Month: July 2023

  • WHERE WHITE IS BLACK AND BLACK IS WHITE

    WHERE WHITE IS BLACK AND BLACK IS WHITE

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    Hafeez Khan
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    STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was during 1971 India Pakistan war. Hostilities were in full swing in East Pakistan and air war had started on the Western front. I was living in Punjab University, New Campus; at that time and was President of Students Union. Trenches were dug around hostels to provide protection from…

  • FREEDOM IS NOT ACHIEVED BY SITTING AT HOME

    FREEDOM IS NOT ACHIEVED BY SITTING AT HOME

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    Hafeez Khan
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    STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Our physical training (PT) instructor in Burn Hall was a retired “Subedar”; equivalent of an Army Sergeant. All students in Senior School were split in two Houses, St Michael and St Gabriel. Each had their own instructor. I was part of St Michael. Our Subedar Sir was a tall, ram-rod…

  • GLOBAL REALIGNMENT IMPACTS PAKISTAN

    GLOBAL REALIGNMENT IMPACTS PAKISTAN

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    Hafeez Khan
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    STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Sixties and seventies was the golden era of Pakistani andPunjabi film industry. There are commonalities between blockbusters in those days and what is happening on our political horizon. “Phaney Khan” was one of them,depicting a Lahori bad boy who would intimidate others by waving a “kachu”, a large knife. He…

  • POSITIONS WITHOUT RATIONALE ARE UNSUSTAINABLE

    POSITIONS WITHOUT RATIONALE ARE UNSUSTAINABLE

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    Hafeez Khan
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    STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Lahore is a city of extreme contrasts. Those living in “jhuggis”, temporary tents, scrape a living by rummaging through garbage, begging, petty thefts and low paying jobs. Their biggest challenge is the next meal. Then we have the wealthy bursting at seams, desperate to display their lavish lifestyles. The dwindling…