SECULARISM IN FULL RETREAT
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The first time I landed in Bombay, now Mumbai, was mid eighties. It was in the evening as the…
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SAVE THE EARTH-DAVOS THEME 2020
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Davos, Switzerland is where the rich, powerful and famous come together and rub shoulders with each other every year…
2020 – WILL IK SHED HIS SHACKLES?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It is the wedding season in Lahore bringing multiple invites. The cold and fog lends coziness to the atmosphere….
WHO IS THE TRAITOR?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It’s in the air, Lahore does it to you. It does not matter wherever you are from, after how…
DECENCY BUTCHERED
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Announcement was made over the intercom that the plane was about to land. Despite nearly four decades of international…
GOVERNANCE ON TRIAL
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan In my last post I had written about the “Great Escape” of Nawaz Sharif. I had commented about the…
BILLION TO BOND
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan There is huge circus going on in Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif is suffering from some serious ailments. It led to…
MAULANA UNCHAINED
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Maulana Fazal Ur Rehman is roaring. Echoes are reverberating around the country. His march on Islamabad has eaten up…
PM UNDER SIEGE?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Things are not going well within the power structure in Pakistan. It seems Prime Minister Imran Khan is not…
CLOUDS OF WAR
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I sustained a minor injury from which I am recovering well, but under doctor’s advice I had to avoid…