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					<title><![CDATA[Climate Finance Readiness: Can Pakistan Turn Money Into Resilience?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For countries on the front line of climate change, the question is no longer simply how much climate finance can be mobilized.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alishba Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Economy, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:59:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Beyond the AI Race: How BRICS Is Helping The Global South Harness Technology]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is advancing at a breathtaking pace.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Economy, Editor's Picks, Environment, Features, SPOTLIGHT, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:38:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Mental Health In Pakistan Is A Tax Policy Issue]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA["When will our new car arrive, Baba?" said a 17-year-old, just one week before attempting suicide.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Easha Shahid]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Easha Shahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:18:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Beyond The $3 Billion: Why Pakistan’s 10-Year Bond Matters More Than The Money]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan has just executed its largest-ever single international capital-market transaction, raising $3 billion through a dual-tranche Eurobond.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Khurram Haris]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Khurram Haris]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:17:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Poverty Trap: Why Pakistan Needs Economic Transformation, Not Temporary Relief]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Poverty remains one of the most confronting challenges to Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abid Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abid Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:42:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Rethinking Pakistan’s National Security: Has Policy Evolved Since Kargil?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, veteran journalist Jehangir Khattak, who hosts the Khabar-o-Nazar channel, reached out to me.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:50:32 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Poverty Feeds Malnutrition - Pakistan’s Health Crisis Is An Economic One]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A child in Pakistan can be malnourished before she has ever missed a meal.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iftikhar Talpur]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Iftikhar Talpur]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:43:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Right Without A Remedy - Has Punjab Stripped Consumers of Their Voice?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Consider a scenario familiar to many consumers across Punjab: you order a laptop through a popular e-commerce platform.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Hannan Mansoor]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Hannan Mansoor]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 01:00:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Part I: Partition, Prosperity And Power: The Making Of Pakistan’s Industrial Economy]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Sep-2026/partition-prosperity-power-making-pakistan-s-industrial-economy]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Partition is usually remembered through territory, refugees, violence and the creation of two states.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Khawar Mehdi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Economy, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Khawar Mehdi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:29:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can There Be A People-Centred Approach to Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Sep-2026/can-people-centred-approach-tourism-gilgit-baltistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Gilgit-Baltistan has the potential to attract millions of tourists because of its unique natural landscape and beauty.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Measum Abbas]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Travel]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Measum Abbas]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:01:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Protected Elites, Exploited Poor: How Elite Capture Consumes Pakistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Aug-2026/protected-elites-exploited-poor-elite-capture-consumes-pakistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The greatest danger to a society is not the existence of the rich, but the disappearance of the ladder by which the poor can rise.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[M Shaban Uppal]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[M Shaban Uppal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:40:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The World Bank Is In A $375-Million Push To Modernise Pakistan’s Electricity Network]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The World Bank has approved funding of US$375.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:58:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How SCO Countries Are Making Green Development An Engine Of Growth]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Aug-2026/sco-countries-making-green-development-engine-growth]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) are navigating a common challenge: how to continue economic development and improve living standards while protecting the environment.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Economy, Editor's Picks, Environment, Features, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:06:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[SMEs in Asian Economies: Comparative Experience and Lessons for Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been the quiet architects of Asia's remarkable economic transformation.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[M Shaban Uppal]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[M Shaban Uppal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:56:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is Missile Defence A Financial Trap Or A Phantom Shield?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Aug-2026/missile-defence-financial-trap-phantom-shield]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For decades up till now, the concept of a "missile shield" captured the imagination of military planners and policymakers.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadir Mansoor]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Perspective, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadir Mansoor]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:06:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Pakistan Must Give Up On The Illusion Of Borrowed Bonanzas]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Aug-2026/pakistan-must-give-illusion-borrowed-bonanzas]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For a large section of Pakistanis, it is more of a windy going all along than anything close to winds of change, let alone a turnaround windfall.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Perspective, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:51:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Living On The Edge: Stagnant Wages And Hyper-Taxation In Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The middle class constitutes the vibrant core of modern society, comprising individuals and households who maintain steady, reliable incomes and possess the economic resources necessary to live comfortably, meet essential needs, and plan for the future.