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					<title><![CDATA[Breaking The Game: Imran Khan And Pakistan’s Unraveling Political Equilibrium]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Sep-2026/breaking-game-imran-khan-pakistan-s-unraveling-political-equilibrium]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In game theory, a player is rational when he understands the rules, calculates the likely response of other players and chooses the strategy that maximizes his payoff.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:56:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s Tale Of Two Cities: The Constitutional Distance Between Islamabad And Rawalpindi]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Charles Dickens wrote two novels that, read together, offer an unexpectedly useful lens through which to view Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:53:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Rebirth Of Gregor Samsa: Kafka, The Cockroach And India’s Gen Z Revolt]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Kafka&rsquo;s Metamorphosis came in 1915 and after one century it has come full circle and manifested itself in the latest political upheaval of Gen Z in the shape of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tauqeer Irtiza]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tauqeer Irtiza]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:55:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Meaningful Co-option?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[On December 21, 2023, the press release of Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) revealed that the Committee set up by the Chairman of the Commission to review the JCP Rules 2010 was empowered to &lsquo;co-opt any person to the Committee&rsquo;.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nida Usman Chaudhry]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nida Usman Chaudhry]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2023 12:58:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan At World Cup 2023: Adapt Or Perish]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As the Pakistan national cricket team gears up to take on Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cup, it has a lot of soul-searching to do.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ikram El Hak]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ikram El Hak]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:09:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Never Again? But We Have A Holocaust In Palestine Happening Right Now]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I have been silently watching what's going in Palestine and Israel.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohsin Sayeed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Comment, Editor's Picks, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohsin Sayeed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 22:17:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ICC World Cup 2023: A Confidence Boost At The Right Time]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan pulled off the highest-ever successful run chase in Cricket World Cup history to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in match eight of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad earlier in the week.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ikram El Hak]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Comment, Sport]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ikram El Hak]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:10:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Women's Remarriage And Freedom In Pakistan: The Triumph Of Choice]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The paths of divorce and second marriages often lead to intriguing crossroads in Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fatima Jan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Comment, Lifestyle]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fatima Jan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2023 19:03:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[International Day Of Democracy? Pakistan, A Case Of Booting Out Democracy]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The year 2022 marked the death of a dream.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2023 16:25:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Ban For All The Wrong Reasons]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[View this post on Instagram

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There should be no need for a ban and there ought to be no selection of what is to be banned or not, especially when it comes to the art and the issue being the &lsquo;image of Pakistan&rsquo; rather than the well being of the.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Comment, Culture, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mehr Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:20:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Imran Khan: From Sports Phenomenon To Enigma]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Aug-2023/imran-khan-from-sports-phenomenon-to-enigma]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In by the far the best biography on Imran Khan to date, Ivo Tennant starts his book, conveniently titled &lsquo;Imran Khan&rsquo;, with a familiar theme of the man&rsquo;s aura and his chiseled features resembling that of a Greek god, and that too with the blessing of an Indo-European aquiline nose, amongst other similar physical attributes.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Bashir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Comment, Citizens' Voice, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tariq Bashir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2023 17:48:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Defending A Hindu Before The Sindh High Court]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Aug-2023/defending-a-hindu-before-the-sindh-high-court]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The most important part of Jinnah&rsquo;s 11 August speech are the lines that follow and they are often the ones not quoted because they are seen as contradictory to the national narrative that is based on a deliberate misreading of the two nation theory.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasser Latif Hamdani]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yasser Latif Hamdani]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:09:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Lessons from History: A Farewell And A Warning To QAU's Students]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The biggest lessons that history seeks to teach us all are the mistakes made in the past, with the hope they will not be repeated.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Analysis, Education, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:56:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Populism Must Not Obfuscate Our Existing Madrasah System's Role In Religious Extremism]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Jan-2023/populism-must-not-obfuscate-our-existing-madrasah-system-s-role-in-religious-extremism]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Imran Khan and his close political associates are well known for their support and admiration for the Islamist extremist groups in Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Education, Perspective, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2023 21:33:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can Pakistan Present Its Case On Kashmir Despite India's Immense Global Influence?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Mass atrocities in Kashmir are a daily routine.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justice Ali Nawaz Chowhan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Perspective, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Justice Ali Nawaz Chowhan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:12:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Doing Justice To Artists: Who Truly Deserves The Bharat Ratna?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Jan-2023/doing-justice-to-artists-who-truly-deserves-the-bharat-ratna]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Some Indian friends are down in the dumps: they are the true music lovers and want the distinction between ‘awards’ and ‘alms’ to stay visible.