SERIOUS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THREATS LOOMING
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was August 2002 when I last visited Kabul. I was accompanied by Niaz Ali Shah, a scion of…
FIRES ACROSS CONTINENTS- GLOBAL WARMING IS HERE
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It is time to wake up. We are facing the biggest threat ever to mankind – Global warming is…
PML(N) PARLIAMENTARIANS NEED TO WAKE UP
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is an English classic novel written by R. L. Stevenson in 1886, a must…
THREATS TO PAK- CHINA SOLIDARITY
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The Chinese engineers got ready for work as usual on Dasu Dam. Nine of them would never return. Tragic….
Navigating Hate and Viciousness in Politics
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It has been a very eventful summer in the region. A lot has been written and said about departure…
SELF RESPECT OVER SUBMISSION – PART II
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Writing in English has its benefits and challenges. The audience is limited; however it is quality readers with their…
SELF RESPECT OVER SUBMISSION
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Short cuts have become embedded in our national psyche. Both as individuals and at the national level. We seek…
AFGHANS AT A CROSSROAD
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Afghan Baba migrated from Afghanistan accompanying an estranged cousin of King Zahir Shah. The family had settled in Abbottabad…
PARLIAMENT: A CIRCUS OF INCOMPETENCE
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Winters in Lyallpur, aka Faisalabad, were fun times after the rigors of straitlaced Burn Hall in Abbottabad. Many…
THE CURSE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was a beautiful summer day last Sunday in London, Ontario. Syed Salman Afzaal, his Mom Talaat Kidwai, wife…