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					<title><![CDATA[Melodies Of Memory: Music, Migration And My Grandfather's Legacy]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Normally, music is all things to all people.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 21:53:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ode To Wisdom And Beauty: Indu Mitha’s Life In Dance]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[How do you begin to write about a beloved Guru, a ruhani ma/mother in spirit, as a true teacher is called in our lands, who taught over two thousand students in her life, single-handedly trailblazed a new indigenous Pakistani Bharata Natyam, and shaped nearly three decades of mine?
I ask myself what would Indu ji (as I referred to her) do? So, I.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Feriyal Amal Aslam]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Feriyal Amal Aslam]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:20:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Notes From South Punjab: The Artists Of Bahawalpur]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[How wondrously Rohi blooms in beauty,
Where dwells the beloved of this humble soul.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Saeed Akhter]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Saeed Akhter]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:49:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How The Spirit Of Sindh Rose In Peaceful Protest At The Babarloi Dharna]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Last week, a friend from London asked me a simple question that lingered in my mind: &ldquo;What is so remarkable about the Sindhis&rsquo; struggle?&rdquo; After a pause, she suggested that the Babarloi Dharna might help me answer.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:25:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[“Dala Culture”: When Power Becomes Bigger Than The Law]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[On the streets of Karachi, some vehicles appear to have acquired a meaning far beyond transportation.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:56:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Noon Meem Rashid Became The Existential Outsider Of Urdu Poetry]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Before him, Urdu poetry was dominated by traditional ghazals.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadir Mansoor]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadir Mansoor]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:07:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How The Cauldron Bound A Sindhi Village Together]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The memory of childhood does not leave easily.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:50:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Beyond The Floods: How Climate Change Is Killing Swat’s Orchards]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The other day, I visited the central fruit market in Mingora, Swat, to buy a few cartons of peaches for friends in the down districts, as I do every year.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fazal Maula Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Culture, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fazal Maula Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:56:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[At Shivala – A Temple, A Town And The Traces Of Time]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In mid-July 2026, I went to Johi, a town in Dadu District, to write about an old temple.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:00:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah, And The Soul Of Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Growing up, I spent my school years at one of Lahore's leading boarding schools.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:41:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Beyond The Map: No Nation Is A Single Story]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Aug-2026/beyond-map-nation-single-story]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Book: Nation and Nationalism in South Asian LiteratureEdited By: Goutam Karmakar and Nukhbah Taj LangahPublisher: Routledge, 2026, pp.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Culture, Features, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:40:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Walking Through Lohari Gate - II]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The city of Lahore reminds me of everything that I once held, and still hold, close to my heart.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Diary, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:38:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[What The Odyssey Teaches Us About Human Imperfection And The Demons Within]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Aug-2026/odyssey-teaches-us-human-imperfection-demons-within]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There is a feeling of uncertainty writing about events that occurred 3,500 years ago in and around the Aegean Sea at the end of the Bronze Age and at the culmination of the Minoan-Mycenaean civilisation.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:24:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Navigating Modernity Through The Contemporary Afsana]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Contemporary Urdu short fiction works within a complex milieu of navigating the tensions of rapid urbanisation, shifting gender dynamics, economic precarity, and the lingering shadows of patriarchal traditions.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:45:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[An Ethno-History Of Inclusivity: A Review Of Muhammad Kashif Ali’s Kalasha]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Author: Muhammad Kashif Ali 
Book Title: Kalasha: Sole Non-Muslim Indigenous People Of Pakistan 
Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS, 2026, pages 330
 I recently encountered a book that offers a powerful counterpoint to narratives depicting Pakistan as a monolithic, exclusionary state indifferent to its internal diversity and pluralistic.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Chawla]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Culture, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Chawla]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:32:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Seeing Vs Observing – What A Diarist Can Learn From Sherlock Holmes]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I remember.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:44:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s Reading Crisis: Why Pakistani’s Read Less?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Aug-2026/pakistan-s-reading-crisis-pakistani-s-read-less]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[On Pakistan&rsquo;s independence, the literacy rates were quite disheartening.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mekaeel Sadiq Gondal]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Education, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mekaeel Sadiq Gondal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:08:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Indivisible Province: Why Sindh’s Geography Cannot Be Redrawn]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A recurring pattern in Pakistani politics is the periodic recycling of failed propositions disguised under fresh bureaucratic terminology.