Category: Articles
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NASTY ONSLAUGHT ON JUDICIARY- WHO IS NEXT?
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The poison well seems to be without a bottom. It continues to spew regularly keeping the political discourse vitriolic. Rumors always play a role in politics; however rarely have these twisted minds been so corrosive to any institution that dares to cross their path. This huge aberration of lies continues…
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LEGISLATIVE WIN FOR PTI-TIME TO LOWER TEMPERATURES
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was high drama in the Parliament. The Government had a hefty agenda to pass all the pending Bills choked or obstructed in Senate. The Combined Opposition was all set to prevent this from happening. Their aggression and bluster exuded confidence that they will not only defeat the Bills; they…
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PAKISTANI POLITICS – A ROLLER COASTER RIDE
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Our generation has seen more changes than any that preceded us. We have transitioned from steam engines to supersonic jets in a life time. During our exuberant youthful days the height of enjoyment was a merry-go-round or “jhulla” all propelled by human hands. Those care free days have been replaced…
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YOU WANT CHANGE? ALLOW OVERSEAS PAKISTANIS TO VOTE. Part II
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It is fulfilling for a writer when the readers respond overwhelmingly. Thank you everyone. Allowing Overseas Pakistanis (OPs) the right to vote is a passionate issue for many. It has been a long time coming and next few months are crucial. After passage from National Assembly this Bill was to…
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YOU WANT CHANGE? ALLOW OVERSEAS PAKISTANIS TO VOTE. Part 1
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Sometimes a thought keeps percolating in your mind; you want to do something about it but other things crop up and it gets ignored. That has happened to me in the case of Overseas Pakistani voting rights. It all changed recently when I attended an event organized by Pakistan Overseas…
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HOW WILL PM IK PLAY ON THE BACK FOOT?
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It is cricketing season so it is inevitable that this game’s analogies come to mind. The events unfolding on our national scene do not bode well for the continuation of a stable Government. The opposition is jubilant, bureaucracy is paralyzed, TV anchors are having a field day and the nation…
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A Q KHAN: WHY CAN’T WE RESPECT OUR HEROES?
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan We live in the moment as a nation. Be it a national debacle like the loss of East Pakistan, or a glorious event like Pakistan becoming an atomic power. We grieve or rejoice the moment, and then discard it to the dust bin. Few people question this onset of amnesia.…
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PANDORA PAPERS: FURTHER PROOF OF ELITE CAPTURE
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Pandora Papers are a reality check. Really and truly the political divide is a façade. There are the takers and those who get taken every five years. Corruption, money laundering, bribes and loot have no ideology; this common thread runs across party lines. It does not end there. It has…
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PTI’s BIGGEST POLITICAL FOE IS FOOD INFLATION
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I was talking to Barkat Bibi. She goes around different households to cook food on a contract basis. Formerly she was a primary school teacher, raising four kids with her husband, Hanif, who owned a motorcycle repair shop. COVID hit her with a double whammy. She lost her job when…
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POWER BLOCS FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES
STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Those of us who have been around long enough would recollect the hijacking of an Indian aircraft “Ganga” in January 1971. A Fokker Friendship F27; it was one of the oldest plane in Indian Airlines fleet. It was decommissioned due to age and re-inducted days before the hijacking. It was…