Raoof Hasan

Candid Corner One morphing into the other, leaving behind trails of devastation “Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerising video displays, let

Candid Corner Looking for gold among heaps of sand, pebbles and dross “It is hard to know what other way men can come to truth, to lay hold of it, if they do not dig and

Candid Corner The sound of freedom resonates through the Valley “I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand sl

Candid Corner Let’s get our freedom back – and the option to choose our friends “Just like moons and like suns,With the certainty of tides,Just like hopes spr

Candid Corner Opening the floodgates of violence “Ah! Well-a-day! What evil looksHad I from old and young!Instead of the cross, the AlbatrossAbout my neck was

Candid Corner At this stage, a thin line separates peace from further destabilisation There are as many theories about the endgame in Afghanistan as the number of people on

Candid Corner The country needs to turn a new leaf  “Who will be sheriff in a town littered with meatwhere the watchman is a vulture?Mouse in the boat, c

Candid Corner Time to build an equitable and sustainable relationship As Prime Minister Imran Khan embarks on his maiden visit to the US, one’s mind races through a numbe

Candid Corner Stimulating bait, but a damning prospect There has been a flurry of activity relating to Afghanistan of late. While it is always heartening to see that effort

Candid Corner With the opposition licking its wounds, the challenges remain “In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their

Candid Corner The absolute pain of witnessing the decline of a once mighty dynasty “Let the clarion call go forth to the mightyTo stand sentinel to the measure of the

Candid Corner A life-threatening scourge that needs multi-faceted remedy “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time, the