IMRAN KHAN MAY BE DOWN – HE’S NOT OUT
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Calling the present Government “imported regime” is a misnomer. They should be called a “criminal enterprise” or a “crime…
ARSHAD SHARIF – FREE SPEECH GUILLOTINED
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Kenya is a beautiful country. I planned many times to visit;it just did not happen. It has scenic coastline,…
STOP PRETENDING AND FACE REALITY
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I have to pause my nostalgic journey about youthful days due to the levels of hypocrisy and pretenses on…
MEMORIES OF FRIENDS – A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD Part 2.
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Punjab University New Campus of late sixties and early seventies was serene, clean and refreshing. It was designed by…
MEMORIES OF FRIENDS – A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD Part 1.
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Memories of friends are a double edged sword. They strengthen you; yet torment when remembering those no longer with…
BACKROOM DEALS – WELCOME TO OLD PAKISTAN
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Most people thrive in sharing positive stories about themselves. A wise friend, senior to me, once advised that acknowledging…
AMATEUR IMAGE BUILDING CAUSES EMBARRASSMENT
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Besharam de pith tey bota agua, kanda bhlaa hoya chawain bethan gay.” Translates “a tree grew on the back…
SEVERE HEADWINDS FOR PAKISTAN
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Gidr de maut aaway te shehr wal dorda aay.” “When it’stime for a jackal to die, it runs towards…
Focus on floods, inflation not IK
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It appears the whole PDM leadership is fixated on how to technically knock out Imran Khan from the political…
FLOODS, FIRES, FAMINE-DISASTERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Pakistan is going through intensely traumatic times. Floods and rain has inundated half the country. Vast swaths of rural…