MEMORIES OF FRIENDS – A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD Part 2.
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Punjab University New Campus of late sixties and early seventies was serene, clean and refreshing. It was designed by…
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MEMORIES OF FRIENDS – A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD Part 1.
bySTRAIGHT 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
bySTRAIGHT 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
bySTRAIGHT 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
bySTRAIGHT 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
bySTRAIGHT 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
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Pakistan is going through intensely traumatic times. Floods and rain has inundated half the country. Vast swaths of rural…
DO NOT COMMIT THE ULITMATE BLUNDER MR. POWERFUL
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Habibullah Kalkani better known as “Bachai Saqao”, which means a water carrier, ruled Afghanistan from January 17th to October…
IMRAN KHAN HAS TIME PAKISTAN DOES NOT
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Punjabi is a flamboyant language. Its one-liners convey more than a thousand words. The present situation bringsto mind “chor…
THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND FAKE CASES INDICATE A DEFEATIST MINDSET
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I used to farm in Kasur till I moved to Canada. In the earlynineties rural areas had limited TV…