POSITIONS WITHOUT RATIONALE ARE UNSUSTAINABLE
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Lahore is a city of extreme contrasts. Those living in “jhuggis”, temporary tents, scrape a living by rummaging through…
MEMORIES DON’T WIPE LIKE BLACKBOARDS
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Miss Minto was our math teacher in Burn Hall, Abottabad. She had a severe, no nonsense demeanor that kept…
WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE STRONGER THAN NATION
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The top story these days on American media is the indictment of President Trump on federal criminal charges. It…
NUMBERS DON’T LIE, ECONOMY IS SUNK
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Kukar toon ganday tay agaye han” answered Ashraf, an experienced mason now out of work in once booming construction…
THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Hans Christian Anderson, a Danish author wrote scores of fairy tales impacting generations. I remember reading them as a…
GUT CLEANSING IS A MUST FOR GOOD HEALTH
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan In the early days of PTI, Akmal Mirza was President Rawalpindi. He was a committed and experienced political activist,…
CRUELTY TOWARDS WOMEN IS A NATIONAL TRAGEDY
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I was not even a teenager when I learnt one of the most important lessons in life. It became…
RED LINE BREACHED ALL AROUND
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Folks let us keep it simple; it is bullet versus ballot. The barbaric commando style action to kidnap Imran…
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE CONTINUES TO REIGN
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The Chaudhries of Gujrat have been prominent in politics for three generations. I have known all three of them….
WHY IS IMRAN KHAN NOT ACCEPTABLE
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I have vivid memories of PTI’s founding event at Holiday Inn, Lahore in April 1996. My late friend Ahsan…