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Shehzad]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Features, Culture, Music, Perspective, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammad Shehzad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 04:56:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Emergence Of FM Bilawal Bhutto Zardari As A Forceful Voice For Pakistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Jan-2023/the-emergence-of-fm-bilawal-bhutto-zardari-as-a-forceful-voice-for-pakistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of the late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari, has started playing an increasingly positive role as foreign minister of Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pervaiz Saleh]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Perspective, Reader's view, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Pervaiz Saleh]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 20:11:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[TTP Cannot Be Defeated Militarily - Especially While We Give The Wrong Message Everyday]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Since time unknown we are telling our people through schoolbooks, newspapers, Friday sermons, Jihadi rallies, dramas, songs and movies that India is our worst enemy.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Shehzad]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Perspective, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammad Shehzad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:12:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Empathising With Partition Victims: Mercy Deaths Are Not The Same As Honour Killings]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Thoha Khalsa would have been another nondescript albeit picturesque and peaceful village, if not for a blood-curdling event in 1947.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaura Singh Mitha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Reader's view, Comment, History, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Kaura Singh Mitha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:44:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is Climate Change A Negative-Sum Game?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It is said that international diplomacy is a zero-sum game.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Uzair bin Farid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Uzair bin Farid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2022 21:30:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Educating The Parent]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A child’s learning chart has three main characters.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Taimur Bandey]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Taimur Bandey]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:34:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Impact of E-learning on Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ “Learning conducted via electronic media, typically on the internet” – Oxford Dictionary  In Pakistan, the practice of e-learning existed before Covid-19.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annam Rabbani]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Annam Rabbani]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:13:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Collapsing National Institutions of Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months the country has faced the onslaught of a serious political and economic crisis and this severe crisis reached a climax after the apex court ruled that the deputy speaker’s ruling in the Punjab Assembly was “to be without lawful authority.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2022 11:57:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Imran Khan's Rhetoric And The Politics Of 'Jihad']]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The political use of religion has proved to be a highly divisive force in our short history of 75 years.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Umer Farooq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Perspective, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Umer Farooq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 05:18:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Will South Asia End Up On The Wrong Side Of History?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[You can find on google a map of the world which records in color the vote of the 181 countries that voted on the United Nations’ March 2 resolution in the UN General Assembly to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Milam]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Perspective, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[William Milam]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 16:17:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Uncertainty Looms As The Apex Court Rules On Defecting Lawmakers]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The judgment on the Presidential Reference seeking the top court’s opinion on defection by parliamentarians has seemingly made the situation more perplexing by way of giving an interpretation despite the Article 63A is a complete code.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Perspective, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 21:38:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Prisoner Of The Free World: MIT-Educated Dr Aafia Siddiqui Continues To Languish Under Incarceration]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the Land of the Free, there is an ‘anomaly,’ a political prisoner – a Pakistani national Dr Aafia Siddiqui.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Perspective, Reader's view, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 04:36:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[All Major Political Forces Have Contributed To The Current Culture Of Abuse]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The ‘explosion’ that has taken place in Pakistani politics at the moment is in front of everyone.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faisal Azfar Alvi]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faisal Azfar Alvi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2022 09:11:54 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[It Would Be Unwise For The US To Turn Its Back On Pakistan And Its People]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A rollercoaster-like bilateral relationship between Pakistan and the US is now in a deeply mistrustful phase.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nasrullah Thahim]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nasrullah Thahim]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2022 08:12:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Circular Economy Of Municipal Solid Waste In Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Nature operates in a circular mode while humans survive and thrive on a linear growth model.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Saleha Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Saleha Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2021 21:53:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fires Of Fanaticism - And How We Might Put Them Out]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Dec-2021/fires-of-fanaticism-and-how-we-might-put-them-out]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Extremism is a state of mind where a person holds extreme and narrow-minded political and religious views of their own school of thought, leaving no room for dissent.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shahab Shah]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shahab Shah]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:49:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Tale Of Institutional Mismanagement: The Other Side Of ECP’s Daska Report]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The inquiry report on NA-75 Daska is now available to most of us.