<![CDATA[The Friday Times - Citizens' Voice]]> https://www.thefridaytimes.com/rss/citizens-voice en-US Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:40:21 +0500 <![CDATA[The Friday Times - Citizens' Voice]]> https://www.thefridaytimes.com/rss/citizens-voice https://www.thefridaytimes.com/uploads/theme/logo-1691665104.png <![CDATA[Local Self-Government And Provincial Autonomy: Rethinking Article 140-A In Pakistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Sep-2026/local-self-government-provincial-autonomy-rethinking-article-140-a-pakistan Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:40:21 +0500 <![CDATA[Paper Prison: The Weight Of A Pakistani Passport]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Sep-2026/paper-prison-weight-pakistani-passport Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:34:02 +0500 <![CDATA[From Orientalism To The War On Terror: The West’s ‘Othering’ Of Islam]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/orientalism-war-terror-west-s-othering-islam Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:15:00 +0500 <![CDATA[Punjab’s Heatwave Plan: Saving Lives Before The Mercury Rises]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/punjab-s-heatwave-plan-saving-lives-mercury-rises Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:17:13 +0500 <![CDATA[From Megawatts To Markets: What CPEC’s Next Phase Should Really Build]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/megawatts-markets-cpec-s-next-phase-really-build Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:06:50 +0500 <![CDATA[An Open Letter To The Prime Minister: Pakistan’s Power Crisis And The Fight For Economic Sovereignty]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/open-letter-prime-minister-pakistan-s-power-crisis-fight-economic-sovereignty Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:44:57 +0500 <![CDATA[Devolution, Civil-Service Reform And Redesign Of The State]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Sep-2026/devolution-civil-service-reform-redesign-state Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:00:15 +0500 <![CDATA[Billion-Dollar Power Crisis: Pakistan Would Rather Pay Than Decide]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Sep-2026/billion-dollar-power-crisis-pakistan-rather-pay-decide Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:18:19 +0500 <![CDATA[Where Minority Persecution Begins: Inside Pakistan's Unregulated Madrassas]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Sep-2026/minority-persecution-begins-inside-pakistan-s-unregulated-madrassas Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:24:17 +0500 <![CDATA[Ballots For The People, Power For The Dynasties]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Sep-2026/ballots-people-power-dynasties Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:55:50 +0500 <![CDATA[New Provinces: A Misplaced Governance Debate]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Sep-2026/new-provinces-misplaced-governance-debate Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:56:25 +0500 <![CDATA[The Alignment Deficit: The Illusion Of Sentience And The Price Of Unchecked AI]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Sep-2026/alignment-deficit-illusion-sentience-price-unchecked-ai Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:45:24 +0500 <![CDATA[The Illusion Of Relief Behind Pakistan’s Petrol Discount]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Sep-2026/illusion-relief-behind-pakistan-s-petrol-discount Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:03:11 +0500 <![CDATA[Balochistan’s Prisoner’s Dilemma: Can Game Theory Break An Eight-Decade Conflict?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Sep-2026/balochistan-s-prisoner-s-dilemma-can-game-theory-break-eight-decade-conflict Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:46:18 +0500 <![CDATA[The Grammar Of Division: Why Pakistan Needs Governance, Not New Maps]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Sep-2026/grammar-division-pakistan-needs-governance-new-maps Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:05:33 +0500 <![CDATA[A Map Is Not A Budget: Why Dividing Sindh Won’t Fix Pakistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Sep-2026/map-budget-dividing-sindh-won-t-fix-pakistan Sat, 12 Sep 2026 19:21:26 +0500 <![CDATA[When The Uniform Becomes A Licence To Abuse Power]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Sep-2026/uniform-becomes-licence-abuse-power Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:56:04 +0500 <![CDATA[Corruption: Pakistan’s Unofficial Tax On Citizenship]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Sep-2026/corruption-pakistan-s-unofficial-tax-citizenship Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:49:26 +0500 <![CDATA[The Laws Exist. So Why Are Pakistani Women Still Unsafe?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Sep-2026/laws-exist-pakistani-women-still-unsafe Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:22:59 +0500 <![CDATA[Telecom Expansion Must Not Come At The Cost Of Property Rights]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Sep-2026/telecom-expansion-must-come-cost-property-rights Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:03:19 +0500 <![CDATA[After PIMS: Who Is Responsible For Electrical Safety In Pakistan's Hospitals?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Sep-2026/pims-responsible-electrical-safety-pakistan-s-hospitals Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:51:50 +0500 <![CDATA[Balochistan: How Conflict Fuels Gender-Based Violence And Mental Health Crisis]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Sep-2026/balochistan-conflict-fuels-gender-based-violence-mental-health-crisis Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:33:00 +0500 <![CDATA[Foundations First: Why Artificial Intelligence Cannot Solve Pakistan’s Primary Education Crisis]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Sep-2026/foundations-first-artificial-intelligence-cannot-solve-pakistan-s-primary-education-crisis Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:58:44 +0500 <![CDATA[Is Artificial Intelligence Gaining Consciousness Or Going Rogue?