Hafeez Khan

Most people thrive on sharing positive stories about themselves. A wise friend, senior to me, once advised that acknowledging a deprecating incident keeps you humble and grounded. It has served me well over the years. An aunt, who was very close to my mother, visited us in Islamabad in the early nineties. She was a […]

“Besharam de pith tey bota agua, kanda bhlaa hoya chawain bethan gay.” A tree grew on the back of a shameless guy, he said great I will sit in shade. Surrounded by nastiness and unrelenting greed; this is how you describe the prevalent situation. Political issues cannot be resolved by administrative crackdowns. Many dictators have […]

“Gidr de maut aaway te shehr wal dorda aay.” (When it’s time for a jackal to die, it runs towards the city) With a Punjabi background, it is easy to pick folklore that conveys it all in a few words. That is what is happening to our nation these days. Short-sighted rulers, who weaseled their […]

It appears the whole PDM leadership is fixated on how to technically knock out Imran Khan from the political arena. This obsession arises from their realization that they cannot face him in a free and fair election. This is cemented regularly by the huge crowds that gather on their own to listen to Khan. Their […]

Pakistan is going through intensely traumatic times. Floods and rain have inundated half the country. Vast swaths of rural and urban spaces have been devastated. Millions of acres of standing crops and animals have been washed away. Homes, roads, and bridges have been destroyed. Thousands of lives have been lost. Millions stand disrupted. It will […]

Habibullah Kalkani, better known as “Bachai Saqao,” which means a water carrier, ruled Afghanistan from January to October, 1929. He forced King Amanullah to abdicate. He was thrown out by Nadir Shah Kalkani, of Tajik origins, who came from a humble background, earning his livelihood distributing water in buffalo skin bags. Driven to break the […]

Punjabi is a flamboyant language. Its one-liners convey more than a thousand words. The present situation brings to mind “chor uchka Chaudhry tey gundee Run bardhan.” It translates “when the head of a clan is a rogue and a thief, his gangster counterpart reigns supreme.” I don’t need to indentify the head clansman or his […]

I used to farm in Kasur till I moved to Canada. In the early nineties, rural areas had limited TV access. To while away evenings, we would invariably congregate at “deras” of local landowners. Conversations would touch upon various topics, including local issues. It included stories about dealing with “mozairas”, farm workers, and falling out […]

ECP’s findings about the PTI doing “prohibited fundraising” have thrown a kitchen sink full of falsehoods at the PTI. The PTI team has to go into overdrive to identify persons and companies wrongly named and debunk these assertions. PDM’s rejoicing is premature. Will it stand scrutiny by the Supreme Court? ECP exceeded its mandate and […]

All the crap uttered in the last few days by the PDM against the Superior Judiciary was disgusting. This was backed by a well-orchestrated social media campaign that was filthy and revolting. Their script and its formatting were similar to that seen in Godfather films when the Sicilian Mafia attempts to discredit judges hearing their […]