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Ehsan Leghari]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Culture, History, Legacy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammad Ehsan Leghari]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:49:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Entitlement And Privilege In Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan has become remarkably adept at explaining away the things that should never have happened in the first place.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Omar Quraishi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Culture, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Omar Quraishi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:20:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Where Memory Still Burns – A Journey To Sindh's Raj Ghat Darbar]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I left Karachi in the early hours of the morning.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:34:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Echoes Of No Man’s Land: Trauma, Memory And The Unfinished Story Of Partition]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[اوپڑ دی گڑ گڑ دی اینکس دی بے دھیانا دی مونگ دی دال آف دی پاکستان اینڈ ہندوستان در فٹے منہ
This iconic macaronic absurdist couplet, ending in bathetic invective, from Saadat Hasan Manto&rsquo;s seminal 1955 afsaana Toba Tek Singh resounds in the mind and heart as if re-living the trauma of division.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:42:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The High Cost Of Luxury: Inside The Modern Marriage Debt Trap]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Modern marriage in Pakistan increasingly resembles an auction house where personal worth is calculated through market value rather than human character.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Ramish Chaudhry]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Festival, Insight]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Ramish Chaudhry]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:28:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Sightseeing To Living: A New Way To Experience China]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[When British traveller Wilko Wanders walked into a park in Shanghai, he expected to be just an observer, watching local people enjoy their daily lives.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Reports, Travel]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:41:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Language Of Borrowed Words]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Listen to a conversation between two young Pakistanis in almost any city and you will hear something remarkable happening in real time: a sentence that begins in Urdu, borrows a verb from English, folds in a phrase lifted whole from a meme two continents away, and lands, without any apparent effort, back in Urdu again.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zahoor Agha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zahoor Agha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:27:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The True Meaning Of The Punjabi Moment]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Borders are designed to separate.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Entertainment, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:10:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Walking Through Lohari Gate – I ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A gentle peace comes over me, shrouding me in its embrace whenever I walk through the city with ever-inquisitive eyes.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Diary, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:03:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Is the Iran War Not Ending Anytime Soon?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There were hasty celebrations over the Islamabad MoU signed on 17 June 2026.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Hasan Zafar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Culture, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Hasan Zafar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:00:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Biharis Of Karachi: Stuck Between Three Homelands]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[On paper, Syed Jamil Ahmed belongs to Bangladesh.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syeda Zahra Shamil]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syeda Zahra Shamil]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:25:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Antilibrary Of Hyderabad: Inside Akbar Dhamrah’s 10,000-Book Sanctuary]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The name Akbar may mislead some readers.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Travel]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:35:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[China's Rise And Success Story: Lessons For Pakistan ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[My recent visit to China as a part of media delegation from Balochistan, organised by the Centre for Democracy and Climate Studies in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy was not confined to merely passports, boarding passes, flights, trains, visuals rather it was essentially a well-organized informative and educational exposure visit.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mannan Samad]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mannan Samad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:23:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Tea, Coffee And The King Of Fruits]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[On casual days, I find immense joy in the simplest things.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Food]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:57:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Soulmate Of The State: The Ideological Reinventions Of Qawwali]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[State Engineers A Soul
Pakistan came into being on 14 August 1947.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:59:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Iran's Religious Soft Power: Diplomacy Through Sacred Symbolism]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In international relations, hard power matters, and a state's global influence is often measured by its military and economic strength.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dure Shahwar Bano]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dure Shahwar Bano]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:43:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Demons, Magic, Heroism And Martyrdom: Inside The Dastan-E Amir Hamza]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Adventures of Amir Hamza (or Dastan-e Amir Hamza) is a massive Indo-Persian epic following the mythological and romantic exploits of the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) uncle, Amir Hamza.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:54:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Akharas To Rooftops – The Enduring Passions Of Lahoris]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Lahore has long been the epicentre of pastimes and sports, and many of them have stood the test of time.