PREDICTIONS FAIL AS AFGHANS COME INTO THEIR OWN
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan September 6th was celebrated as the “Day of the Martyrs”, offering the ultimate sacrifice for the Motherland is a…
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COVID will lead to a New World Order
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The wide-bodied Boeing 787 nicknamed “Dreamliner” entered Toronto airspace and circled down to land. There was no line up…
Negative Drift Towards Alienating Minorities
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I grew up in the days of cowboy movies and comics. Invariably the non-conformist hero would stand up for…
WILL US ELECTIONS IMPACT PAKISTANIS?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Lebron James is a legend in Basketball. He has dominated this extremely popular sport in North America for 16…
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…
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…
NEW WORLD ORDER
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The main arterial road in Tehran is named after the renowned Persian poet Firdowsi. The author of “Shanameh”, one…
HEAT IN THE HIMALAYAS
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Temperatures are rising in one of the coldest parts of the world. Dispute between India and China took an…
IS CHINA FLEXING ITS MUSCLES?
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan “Wake a tiger with a long stick” is a quote from Chinese leader Mao Zedong, father of the Chinese…