province of Pakistan. I would love to be educated about steps you have taken towards “Tabdeeli”.…
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HEAT IN THE HIMALAYAS
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Temperatures are rising in one of the coldest parts of the world. Dispute between India and China took an ugly turn last Monday in Gulwan Valley on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh’s border. No bullets were fired. Indian and Chinese troops confronted each other with sticks, rocks…
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WINDS OF CHANGE IN USA – Part 2 of 2
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Late fall 2019 my daughter, Sana, a medical student had a test in Philadelphia and the next day she started a month’s course in a Brooklyn hospital. My son, Faisal and I decided to drive her over as moving airport to airport, lugging a huge bag on short flights is…
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THE CURSE OF RACISM- Part 1 of 2.
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The color of the skin is determined by the pigmentation just underneath it. More pigmentation means darker complexion. Hence the analogy “color is only skin deep”. Yet color determines race. Racism is one of the three leading causes of conflicts and wars in human history. Other two being religion and…