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mekaeel Sadiq Gondal]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mekaeel Sadiq Gondal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:07:32 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can Islamic Economics Cure the Crises of Modern Capitalism?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Aug-2026/can-islamic-economics-cure-crises-modern-capitalism]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Based on the works of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, Dr Shehzad Saleem has written several articles on the economic law of Islam.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:32:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is Hydrogen The Future Of Rail Transport Or Just An Expensive Experiment?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Over the years, rail transport has undergone a significant metamorphosis, moving from steam to diesel and electric traction.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:24:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The System Has Collapsed, But Not For The Elites]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi&rsquo;s recent pronouncement that the &ldquo;system&rdquo; has collapsed is hardly surprising.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zahid Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Developing, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zahid Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:30:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Weekly Review Of Pakistan's Economics Journalism And Commentary: August 7–14, 2026]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[An interesting week for journalism as newspapers collectively revealed an important shift in the way the economy is being discussed.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Ul Haque]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Ul Haque]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:55:01 +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[What China Understood About Ports That Pakistan Still Doesn't ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Every hour a container ship waits outside a port and adds to transport costs, delays exports, and weakens a country's competitiveness.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Awais Ali]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Awais Ali]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s Missing Link In FDI: Engaging The Private Sector]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan&rsquo;s foreign direct investment debate has largely focused on one question: how can the government attract more foreign investors? Investment conferences are organised, delegations are received, incentives are offered and investment facilitation institutions are strengthened.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shahid Anwar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shahid Anwar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:25:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fifteen Years After 18th Amendment: What Have Pakistan’s Provinces Delivered?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The debate over new provinces has resurfaced amid a deepening crisis of credibility in Pakistan&rsquo;s political system&mdash;and it is not unfolding in a political vacuum.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yousuf Nazar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy, Education, Health]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yousuf Nazar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:28:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s New Middle East Security Role]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For a country long defined in Western capitals by the Afghan war and its aftermath, Pakistan spent much of 2026 doing something unfamiliar: brokering peace between great powers rather than absorbing the fallout of their conflicts.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ghazanfar Ali Garewal]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ghazanfar Ali Garewal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:51:47 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Nuclear Energy is Vital For Pakistan’s Future – And How To Begin Preparing]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The debate over electricity in Pakistan usually starts with the issues that we are facing today: tariffs, circular debt, high fuel prices, and the scarcity of power.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Environment, Features, Perspective, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:58:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Economic Journalism Still Reports The Symptoms, Not The System: August 1-7]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan&rsquo;s economic journalism had a better week than usual, with stories on exports, food insecurity, energy pricing, Islamic finance, agricultural subsidies, jobs and federalism that moved beyond simple press-release reporting, while the op-eds were sharper.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Ul Haque]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Ul Haque]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:37:02 +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[How The Historic RCD Highway Route Became Pakistan's Most Dangerous Road]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Back in 1964, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey formed the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fahmida Shahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fahmida Shahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:40:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Squeezing The Compliant, Exempting The Smuggler: The Reality Of Pakistan’s Untaxed Economy]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Every budget season, Pakistan does the same thing.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rafia Ali]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Rafia Ali]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:30:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Changing Face Of “Made in China”: From Fast Fashion To High-Tech]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Made in China&rdquo; has long been a familiar label around the world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Reports, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:32:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Pragmatist’s Autocracy: How Lee Kuan Yew Engineered An Economic Miracle Out Of An Impossible Nation]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A little over 700 square kilometres in size, scarcely a quarter of Rhode Island, Singapore was expelled from the Malaysian Federation in August 1965 and left to chart its own course.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mekaiel Qazi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Legacy]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:38:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cryptocurrency’s Emerging Role In Terrorist Financing]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For four centuries, the state&rsquo;s claim to legitimacy has rested on a bargain Thomas Hobbes described with brutal clarity: subjects surrender their liberty to a sovereign in exchange for order, and the sovereign, in turn, monopolises the instruments of violence and value.