Raoof Hasan

14 POSTS
The writer is a former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information.

The Burden of Telling the Truth

Here I discharge my burden of telling the truth: if some bloated egos are more important than the state, there would be no remedy

Gazing Down the Precipice

In spite of palpable loss of hope, one does not want to give in

Reshaping Pakistan

The days immediately after independence may not have been ideal for strengthening the roots of democracy, what befell the country in the subsequent decades has been harrowing

A Cauldron Difficult to Extinguish

Do you hear the tumult of death afar,The call midst the fire-floods and poisonous clouds?The Captain’s call to the steersman to turn the ship...

An Endless Stream of Twinkling Stars

Some say that the die is cast. The treachery is sealed. Some say that a dream has been sculled. But dreams never die. Each one will hold the light for the next. The path to salvation will be lit with an endless stream of twinkling stars which shall never fade away. Having seen the face of a proud, self-respecting and dignified Pakistan, it is the people of the country who shall decide which way to take it further

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