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…
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LOVE FLIES OUT THE WINDOW ON AN EMPTY STOMACH
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan The high stakes battle for senate control concluded last night. It was like watching the final episode of an…
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…
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…
THE SOCIAL DEBACLE WE FACE
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan Growing up in Abbottabad, each year we would spend our winter holidays with my grandfather in Lahore or Lyallpur…
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…
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 2
bySTRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was approaching dusk when we reached the Mujahid camp in Attock. Our hosts had arranged a tour of…
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…