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:35:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Syed Hashmi Redefined the Balochi Ghazal]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In a relatively short life of just fifty-two years, Syed Hashmi (1926&ndash;1978) made enduring contributions to Balochi literature across various genres, including fiction, poetry, lexicography, linguistics, aphorism writing, and letter writing.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fazal Baloch]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fazal Baloch]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:03:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Raiwind Railway Station And A Walima Night]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the winter season, when the motorways would close because of dense fog, I travelled by train many times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Diary, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:35:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Saving the Frescoes of Haveli Nau Nihal Singh – Conserving Lahore’s Painted Past]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the heart of Lahore&rsquo;s historic Walled City, hidden behind bustling bazaars, tangled electric wires, and centuries of urban transformation, stands one of the city&rsquo;s most extraordinary architectural treasures: Haveli Nau Nihal Singh.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fatima Inam]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Culture, Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fatima Inam]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:23:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Arrakis In Sindh – The Unexpected Pakistani Roots Of Frank Herbert’s Dune]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Although Frank Herbert&rsquo;s epic book Dune holds the justifiably deserved honour of winning both the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, it would be an understatement to note that Denis Villeneuve&rsquo;s magnificent films based on it (&ldquo;Dune Part 1&rdquo;, released in 2021 and &ldquo;Dune Part 2&rdquo;, released in 2024; the third.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadya Chishty-Mujahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Environment, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:32:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Return Of The Vernacular: Ijaz And The Expanding Horizons Of Punjabi Fiction]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A quiet but far-reaching literary revolution is unfolding across the contemporary world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:25:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Meet Sanam Hasan - The Publicist And Producer Championing South Asian Independent Cinema]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Sanam Hasan is warm, vibrant, and going from strength to strength, doing South Asian women extremely proud.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zeinab Masud Agha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zeinab Masud Agha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:54:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Havi And The Rise Of Soft Masculinity In South Asian Music]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Jun-2026/havi-rise-soft-masculinity-south-asian-music]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For decades, South Asian popular culture promoted a familiar model of masculinity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Umme Farhana]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Music]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Umme Farhana]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:38:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Khurshid Hasnain’s Novel Is A Fresh Addition to Urdu Social Realism]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Khurshid Hasnain&rsquo;s recently published novel Manzar Aik Bulandi Se is a significant, refreshing, and thought-provoking addition to contemporary Urdu fiction.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:32:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ Evolution Of Defiance In Punjabi Women’s Literature]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For approximately 550&ndash;600 years, the meadows of Punjab have been echoing with the legends of Heer, Sahiban, and Sohni&mdash;women whose rebellions were appraised by the profundity of their romantic devoutness.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:19:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Meeting Dilip Kumar]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[When I asked Dilip Kumar which was his greatest role, he answered Devdas.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Film, Legacy, Memoir, Memory, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:19:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Art Of War (And Paint)]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Violence is not an aberration.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jovita Alvares]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Jovita Alvares]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 17:59:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Forgotten Architect of Pehlwani: Reclaiming The Legend Of Lahore’s Ustad Noor-ud-Din Pehlwan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[If you walk into the Taxali Gate of the Walled City of Lahore today, navigating the sensory overload of aroma of dishes from the eateries nearby and engine exhaust, and find your way to the ancient Akhara of Shahia Pehlwan, you will step into a time capsule.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Hassan Haadi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History, Legacy, Sport, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Hassan Haadi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 04:25:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Remembering Sain Saadh Ram Of Raharki Darbar And His Legacy Of Compassion]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-May-2026/remembering-sain-saadh-ram-raharki-darbar-legacy-compassion]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Blessed by the life-giving flow of the Indus River, Sindh has for centuries remained a fertile, diverse, and culturally layered region where civilisations, religions, traders, saints, and travellers have found refuge and belonging.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kalavanti Raja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Heritage, History, Legacy]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:29:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[City, Love And Memory In Shahid Imtiaz’s Debut Anthology]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Lahore&rsquo;s air is imbued with creativity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 15:27:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Reading Rasool Bakhsh Palijo As Progressive Literary Critic]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-May-2026/reading-rasool-bakhsh-palijo-progressive-literary-critic]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The path of the critic is no straight road, but a spiral ascent forged through a lifelong devotion to the word.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:45:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Performance, Permanence And The Vanishing Present At The Gulgee Museum]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Aaj aur Kal (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow) was not an &ldquo;event&rdquo; in the ordinary sense of Karachi&rsquo;s art calendar.