HASTY DECISIONS TO PROTECT SACRED COWS
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan If it was not so tragic, one would have a good laugh at the stupidity of the decisions being…
BLATANT PARTISANSHIP IN FULL SWING
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “How do you get the right to decide who can or cannot rule Pakistan?” would have been my question…
UNFORTUNATE MUZZLING OF POPULAR WILL
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Since April 2022, there is only one way to describe Pakistan; hostile. Tensions and fears have taken root in…
MERGER OF CORRUPTION AND EGOS
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Chor tey kutti ral gai tey pind da ke banay ga?” a Punjabi saying that translates “when a thief…
POSITIVE OPTIONS DWINDLE EACH DAY
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Maula Jat and his nemeses Noori Nat are fictional characters in Punjabi folklore glamorized through films spanning decades. Their…
WILL PUSHING AND SHOVING GIVE DESIRED RESULTS
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Ruthless pursuit of a goal for greater good is commendable. However, ruthlessness in achieving selfish goals by destroying all…
ELECTORAL PROCESS TURNING INTO A FARCE
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Halaku (Hulagu) Khan was a Mongol ruler who conquered most of Western Asia, laying basis for the Persian Empire…
CAMPAIGN BLINDFOLDED, ARMS ANDLEGS IN SHACKLES
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Pakistan is in turmoil last witnessed in 1971. 16thDecember is the 52nd anniversary of surrender by Pak Army in…
AN IMPOSTER’S PREPOSTEROUS CLAIMS
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan A tweet from Shireen Mazari has gone viral on social media. I will repeat it for those who have…
HOW LOW CAN ONE GO IN THIS PIT OF DEPRAVITY
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan With winter creeping in and onset of snow flurries both Rakhshanda and I miss our annual jaunt of escaping…