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Musarat Amin]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Perspective, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Musarat Amin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:21:54 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan's Public Wealth: The Missing Link In Fiscal Reform]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[One of the most important messages in the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment on Pakistan has received surprisingly little public attention.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shahid Anwar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Developing, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shahid Anwar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:48:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Economic Default To System Failure]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the last two weeks, I published three pieces in the Friday Times, in which I proposed a &ldquo;controlled, negotiated&rdquo; economic default.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Hasan Zafar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Hasan Zafar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:10:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Three Governments, Zero Result]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Aug-2026/three-governments-zero-result]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For seventy-eight years, Pakistan has changed almost everything about who governs it.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Ramish Chaudhry]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Developing, Economy, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Ramish Chaudhry]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:23:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Who Can Pakistan Really Afford?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Aug-2026/can-pakistan-really-afford]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Section 1: The Country Is Not Going Broke&mdash;Its Social Contract IsPakistan is frequently portrayed as a country perpetually on the brink of bankruptcy.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shahid Sattar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shahid Sattar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:48:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Price Of Incomplete Devolution]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Aug-2026/price-incomplete-devolution]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Few constitutional reforms in Pakistan have enjoyed the political consensus and public acclaim accorded to the 18th Constitutional Amendment.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Shahid Siddiqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Shahid Siddiqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:52:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Good Governance Is Not A Map-Drawing Exercise]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Aug-2026/good-governance-map-drawing-exercise]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[At this week's wide-ranging press briefing, DG ISPR said something few Pakistanis would dispute: good governance is the key to security and stability.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ali Awais]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Aug-2026/good-governance-map-drawing-exercise</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Ali Awais]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:17:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The World Is Winning the Renewable Energy Race But Losing The Energy Access Battle]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Aug-2026/world-winning-renewable-energy-race-losing-energy-access-battle]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Consider a reality in which the cost of solar panels keeps declining each year, wind farms are hitting new highs, and renewable energy is being developed more rapidly than at any point.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
					<guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Aug-2026/world-winning-renewable-energy-race-losing-energy-access-battle</guid>

											<author><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:57:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Import Bill: Paying In Dollars What We Refused To Pay In Rupees]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Jul-2026/import-bill-paying-dollars-refused-pay-rupees]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Last week the Food Security Minister announced that Pakistan would import wheat.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohsin Leghari]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohsin Leghari]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:58:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Has The System Truly Collapsed?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Jul-2026/system-truly-collapsed]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Political crises do not always begin with the rumble of tanks.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Sajjad Anwar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Sajjad Anwar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:29:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Oblivion Trap (Part II): Western Inertia And Geopolitical Jolt]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Jul-2026/oblivion-trap-part-ii-western-inertia-geopolitical-jolt]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The United States is losing ground to China&mdash;not because of Chinese aggression, but because of internal dysfunction, elite failure, and strategic incoherence&rdquo;&mdash;Kishore Mahbubani
While China was engineering its industrial leap, the Western world was drifting into a state of profound structural oblivion.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Huzaima Bukhari]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy, SPOTLIGHT, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Huzaima Bukhari]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:52:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How China Is Saving The Yangtze River]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Jul-2026/china-saving-yangtze-river]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[By the early 2000s, the Yangtze was suffocating.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fahmida Shahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fahmida Shahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:11:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Defence At The Expense Of Development - A Quiet Crisis Undermining Global Stability]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Jul-2026/defence-expense-development-quiet-crisis-undermining-global-stability]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Across the international system, a significant shift is underway in priorities.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed Qazilbash]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammed Qazilbash]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:52:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Twenty-Five Years Of The Indo-Pak Talks: Rethinking Crisis Management Through Bilateral Summits]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Jul-2026/twenty-five-years-indo-pak-talks-rethinking-crisis-management-bilateral-summits]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[South Asia requires more bilateral summits, not security threats, to restore strategic stability and crisis diplomacy.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Hamza Chaudhary]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Hamza Chaudhary]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:10:23 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[2 Decades And $2 Trillion Later, What Did The US Gain From The Afghanistan War?