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Suleman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tariq Suleman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 22:53:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Dastar Vs Dastur – Why Balochistan's Youth Are Moving Beyond Hereditary Leadership Systems]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The land of Balochistan has been nurturing its culture, language, and traditions for centuries.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Ghaffar Bugti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 18:50:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Televised Toxicity: The Dark Side Of Pakistan's Prime-Time]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In a country where television is more than entertainment where it often functions as a moral classroom.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheraz Ahsan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Television]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sheraz Ahsan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 18:23:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Women And Men In Khushwant Singh’s Life]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There are a few books that are read twice, and even fewer that are really relished on a second reading.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 23:09:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Literature Meets Anthropology: Memories Of Aijaz Mangi, Chekhov And The Power Of Prose]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The phantom scent of cool Jamshoro breezes from the 1990s still lingers, summoning the hollow ache of late-night walks shared with Aijaz Mangi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 15:37:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Malice And Microphones - Unmasking The Misogyny In Our Media Culture]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The recent interview of film actress Ms Meera by Irshad Bhatti has not merely sparked a controversy; it has ripped open an old and festering wound in our media culture.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karim Nawaz Qaisrani]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Lifestyle, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Karim Nawaz Qaisrani]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 17:13:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why We May Need To Save Taxila From Our Own Conservation Efforts]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-May-2026/may-need-save-taxila-conservation-efforts]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There is something profoundly unsettling about watching a civilization being rebuilt in the image of our present anxieties.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Omar Tarar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Omar Tarar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 22:00:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pilgrim’s Progress: A Journey Of The Soul Through Punjab’s Heart]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The journey began at the stroke of nine on a Saturday morning, the Islamabad air still holding the crisp, translucent promise of the north before the sun climbed too high.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Diary, Features, Heritage, Legacy, Travel]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:05:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Muhammad Javed Painted The Pulse Of Everyday Lahore]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Apr-2026/muhammad-javed-painted-pulse-everyday-lahore]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[When asked what art means to him, Muhammad Javed gave a simple but powerful answer.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Culture, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:20:54 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Talking Conservation At The Shalimar Gardens On World Heritage Day]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Apr-2026/talking-conservation-shalimar-gardens-world-heritage-day]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The idyllic lawns and opulent fountains of the Shalimar Gardens represent a living symbol of Mughal royalty synonymous with artistic grandeur, a vital part of Pakistan&rsquo;s much-celebrated, majestic cultural heritage.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Abbas Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Abbas Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:22:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Journey Into Turkmenistan And The Resilient Baloch identity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Apr-2026/journey-turkmenistan-resilient-baloch-identity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Yarjan Badini&rsquo;s travelogue offers a compelling exploration of Baloch culture, traditions, and the enduring presence of Baloch communities across Central Asia and beyond.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Masood Hameed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Masood Hameed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:24:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Pakistani Television Found Global Success Without Netflix's Permission]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Netflix didn&rsquo;t reject Pakistani television.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Television]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:22:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ibn-e-Safi And The Art Of Intelligent Escape In Urdu Fiction]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Apr-2026/ibn-e-safi-art-intelligent-escape-urdu-fiction]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Escape is not always about running away.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Bilal Ramzan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Bilal Ramzan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:57:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Rise Of China's Experience Economy: How The Hainan Expo Redefines Wellness Travel]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[From the 13th to the 18th of April, the China International Consumer Products Expo in south China&rsquo;s Hainan Province has brought together more than 3,400 brands from around 60 countries and regions.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Reports]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:41:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Bugti Folk Music Is Reclaiming Cultural Space Globally]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The melodies of Bugti folk singers have begun to travel far beyond the rugged landscapes of Dera Bugti, quietly crossing borders, dissolving cultural divides, and finding resonance in distant audiences.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Ghaffar Bugti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Music]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Ghaffar Bugti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:41:26 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Asha Bhosle - The "Other" Mangeshkar Who Captured Pakistan's Heart]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Apr-2026/asha-bhosle-mangeshkar-captured-pakistan-s-heart]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The passing of Asha Bhosle at the age of 92 feels like the silencing of a shared cultural heartbeat.