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Sep-2026/artificial-intelligence-gaining-consciousness-going-rogue Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:13:22 +0500 <![CDATA[When Great Powers Act Outside The United Nations]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Sep-2026/great-powers-act-outside-united-nations Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:40:52 +0500 <![CDATA[Part II: Partition, Prosperity And Power: The Making Of Pakistan’s Industrial Economy]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Sep-2026/part-2-partition-prosperity-power-making-pakistan-s-industrial-economy Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:28:53 +0500 <![CDATA[Federalism In Pakistan: From States Accession To The Quest For Administrative Reset]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Sep-2026/federalism-pakistan-states-accession-quest-administrative-reset Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:06:38 +0500 <![CDATA[Beyond The $3 Billion: Why Pakistan’s 10-Year Bond Matters More Than The Money]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Sep-2026/beyond-dollar-3-billion-pakistan-s-10-year-bond-matters-money Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:17:02 +0500 <![CDATA[Pakistan At Age 79: The Uncontested Outcome]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Sep-2026/pakistan-age-79-uncontested-outcome Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:56:16 +0500 <![CDATA[Let Sense And The Constitution Prevail]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Sep-2026/let-sense-constitution-prevail Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:30:59 +0500 <![CDATA[Dividing Sindh: Administrative Need Or Political Battleground?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Sep-2026/dividing-sindh-administrative-need-political-battleground Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:14:43 +0500 <![CDATA[From American Hegemony To A Multiplex Global Order]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Sep-2026/american-hegemony-multiplex-global-order Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:11:32 +0500 <![CDATA[A State Must Unite Before It Can Secure]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Sep-2026/state-must-unite-can-secure Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:20:08 +0500 <![CDATA[Sindh’s Resistance To The Creation Of New Provinces]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Sep-2026/sindh-s-resistance-creation-new-provinces Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:59:23 +0500 <![CDATA[The Poverty Trap: Why Pakistan Needs Economic Transformation, Not Temporary Relief]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Sep-2026/poverty-trap-pakistan-needs-economic-transformation-temporary-relief Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:42:58 +0500 <![CDATA[Parliamentary Sovereignty Vs Local Democracy: Pakistan’s Constitutional Dilemma]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Sep-2026/parliamentary-sovereignty-vs-local-democracy-pakistan-s-constitutional-dilemma Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:47:25 +0500 <![CDATA[Two Courts, Two Views: Who Will Protect Civil Servants’ Families? ]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/two-courts-two-views-will-protect-civil-servants-families Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:13:35 +0500 <![CDATA[The Constitution, The Majority, And The Game of Maps]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/constitution-majority-game-maps Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:01:05 +0500 <![CDATA[We Ate Grass For The Bomb. What Will We Sacrifice For Our People?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/ate-grass-bomb-will-sacrifice-people Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:20:47 +0500 <![CDATA[From Insurgency To Terror: The BLA’s Twenty-Year War On Pakistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/insurgency-terror-bla-s-twenty-year-war-pakistan Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:28:20 +0500 <![CDATA[Mirrors And Smoke: Formative Research And Governance After The PIMS Tragedy]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/mirrors-smoke-formative-research-governance-pims-tragedy Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:27:08 +0500 <![CDATA[When The State Retreats, The Gun Rules: The Crisis Of Lawlessness In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Sep-2026/state-retreats-gun-rules-crisis-lawlessness-khyber-pakhtunkhwa Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:35:42 +0500 <![CDATA[Sindh’s Identity, Punjab’s Dictation: A Misstep That Weakens The Federation?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Sep-2026/sindh-s-identity-punjab-s-dictation-misstep-weakens-federation Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:15:37 +0500 <![CDATA[When Values Meet Reality: The Gap Between What We Preach And Practice]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Sep-2026/values-meet-reality-gap-preach-practice Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:00:31 +0500 <![CDATA[From Colonial Legacy To Elite Privilege: Pakistan’s Bureaucracy Must Remember Whom It Serves]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Sep-2026/colonial-legacy-elite-privilege-pakistan-s-bureaucracy-must-remember-serves Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:34:38 +0500 <![CDATA[Breaking The Game: Imran Khan And Pakistan’s Unraveling Political Equilibrium]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Sep-2026/breaking-game-imran-khan-pakistan-s-unraveling-political-equilibrium Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:56:07 +0500 <![CDATA[The Empty Witness Box: When Silence Becomes A Challenge To Justice]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/empty-witness-box-silence-becomes-challenge-justice Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:54:11 +0500 <![CDATA[The Land Knows More Than We Think: How Data Is Changing The Way Pakistan Farms?