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Jul-2026/2-decades-dollar-2-trillion-later-us-gain-afghanistan-war]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We had a twisted culture in which killing earned you respect, as if shooting Afghans was the ultimate proof that you were competent.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:26:32 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Red Blueprint – How Maoism Reshaped Sindh’s Agrarian Struggle]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Jul-2026/red-blueprint-maoism-reshaped-sindh-s-agrarian-struggle]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Every political organisation is born into a turbulent current of history, shaped not by utopian blueprints, but by the relentless tides of external forces and internal realities.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Education, Features, History, Legacy, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 01:12:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan's Export Strategy Needs A Reset]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Jul-2026/pakistan-s-export-strategy-needs-reset]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For many years, Pakistan's export strategy has largely focused on expanding exports through market access, trade agreements and export promotion.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shahid Anwar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shahid Anwar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:10:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Population Paradox: Pakistan's Unsung Economic Anchor]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Jul-2026/population-paradox-pakistan-s-unsung-economic-anchor]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[When you look at how developing economies work, few things stir up as much disagreement as population numbers.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Khurram Haris]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Khurram Haris]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:56:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Politics Of Prosperity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jul-2026/politics-prosperity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA["Nations become prosperous not when they discover better economic ideas, but when they create political conditions in which those ideas can endure.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[M Shaban Uppal]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[M Shaban Uppal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:37:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Implications Of Elite Capture]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jul-2026/implications-elite-capture]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Since its inception as a new state in August 1947, Pakistan is facing the dilemma of elites monopolizing power and resources of the country.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Moonis Ahmar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Moonis Ahmar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:22:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fuel, Food And Fallout: The True Cost Of The US-Israeli War With Iran]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Jul-2026/fuel-food-fallout-true-cost-us-israeli-war-iran]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Since hostilities erupted in late February 2026, the global energy market has been violently disrupted.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadir Mansoor]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadir Mansoor]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:48:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Decoding NYC's $12 Billion Budget Gap: Did Mayor Mamdani Really Fix It?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As Pakistan&rsquo;s provinces and cities struggle with chronic municipal underbudgeting and budget gaps, New York City&rsquo;s recent budget debate offers an interesting case study.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Saarib Khalid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Saarib Khalid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:16:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Riyadh’s Railway Revolution – From Congested Highways To Driverless Metros]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Jul-2026/riyadh-s-railway-revolution-congested-highways-driverless-metros]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[It was a hot summer afternoon in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:05:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Indus Delta At A Crossroads – Climate, Communities And Pakistan’s Coastal Future]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Climate change has transformed the coast of southern Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Economy, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:00:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Gen Z's PSX Gamble]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For decades, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was largely seen as a market for seasoned brokers, wealthy individuals, institutional investors, and older retail participants.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Khoso]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Perspective, Technology, Economy]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:08:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Classrooms To Copper: What Replaced Development Aid In Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[International donor agencies once funded Pakistan's schools, clinics, civic institutions, and peacebuilding initiatives.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Ali Hameed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Economy, Environment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Ali Hameed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:17:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Monsoon In Swat’s Korakai – A Season Of Hope, Not Fear]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Every year, the arrival of the monsoon completely changes Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fazal Maula Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Diary, Economy, Editor's Picks, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fazal Maula Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:29:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A 30-Year Diabetic’s Guide To Reclaiming Health In Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I have lived with diabetes for over 30 years.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shahid Sattar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Health]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shahid Sattar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 05:21:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Banda-Basali Was Once The Economic Powerhouse Of Rawalpindi]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Several historical villages in Rawalpindi district were once known for their cultural heritage.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:53:26 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fueling The Future: Why Pakistan Must Invest In National School Meal Programs]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan's future depends on the health, education, and well-being of its children.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ali Nawaz Rahimoo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Health]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ali Nawaz Rahimoo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:11:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Corruption Thrives On Paper – Why Pakistan Must Go Digital]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Most Pakistanis have been there.