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, In memoriam, Legacy, Music, Tribute]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:05:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Light of the Pen: How Balochistan’s Women Writers Documented Resistance]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Apr-2026/light-pen-balochistan-s-women-writers-documented-resistance]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For the women writers of popular resistance in Balochistan, the political is inseparable from the personal, and the poetic is as ancient as the soil.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:39:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How A Lahore School Changed The Future of Hindustani Classical Music]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Mar-2026/lahore-school-changed-future-hindustani-classical-music]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Lahore&rsquo;s contribution to the modernisation of Hindustani classical music is often overlooked.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Talha Shafiq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Music]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Talha Shafiq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:54:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Sorrow To Soul: Reimagining Modern Punjabi Poetry With Rai Mohammad Khan Nasir]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In today&rsquo;s fast-changing world, many regional languages are struggling to survive in their true spirit.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adnan Tariq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:01:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Copyboy To Counter-Culture Icon: The Making Of A Gonzo Journalist]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I have always been drawn to the works of the &ldquo;New Journalists.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:42:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Flowers, Markets And Meaning: A New Lifestyle Trend Among China’s Youth]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, while working on this mini podcast series, I found myself scrolling through what looked like a very typical &ldquo;weekend recommendation&rdquo; post&mdash;until I realised none of it was typical at all.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niu Honglin]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Niu Honglin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:05:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Lahore’s Fauzia Yazdani And Mehr F. Husain Featured In German Newspaper Taz’s Global Women’s Day Series]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Mar-2026/lahore-s-fauzia-yazdani-mehr-f-husain-featured-german-newspaper-taz-s-global-women-s-day-series]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[German newspaper Taz  has featured two Pakistani women from Lahore, Fauzia Yazdani and Mehr F.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:05:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Imam Al-Bukhari Complex Reopens After Major Expansion In Uzbekistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Ahead of Eid al-Fitr, On March 19, 2026, the president of Uzbekistan officially opened the newly expanded Imam al Bukhari Mausoleum.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adkhamjon Janobiddinov]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:48:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Experiencing The Holy Month In Pakistan's Cultural Heart]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Out of the eight billion people on earth, Muslims number nearly two billion.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:20:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Stitches, Skin, Rusted Metal And Clay: Inside The BNU Masters Thesis Exhibition]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The BNU work presented for the Masters Thesis this year took my breath away.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laila Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Laila Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:35:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Dealing With Macaulay's Last Victory In Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It has been over seven decades since the Union Jack came down.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mahrukh Batool]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Education, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mahrukh Batool]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:24:26 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Two Lahores: How Rural Migration Is Redefining Pakistan's Cultural Capital]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[University days are often remembered as a blur of "firsts," but one seemingly trivial incident from my student years has stayed with me as a signal of a much wider phenomenon.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ammad Malik]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ammad Malik]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:20:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Dream Odyssey – Reclaiming The Narrative Through Pakistani Women’s Literature]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The sheer volume and visceral intensity of the literature of resistance produced by Pakistani women is nothing short of overwhelming.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:05:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Migrant Flavours Are Reshaping Germany’s Late-Night Culture]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It is 1am in Bonn.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anas Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:13:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Nostalgia On Nisbet Road: Pran Nevile’s Lahore]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I wonder how childish and unpredictable the ways of the heart are.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:11:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Billboards To Talk Shows: How English Words Erase Urdu Vocabulary]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In Pakistani culture, English is now viewed as the sine qua non of upward social mobility.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:05:54 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[In the heart of Islamabad, where the Margalla Hills stand as ancient, silent sentinels to the passage of empires, the Indus Cultural Forum (ICF) has emerged as a vital architect of peace.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 22:04:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When English Fails – Finding A Vocabulary Of Grief In Urdu And Punjabi]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[My eldest recently lost his childhood friend to a hit-and-run.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir Butt]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mariam Tahir Butt]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:29:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Leo Tolstoy: Apostle of Love In A Time Of Chaos And Cruelty – II]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Click here for the first part of this article
 