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fauzia Yazdani]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fauzia Yazdani]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:27:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Social Media Storm From The T20 World Cup Is The Latest Lesson For Pakistan To Not Be Like India]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[After India’s defeat by Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, Mohammed Shami, the only Muslim player in the Indian cricket team, faced tremendous social media abuse by his fellow Indians.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Sport, Perspective, Comment, Cricket]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2021 23:02:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[News Analysis | Sexual Violence: PM Must Listen To Women Instead Of Expressing Poorly-Considered Opinions]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[PM Imran Khan has yet again weighed in on the rising discussion around sexual crimes and women's safety in Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 21:51:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Safeguarding Rights Of Religious Minorities]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Aug-2021/safeguarding-rights-of-religious-minorities]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[  August 11 came and passed and the usual platitudes were offered by leaders in the government: how deeply concerned they were about the welfare of the non-Muslims, how our religion as well as the Constitution of the Pakistan protected the rights of the non-Muslims and how Pakistan abided by its commitments made to the world community by signing.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:43:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[On Appointments and Elevation of Judges]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Aug-2021/on-appointments-and-elevation-of-judges]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the legal fraternity decided not to accord formal send off to those retiring judges who as members of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) backed its July 28 decision by a majority of five to four to elevate a junior judge of the Sindh High Court to the Supreme Court.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 02:04:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Discourse around floods is changing, policies are not]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Aug-2021/discourse-around-floods-is-changing-policies-are-not]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The geographical targets of floods are changing in Pakistan and so are the discourses on the causes of floods.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Aqeel Awan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Aqeel Awan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 02:01:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[US Withdrawal: Has India Opted for the Wrong Quad?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Jul-2021/us-withdrawal-has-india-opted-for-the-wrong-quad]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Having kept a steady gaze on Kabul at least since Noor Mohammad Taraki’s press conference in April 1978 (when Khalq and Parcham, the two Communist parties of Afghanistan, came to power), I am kicking myself for having missed out on the latest open-ended transition being scripted.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saeed Naqvi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Saeed Naqvi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 01:51:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Judging the Court]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Jul-2021/judging-the-court]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Four days after publication of a US State Department report containing some critical observations about Pakistan’s judiciary, the Foreign Office on Tuesday issued a terse rejoinder.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 01:48:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Elevating Judges to the Supreme Court]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Jul-2021/elevating-judges-to-the-supreme-court]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has recently approved the elevation of an honorable judge Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, who was fifth on the seniority list of Sindh High Court to the Supreme Court, by a majority of five to four despite strong reaction from the premier lawyers’ body, the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Ziaullah Ranjah]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Ziaullah Ranjah]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 01:46:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Child Labor: South Asia’s Normalized Shame]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Jul-2021/child-labor-south-asia-s-normalized-shame]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Day in, day out, after 12-hour work shifts of domestic drudgery, innocent young children in Sri Lanka and Pakistan leave their employer’s million-dollar mansions or apartments in Colombo, Karachi or Lahore’s glitzy neighborhoods, and return to their servant lodgings.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 01:41:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Making Transparency Effective]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Jul-2021/making-transparency-effective]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Transparency, accountability and rule of law are the three pillars on which rests the edifice of democracy.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 01:48:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Emerging Balochistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Jul-2021/emerging-balochistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA["This is not Dubai.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 01:46:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[KPPSC’s New Screening Policy: An Exercise in Futility?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Jul-2021/kppsc-s-new-screening-policy-an-exercise-in-futility]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Reforming the federal and provincial civil services has been the most exciting and challenging chapter of the PTI’s tenure, both at the center and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Arif Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Arif Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 01:43:08 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Anti-Semitism in Pakistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Jul-2021/anti-semitism-in-pakistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There have been heated discussions on recent speeches by Prime Minister Imran Khan and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz against each other in their election campaign in Azad Kashmir.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Nadeem Malik]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Nadeem Malik]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 01:39:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Protecting women]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Whether it be an educated, loved and privileged young woman in an elite house in an upscale neighborhood in Islamabad (Pakistan), or a young 16-year-old underprivileged domestic worker in a minister’s house in Colombo (Sri Lanka), violence against women and girls in South Asia is no myth by any stretch of the imagination.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 01:29:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Parliamentary Supremacy: Mea Culpa Not Enough]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Jul-2021/parliamentary-supremacy-mea-culpa-not-enough]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Mea culpa is a Latin phrase which means “through my own fault” and it is an acknowledgement of having done something wrong.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 01:58:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The postponed dreams of Chitral]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Jul-2021/the-postponed-dreams-of-chitral]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Fida Hussain is a trekking guide and assistant manager at Pamir Inn Riverside Hotel in Chitral.