Month: June 2022
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MEMORIES OF REAL PAKISTAN – WHAT HAPPENED?
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Yakay Wali” starring the top heroine of her times,Musarrat Nazir was a blockbuster of its times. Released in 1957, it broke all records of popularity, running for 50 weeks in one cinema. Producer Bari Malik raked in tons of money enabling him to buy a film studio named Bari Studios.…
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ECONOMIC MELTDOWN IMMINENT. WHO CAN DENY IT?
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan There is a saying in Punjabi “ek boti laye bakra mar ditta”. It translates “killing a whole sheep to eat one piece of meat.” That is exactly what happened in Pakistan. Sharifs and Zardari wanted to end accountability. PM Shahbaz Sharif and CM Hamza were on the verge of indictment…
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SOCIAL MEDIA VERSUS DOCTORED MEDIA
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Iqbal alias Bala was a hardened criminal reputed to be a top “rasageer”, acronym for a cattle thief, around Lyallpur. My uncle Dr. Abdul Majeed Khan, a veterinarian, was a dedicated cattle breeder. He went to great lengths to assemble his flock of milking buffaloes. A big burly gentleman, it…
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CONSIPARACY RUNS DEEP; PTI MUST EVALUATE OPTIONS
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan 23rd March 1973 I participated in a joint opposition’s jalsa organized in Liaqat Bagh, Rawalpindi. It was meant to be an event wherein parties opposed to Bhutto’s rule gathered to express their positions. That was not how Bhutto regime viewed it. They decided to teach their opponents a lesson. The…