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/land-knows-think-data-changing-way-pakistan-farms Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:26:04 +0500 <![CDATA[We Changed The Eleven, Not The Board]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/changed-eleven-board Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:08:58 +0500 <![CDATA[How Many More Names Before We Call It A Crisis?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/many-names-call-crisis Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:48:43 +0500 <![CDATA[The Agony Of Hindutva And Global Silence]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/agony-hindutva-global-silence Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:15:57 +0500 <![CDATA[Nullah Lai: The Flood We Refused To Prevent]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/nullah-lai-flood-refused-prevent Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:55:26 +0500 <![CDATA[How ‘CJP Revolution’ Shook New Delhi And Stirred Islamabad]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/cjp-revolution-shook-new-delhi-stirred-islamabad Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:07:57 +0500 <![CDATA[Lessons From Nepal: The Flood May Move Faster Than The Warning — Is Pakistan Ready?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Sep-2026/lessons-nepal-flood-may-move-faster-warning-pakistan-ready Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:14:08 +0500 <![CDATA[Hydrological Nationalism: How Border Politics Turns Floods Into Disasters]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Sep-2026/hydrological-nationalism-border-politics-turns-floods-disasters Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:49:39 +0500 <![CDATA[When Planning Fails, Floods Follow: The Politics Of Nullah Lai]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Sep-2026/planning-fails-floods-follow-politics-nullah-lai Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:04:50 +0500 <![CDATA[New Provinces Or New Fault Lines?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Sep-2026/new-provinces-new-fault-lines Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:45:32 +0500 <![CDATA[Part I: Partition, Prosperity And Power: The Making Of Pakistan’s Industrial Economy]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Sep-2026/partition-prosperity-power-making-pakistan-s-industrial-economy Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:29:46 +0500 <![CDATA[This Is Neither Cricket Nor Your Cup Of Tea, Mr. Top Honcho!]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Sep-2026/neither-cricket-cup-tea-mr-top-honcho Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:27:47 +0500 <![CDATA[The Arc Of Justice: Why Hope Is A Form of Resistance]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Sep-2026/arc-justice-hope-form-resistance Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:57:38 +0500 <![CDATA[The Burden Of Leaving: How Family Courts Fail Women Seeking Dissolution]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Aug-2026/burden-leaving-family-courts-fail-women-seeking-dissolution Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:25:21 +0500 <![CDATA[Indus River's Bank Erosion And Lives Of Saraiki Native People In Layyah]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Aug-2026/indus-river-s-bank-erosion-lives-saraiki-native-people-layyah Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:59:10 +0500 <![CDATA[Protected Elites, Exploited Poor: How Elite Capture Consumes Pakistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Aug-2026/protected-elites-exploited-poor-elite-capture-consumes-pakistan Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:40:31 +0500 <![CDATA[Why Pakistan’s Bureaucracy Refuses To Change]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Aug-2026/pakistan-s-bureaucracy-refuses-change Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:53:46 +0500 <![CDATA[Pakistan Is Good At Arrests, Not Convictions]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Aug-2026/pakistan-good-arrests-convictions Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:20:06 +0500 <![CDATA[Notes From South Punjab: An Unfinished Struggle For Identity And A Province]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Aug-2026/notes-south-punjab-unfinished-struggle-identity-province Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:30:53 +0500 <![CDATA[A Preventable Tragedy Exposes Pakistan’s Hospital Safety Crisis]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Aug-2026/preventable-tragedy-exposes-pakistan-s-hospital-safety-crisis Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:17:18 +0500 <![CDATA[The Institutional Divide: Why India Rose And Pakistan Stumbled]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Aug-2026/india-pakistan-became-two-different-political-civilizations Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:36:02 +0500 <![CDATA[What Is The Value Of A Life In Pakistan?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Aug-2026/value-life-pakistan Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:19:17 +0500 <![CDATA[From Security Talks To Strategic Mediation: The Munir Mission In Tehran]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Aug-2026/security-talks-strategic-mediation-munir-mission-tehran Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:01:25 +0500 <![CDATA[When The Mountains Weep: What Nepal And Pakistan Are Trying To Tell Us]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Aug-2026/mountains-weep-nepal-pakistan-trying-tell-us Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:51:56 +0500 <![CDATA[Pakistan’s Climate Crisis Is Not Just About Carbon. It Is About Capital]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Aug-2026/pakistan-s-climate-crisis-carbon-capital Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:26:18 +0500 <![CDATA[Navigating Pakistan’s Real Estate Sector: Challenges, Frameworks, And The Path To Reform]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Aug-2026/navigating-pakistan-s-real-estate-sector-challenges-frameworks-path-reform Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:40:56 +0500 <![CDATA[Dhaka’s Pivot To Mecca Pact: Bangladesh’s New Alignment]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Aug-2026/dhaka-s-pivot-mecca-pact-bangladesh-s-new-alignment Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:42:00 +0500 <![CDATA[The New Provinces Campaign: Has Zardari Silently Set Up A Fielding Against The Establishment?