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aima Khosa]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Aima Khosa]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 01:53:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Debating religiosity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Jul-2021/debating-religiosity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The possible triumph of the Afghan Taliban has created a ripple of excitement among right-wing circles in Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 01:42:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Offence Vs. Defence: A Conversation]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jul-2021/offence-vs-defence-a-conversation]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Friend and fellow writer Mosharraf Zaidi has responded to my July 2 article, “Pakistan Needs a Proactive Afghanistan Policy,” by disagreeing with my proposition that given the evolving situation in Afghanistan and threats emerging from there, Pakistan should change its defensive mindset and develop proactive counterterrorism capabilities.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:31:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Patriarchy Strikes Again]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jul-2021/patriarchy-strikes-again]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[On July 5, the patriarchy in Pakistan struck once again in the name of “Islamic injunctions,” reminding us once again that the ghost of General Zia continues to haunt us.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:29:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Revamping legal education]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jul-2021/revamping-legal-education]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA["The student of the history of Islam…is well aware that with the political expansion of Islam, systematic legal thought became an absolute necessity, and our earlier doctors of the law, both of Arabian and non-Arabian descent, worked ceaselessly until all the accumulated wealth of legal thought had found a final expression in our recognized.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Ziaullah Ranjah]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Ziaullah Ranjah]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:26:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Winds of change in Balochistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jul-2021/winds-of-change-in-balochistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The first week of July brought winds of change in Balochistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:24:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s brotherhood of power]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jul-2021/sri-lanka-s-brotherhood-of-power]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Last week, Sri Lanka’s ever-evolving political landscape saw the swearing in of its latest Finance Minister, Basil Rajapaksa.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 01:21:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan Needs a Proactive Afghanistan Policy]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Jul-2021/pakistan-needs-a-proactive-afghanistan-policy]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[As the United States and its NATO allies withdraw from Afghanistan, the stalled intra-Afghan peace deal is all but dead in the water.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 03:53:26 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Huddle on National Security]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Jul-2021/huddle-on-national-security]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Just as one writes these lines, a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security on “current issues of national security” was in progress in Islamabad.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:57:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Prisons and pardons]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Jul-2021/prisons-and-pardons]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka and Pakistan face similar challenges when it comes to the regulation of their prison systems.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 03:46:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Deplorable state of human rights in 2020]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jun-2021/deplorable-state-of-human-rights-in-2020]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The human rights record of Pakistan has never been commendable, but 2020 showed some new negative trends.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jun-2021/deplorable-state-of-human-rights-in-2020</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2021 01:10:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Dhoop ke Dewar: Some Thoughts]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jun-2021/dhoop-ke-dewar-some-thoughts]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Recently, Umera Ahmed, the writer of a serial called Dhoop ke Dewar has gotten much flak for the teaser of the serial.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2021 01:10:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s Perpetual Parliamentarian: Ranil Wickremesinghe]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jun-2021/sri-lanka-s-perpetual-parliamentarian-ranil-wickremesinghe]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as an MP for a record ninth consecutive time this Wednesday.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jun-2021/sri-lanka-s-perpetual-parliamentarian-ranil-wickremesinghe</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:29:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Irresponsible words]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jun-2021/irresponsible-words]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Imran Khan and his tedious acolytes continue to make Pakistan a laughing stock through their bizarre statements, botched policies and frequent opportunism.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2021 01:07:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Elections and Iran’s Controlled Democracy]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Jun-2021/elections-and-iran-s-controlled-democracy]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Iran votes today to elect the country’s eighth president.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Jun-2021/elections-and-iran-s-controlled-democracy</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 01:09:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Assault on Media]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Jun-2021/assault-on-media]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Emerging threats to the democracy’s twin pillars - the judiciary and the media - were discussed in a seminar on Thursday in Islamabad.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 01:07:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[‘Save merit in AJK’]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Jun-2021/save-merit-in-ajk]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A hashtag SaveMeritInAJK has been trending on social media accounts of Azad Kashmir-based internet users for several days.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mubashar Naqvi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mubashar Naqvi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:57:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Battered But Not Broken: The Struggle of Karachi’s Workers]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Jun-2021/battered-but-not-broken-the-struggle-of-karachi-s-workers]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA["Am I still alive or have they killed me already?” wondered Mohib Azad, barely breathing inside a four-by-four cell operated by law enforcement agencies somewhere in Sindh.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fawad Hasan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fawad Hasan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:57:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Senate Debacle: A Setback for Human Rights]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Jun-2021/senate-debacle-a-setback-for-human-rights]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Most human rights violations take place at the hands of the government’s law enforcement agencies, either through misuse or abuse of power against citizens.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Jun-2021/senate-debacle-a-setback-for-human-rights</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 01:33:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Possibilities in Pishin]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Jun-2021/possibilities-in-pishin]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday, we left Quetta for Pishin.