THE INDESTRUCTIBLE SPIRIT OF AFGHANS
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan A quiet storm is brewing in our front yard that will impact the future configuration of the entire region….
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WITH SO MANY WOUNDS WHERE TO APPLY THE BALM
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Writing at times can be a curse. You have to think, feel and be sensitized to your surroundings. At…
PAKISTAN HAS CHALLENGES BEYOND POLITICS
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan During my university days in the late sixties and early seventies politics was reentering our civil discourse. After…
PDM IMPLOSION IS A NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan December 2020 was a tumultuous month in Pakistani politics. It started with thunder, threatening a severe storm but ended…
SAUDI BLOWBACK LEADS TO CHANGE OF GUARD
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Rub al Khali, the Empty Quarter covers a third of the Arabian Peninsula. It hugs the belly of Saudi…
PAK US RELATIONS IN BIDEN ERA
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I remember playing weekend cricket in Abbottabad as a kid. One of our playmates used to walk off with…
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…
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…
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…