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Aug-2026/new-provinces-campaign-zardari-silently-set-fielding-establishment Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:14:52 +0500 <![CDATA[When The Money Moves, What Stays Behind?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Aug-2026/money-moves-stays-behind Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:11:38 +0500 <![CDATA[Canada-US Relations: Once A Model For Others, Now At The Brink Of Collapse]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Aug-2026/canada-us-relations-model-others-now-brink-collapse Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:08:43 +0500 <![CDATA[From Aizal To Hina Javed: Pakistan’s Women And Girls Need Justice, Not Just Laws]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Aug-2026/aizal-hina-javed-pakistan-s-women-girls-need-justice-laws Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:24:58 +0500 <![CDATA[Pakistan Is Sitting On A Trade Route Worth Billions And Blocking It]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Aug-2026/pakistan-sitting-trade-route-worth-billions-blocking Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:05:18 +0500 <![CDATA[The Senate Says Devolution Could Save Rs 6 Trillion. Does The Math Add Up?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Aug-2026/senate-says-devolution-save-rs-6-trillion-math-add Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:55:35 +0500 <![CDATA[Who Measures What Research Funding Produces In Pakistan?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Aug-2026/measures-research-funding-produces-pakistan Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:35:02 +0500 <![CDATA[The Partition Of British India: Memory, Responsibility, And Ineffable Grief]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Aug-2026/partition-british-india-memory-responsibility-ineffable-grief Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:00:30 +0500 <![CDATA[The Echoes Of Nullah Lai: Why Every Monsoon Tells The Same Story]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Aug-2026/echoes-nullah-lai-every-monsoon-tells-story Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:50:52 +0500 <![CDATA[We Don’t Need New Provinces. We Need Empowered Ones]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Aug-2026/don-t-need-new-provinces-need-empowered-ones Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:48:35 +0500 <![CDATA[When Two Elephants Fight, It Is the Grass That Suffers]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Aug-2026/two-elephants-fight-grass-suffers Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:18:37 +0500 <![CDATA[Living On The Edge: Stagnant Wages And Hyper-Taxation In Pakistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Aug-2026/living-edge-stagnant-wages-hyper-taxation-pakistan Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:07:32 +0500 <![CDATA[Justice In The Digital Age: Innovation Must Serve The Citizen]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Aug-2026/justice-digital-age-innovation-must-serve-citizen Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:49:58 +0500 <![CDATA[They Will Kill Me Like Morsi]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Aug-2026/will-kill-like-morsi Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:20:17 +0500 <![CDATA[The Game Of Power: Pakistan's Trapped Political Equilibrium]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Aug-2026/game-power-pakistan-s-trapped-political-equilibrium Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:33:59 +0500 <![CDATA[Laws Of Mourning: What A Child Is Worth]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Aug-2026/laws-mourning-child-worth Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:43:50 +0500 <![CDATA[Resilience Of Islamabad Road Infrastructure]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Aug-2026/resilience-islamabad-road-infrastructure Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:00:47 +0500 <![CDATA[Unpacking The Strategic Realities Of The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Aug-2026/unpacking-strategic-realities-makkah-joint-defence-agreement Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:38:10 +0500 <![CDATA[Reform And Restructure: Karachi Beyond Ethnonationalism]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Aug-2026/reform-restructure-karachi-beyond-ethnonationalism Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:49:47 +0500 <![CDATA[Nasirabad's Flood: The Institutional Abandonment And Governance Gaps Of Balochistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Aug-2026/nasirabad-s-flood-institutional-abandonment-governance-gaps-balochistan Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:06:21 +0500 <![CDATA[Can Laws Of Pakistan Keep Up With The Misuse Of AI?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Aug-2026/can-laws-pakistan-keep-misuse-ai Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:51:25 +0500 <![CDATA[The System Has Collapsed, But Not For The Elites]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Aug-2026/system-collapsed-elites Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:30:34 +0500 <![CDATA[The State We Have Learned To Live Without]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Aug-2026/state-learned-live-without Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:37:07 +0500 <![CDATA[Running Before We Can Walk: The Democratic Dilemma Of Pakistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Aug-2026/running-can-walk-democratic-dilemma-pakistan Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:47:20 +0500 <![CDATA[Washington Owes Pakistan More Than A Counter Terrorism Dialogue]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Aug-2026/washington-owes-pakistan-counter-terrorism-dialogue Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:02:01 +0500 <![CDATA[The Case Closed: Families Facing Systemic Bureaucracy In Karachi]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Aug-2026/case-closed-families-facing-systemic-bureaucracy-karachi Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:54:55 +0500