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 01:26:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Marine disaster in Sri Lanka]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Jun-2021/marine-disaster-in-sri-lanka]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka, the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean,’ a tourist treasure known for its glorious beaches, delicious seafood and breath-taking coastline; recent days have taken away these images which had become synonymous with the island-nation and replaced them with photographs of ecological destruction.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 01:23:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Afghan policy: Course correction needed urgently]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Jun-2021/afghan-policy-course-correction-needed-urgently]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Doha agreement has failed to bring peace to Afghanistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:55:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Women and the COVID-19 pandemic]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Jun-2021/women-and-the-covid-19-pandemic]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In creating policies to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, vulnerable populations cannot be overlooked.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fizza Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fizza Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:52:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When Travel Became a Privilege: The Cost of Quarantine]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Jun-2021/when-travel-became-a-privilege-the-cost-of-quarantine]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[COVID-19 has caused insurmountable upheaval in life as we know it.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:40:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Outraged civilians]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Jun-2021/outraged-civilians]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The carnage which unfolded in Lahore following Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Hussain Rizvi’s arrest in April was a dispiriting reminder of just how little has changed in Pakistan through the years.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tasmir Aziz]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tasmir Aziz]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:37:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[If Habermas Could Read Our WhatsApp Posts]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-May-2021/if-habermas-could-read-our-whatsapp-posts]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[WhatsApp groups can be both instructive and disconcerting.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 03:41:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s New Best Friend]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-May-2021/sri-lanka-s-new-best-friend]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Colombo Port City Special Economic Zone (SEZ) development in Sri Lanka has become both, an exciting new venture hoping to bring about the economic recovery so urgently required post-pandemic, while also becoming an issue of sovereignty.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mahum Kidwai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 03:39:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Balochistan needs a motorway]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-May-2021/balochistan-needs-a-motorway]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Last week Prime Minister Imran Khan virtually laid the foundation of the 103-kilometer Nokundi-Mashkhel road from the convenience of the PM secretariat.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 03:36:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Rule of Law]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-May-2021/rule-of-law]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[On the eve of Eid this year, I received a video on an instant messaging application.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rehan Kayani]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Rehan Kayani]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 03:34:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why is the government obsessed with electronic voting?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-May-2021/why-is-the-government-obsessed-with-electronic-voting]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[On May 9, the government first hastily issued an ordinance binding the Election Commission of Pakistan to procure Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for casting votes in the general elections.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 01:44:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Trial by Fire: Sectarian Tensions in Gilgit-Baltistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-May-2021/trial-by-fire-sectarian-tensions-in-gilgit-baltistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Sectarian tensions between the Shia majority and Sunni minority communities of Gilgit-Baltistan are once again in the headlines.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaighum Abbas]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaighum Abbas]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 01:41:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Zionism consumed Jaffa]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-May-2021/how-zionism-consumed-jaffa]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The city of Jaffa was the largest Palestinian population center before al Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-May-2021/how-zionism-consumed-jaffa</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 01:38:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A grief-stricken world]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-May-2021/a-grief-stricken-world]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[From the heart-wrenching scenes of men, women, children and the elderly in Kabul and Gaza to the devastation of families caused by the pandemic in India, Brazil and other parts of the world, it seems that the globe has nothing to offer but grief and misery everywhere.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 01:34:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How ‘Masters’ Make Rules]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-May-2021/how-masters-make-rules]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Last week, a three-member bench of the Islamabad High Court headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah ruled that employees of the strategic organizations working under the National Command Authority (NCA) could not file petitions on service matters before constitutional courts and dismissed the petitions filed by more than 100 employees seeking.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 00:29:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Student’s murder raises questions about Quetta’s Eagle Squad]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-May-2021/student-s-murder-raises-questions-about-quetta-s-eagle-squad]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Late in the night of May 5, Faizan Jattak was traveling back to his home.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 00:23:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Did USA liberate Afghan women?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-May-2021/did-usa-liberate-afghan-women]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[After 9/11, politicians in the USA brandished the cause of liberating Afghan women from the oppressive rule of the Taliban.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 00:09:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[After US troops withdraw, who will make peace in Afghanistan?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-May-2021/after-us-troops-withdraw-who-will-make-peace-in-afghanistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, it was reported that thousands of people were fleeing from their homes in the southern Helman province of Afghanistan due to fighting between the Taliban and government.