WHAT IS FUELLING NAWAZ’S BLUSTER?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Lahore has a unique culture amongst its traditional families in and around the walled city. Blunt and down to…
TRUMP’S LIES TAKE USA TO NEW LOWS
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Fifties and sixties were an era of Hollywood classics dominated by Cowboy movies. The stories revolved around good versus…
FIFTY YEARS OF SPILT AFGHAN BLOOD Part 2
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was approaching dusk when we reached the Mujahid camp in Attock. Our hosts had arranged a tour of…
FIFTY YEARS OF SPILT AFGHAN BLOOD Part 1
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was early 70’s and my friend, late Ajmal Malik, had landed a job with the information department in…
CCPO TRIGGERS IGP CHANGE- BAD OMEN FOR PTI
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Tail wagging the head”. An idiom that befits the present situation. A fifth Inspector General of Police has been…
UAE MATES ISRAEL
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Houbara Bustard (Tilor) was the bird of choice for the Emarati Sheikhs in the seventies. Their new found oil…
KARACHI IN ICU AGAIN
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Karachi is in ICU. It is not the first time; it has suffered multiple ailments before brought on by…
2 YEARS OF PREP AND 3 TO DEPLOY
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Pakistan just completed 73 years of existence. We have been through some good, bad and dreadful times. We learn…
THE EMERGING NEW MUSLIM ORDER
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I moved to Saudi Arabia in 1979. The fruits of oil wealth were beginning to show. Development was happening…
PM IK KEEP AN EYE ON HISTORY
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan My friend Hassan Nisar narrated a very interesting anecdote. During British Raj it was a tradition amongst the notables…