In 2012, while studying the war on terror&rsquo;s devastating impact on Muslim tribal societies in "ungoverned spaces" like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, we searched for a framework to explain the relentless violence facing these peripheries.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:46:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Writing Inwardly: How Silence Matured Into Tahir Sandhu’s Neondra]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Some stories don&rsquo;t begin on the page.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tallat Naveed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:43:38 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[In 2012, as we worked on our study of the war on terror&rsquo;s impact on Muslim tribal societies, we searched for a metaphor to frame and explain the dynamic that we were observing across the world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed, Amineh Hoti, Frankie Martin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:31:50 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[This article began with a digital ultimatum &ndash; the notification almost every email user eventually dreads.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, History, Legacy]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:52:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Lahore Fort’s Pluralistic Monuments And Cross-Cultural Gems]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Lahore Fort is a magnificent symbol of Lahore&rsquo;s rich cultural heritage, whose intriguing history and opulence have captivated public imagination for centuries, reflected in cinema, art, literature, and television.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Abbas Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Abbas Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:36:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Inside China’s Biggest Show: How The Spring Festival Gala Became A Global Cultural Bridge]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For millions of people in China, Chinese New Year&rsquo;s Eve begins the same way: a long journey home, a table slowly filling with dishes, and conversations that stretch late into the night.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, SPOTLIGHT, Technology, Television]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 23:28:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Identity, Love And Lahore: Rereading The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I can hardly recall anything that made me fall more in love with the Anarkali side of Mall Road than Mohsin Hamid&rsquo;s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:02:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cinematic False Flags: Deconstructing The Anti-Pakistan Narrative In New Releases]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Recently released Indian movies Dhurandhar, Sky Force and Border 2 in the post-Pahalgam crisis have refreshed the political role of the Indian entertainment industry, laced with multileveled anti-Pakistan narratives.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Attiq ur Rehman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Attiq ur Rehman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:49:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Encountering Caesar’s Rome And His Muddy Grave]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I studied at Catholic schools in Hyderabad, Sukkur and Karachi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Legacy, Travel]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:53:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Printing And Reading Culture In Colonial Shikarpur]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Jan-2026/printing-reading-culture-colonial-shikarpur]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The story of print culture in colonial Sindh is not just about machines and books.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:10:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is The New Zia Mohyeddin Documentary A Missed Opportunity For Cinematic Depth?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Jan-2026/west-end-urdu-oratory-tracing-zia-mohyeddin-s-journey]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[If plaudits at the screening I attended are to be believed, the new Pakistani documentary, The Colour of My Heart (directed by Umar Riaz), releasing in cinemas on 6 February 2026, is going to be a gamechanger for the country&rsquo;s fledgling film industry.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Huzaifaa Farrukh]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Perspective, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Huzaifaa Farrukh]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:08:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Reclaiming The Rooftops: A Generational Revival Of Basant Joy]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jan-2026/reclaiming-rooftops-generational-revival-basant-joy]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[It was the closest spectacle to the Carnival in Rio and the Mardi Gras in New Orleans.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 23:47:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Basant Revival: Can Maryam Nawaz Restore Lahore’s Cultural Heartbeat?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Jan-2026/basant-revival-can-maryam-nawaz-restore-lahore-s-cultural-heartbeat]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Lahore is known for many delightful things &ndash; its rich history, culture, and, of course, festivals, to name a few.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamza Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Hamza Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:58:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Who, What, Wear, Why: The Politics Of Wedding Attire]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Jan-2026/wear-politics-wedding-attire]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[As an immigrant Pakistani, a member of the diaspora, or someone who has chosen to live outside of Pakistan, I have lost many rights.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bisma Tirmizi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Bisma Tirmizi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:51:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Strings And Soul: Celebrating 150 Years Of NCA With Mehfil-e-Sitar]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA["If music be the food of love, play on"
(William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night)
My heart and soul are most alive when I am in Lahore.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Music]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:06:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Maseeti To Bhaati Gate: Walking Down Lahore’s Chelsea]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[An account of the first part of this sojourn in Lahore city, through Kotwali-Wala Bazaar until exiting on the Fort Road in front of Shahi Qila&rsquo;s majestic elephant-friendly Maseeti gate appeared in this space about a month ago.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:57:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['The Lover's Heart' At Its Worst: Critique Of A Thumri Evening In Islamabad]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[What is an enemy or two when it comes to balancing the scales between the critique and the appreciation of our heritage? I have no qualms about occupying the humble station of the listener.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Music, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:24:40 +0500</pubDate>

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