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 02:12:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: Descent into Chaos]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-May-2021/afghanistan-descent-into-chaos]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The recent attacks by the Taliban militants in several parts of Afghanistan have shocked millions of Afghans who have been craving for peace since 1979.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 01:54:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Incarcerated Abroad:  Will KSA Return Pakistani Prisoners?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-May-2021/incarcerated-abroad-will-ksa-return-pakistani-prisoners]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Rukhsana*, a mother of two, was imprisoned in Dhaban Jail in Saudi Arabia for almost five years.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Hassan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sarah Hassan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 01:51:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Embarrassing the ambassadors]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-May-2021/embarrassing-the-ambassadors]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[While virtually addressing Pakistani envoys deployed worldwide, Prime Minister Imran Khan recently expressed his displeasure over the performance of embassies (particularly in the Middle East) regarding the services rendered to the diaspora.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Ziaullah Ranjah]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Ziaullah Ranjah]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 01:47:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Lingering Questions from the OBL Raid]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Apr-2021/lingering-questions-from-the-obl-raid]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[May 2 will mark the 10th anniversary of one of the most shameful and horrendous incidents in Pakistan’s history; the taking out of Osama Bin Laden by the US Navy Seals from his hideout near the military’s training academy in Abbottabad cantonment.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 03:02:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[An Ignominious Surrender]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Apr-2021/an-ignominious-surrender]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The ignominious surrender of the government to an extremist group has exposed its hypocrisy.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Sattar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:29:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistanis in Italy: Against All Odds]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Apr-2021/pakistanis-in-italy-against-all-odds]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[We met 22-year old Ali B.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daud Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daud Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 02:52:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Memories of the 1930 massacre in Peshawar]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Apr-2021/memories-of-the-1930-massacre-in-peshawar]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Just 11 years after the massacre at Amritsar, British troops would kill unarmed civilians again.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 14:19:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[TLP’s Second Uprising: Mistakes and Missed Opportunities]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Apr-2021/tlp-s-second-uprising-mistakes-and-missed-opportunities]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A potentially far bloodier clash between TLP and the government appears to have been avoided for the time being, but not without a costly mistake and a missed opportunity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 02:10:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan, the rock and the hard place]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Apr-2021/afghanistan-the-rock-and-the-hard-place]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[I was torn by conflicting emotions when, as I expected, President Biden announced that the US would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by September 11 of this year.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Milam]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[William Milam]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 02:07:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[TLP: Government’s Pendulum Swings]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Apr-2021/tlp-government-s-pendulum-swings]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) government has indicated that it will proscribe Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 01:43:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can the US ignore the ‘Moscow Format’ on Afghanistan?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Apr-2021/can-the-us-ignore-the-moscow-format-on-afghanistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The ‘Moscow Format’ for Afghanistan spelt out by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in New Delhi is straightforward.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saeed Naqvi]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Saeed Naqvi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 01:40:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cadet College Ormara: A Model For Balochistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Apr-2021/cadet-college-ormara-a-model-for-balochistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In the last week of March, this scribe ventured on a journey along the Makran Coastal highway.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Aamir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 01:34:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[New dimensions of American foreign policy and the Middle East]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In his first address at the Department of State, President Joe Biden highlighted democracy and human rights as the two foreign policy dimensions:  “That must be this – we must start with diplomacy rooted in America’s most cherished democratic values: defending freedom, championing opportunity, upholding universal rights, respecting the rule of.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Qaisar Abbas]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Qaisar Abbas]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 01:26:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[What the HEC PMO?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Apr-2021/what-the-hec-pmo]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[On March 27, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government removed Dr Tariq Banuri, Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC), through an ordinance signed by President Arif Alvi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ejaz Haider]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 01:56:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can the PDM survive the setback?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) suffered a huge setback early this week when its Secretary General Shahid Khaqan Abbasi not only served show cause notices to the heads of PPP and ANP for allegedly violating the PDM’s decisions, but also made them public.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Comment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farhatullah Babar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 01:54:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Searching for a Potemkin Village Opposition]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA["Potemkin village” is actually a term that originated in politics, and thus, for this article, a very appropriate term to describe one interesting recent, possibly rhetorical, sidestep in the authoritarian march of Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League government she runs.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Milam]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[William Milam]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 01:50:21 +0500</pubDate>

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