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STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan In the sixties, during my youthful days while vacationing in Lyallpur, a rustic environment, there were few enjoyable distractions. “Madaris” used to be one of them. It was a mix of entertainment, jugglery and some…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…