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Hannan Mansoor]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Hannan Mansoor]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:02:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[In Foreigners' Eyes: What Galvanises Young People In A Changing China]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Across the world, the strength of a governing party is often measured through numbers: approval ratings, economic indicators, or public surveys.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Legacy, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:48:23 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[India’s Assault On Pakistan's Water Security Will Force It To Fight For Life]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Before proceeding further on our current river water disputes with India, there should be no doubt in any Indian mind that any diversion of rivers that are allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) of 1960 is an act of war and, as enunciated by the Pakistani government many times, it will be treated and responded to as such.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Economy, Editor's Picks, Environment, Features, Main Slider, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:36:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Paving Over Paradise: The State-Sanctioned Theft Of Sargodha’s Kinnow Capital]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a citrus grove in the early hours of a Sargodha morning, the dew still heavy on the kinnow, the air carrying that clean, sharp sweetness that no perfumer has ever quite replicated.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shafay Jaspal]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shafay Jaspal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:03:23 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Track To A Cooler Future: Why Transport Decarbonisation Must Start With Rail]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest problems in human history is currently confronting the world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:55:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Surviving, Not Thriving: Pakistan's Budgets Trap the Economy in Endless Stabilisation]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The annual unveiling of the Pakistan Economic Survey, followed by the hurling of what is dubbed the &lsquo;budget bomb&rsquo;, is hardly an unveiling, nor does it carry the shock factor of an explosive anymore.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:29:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Thirsty Fields, Deaf Ears: Understanding The Water Crisis In Southern Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A powerful wave of protest is rising across Sindh, uniting everyone from the Chief Minister to ordinary farmers struggling in parched fields against a suffocating injustice.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Ehsan Leghari]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammad Ehsan Leghari]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:13:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[25 Years Of The SCO – From Regional Security To Sustainable Transformations]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The year 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:18:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[What Would A Decolonised Study Of Economics Look Like?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The World Decolonization Forum was held in Istanbul in May.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:01:26 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Kohistan And Development On the Margins Of National Progress]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Kohistan, a rugged and distinct human world situated within the mountainous northern regions of Pakistan, is a society shaped by its harsh geography, deep religiosity, linguistic diversity and complex social organisation.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zubair Torwali]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Economy, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zubair Torwali]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:39:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can AI Arrest The Decline Of US Great Power Status?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In my prior columns, I argued that the US seems to have reached the apogee of its status as a great power.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:59:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Amjad Saqib On Human Dignity And Systemic Oppression In Pakistan's Landscape]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In their book Economy Studies, de Muijnck and Tieleman call for the decolonisation of economics.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Economy, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 17:04:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Trading Forests For Concrete – The Illusion Of Eco-Tourism In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan is no longer approaching a climate emergency; it is experiencing its consequences in real time.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fazal Maula Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Economy, Editor's Picks, Environment, Features, SPOTLIGHT, Travel]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fazal Maula Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:50:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When State Success Bypasses The Citizen]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There is a story we read as children &mdash; perhaps you remember it still &mdash; of a magnificent kingdom where the boulevards were swept until they gleamed like mirrors, where fountains danced in marble courtyards, and where gardens bloomed with flowers so rare their names have faded from memory.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Muhammad Mehboob Hassan Khan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Muhammad Mehboob Hassan Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 07:10:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s Middle Power Aspirations Are A Balancing Act Between Diplomacy And Domestic Crisis]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The month of May brought significant military and diplomatic gains for Pakistan this year, as well as the last.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:08:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Hantavirus In Asia: Why Panic Is A Bigger Threat Than The Disease]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Hantavirus fears highlight a familiar truth: it is more our lack of preparedness that poses a risk than the virus itself.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tehreem Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Health]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tehreem Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 01:59:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Great Powers Overstretch, Decline And Fall – Will The US Be An Exception?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[King Charles' visit to the US in April was a stark reminder of how the roles had reversed between the coloniser and the colony.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Perspective, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 01:39:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Tolls, Taxes And Trade: The Story Of Control In The Persian Gulf]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The previous article on the Strait of Hormuz discussed the effect of geography on its politics.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 23:45:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is Pakistan Going From Energy Independence To A Tax On Sunlight?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In Pakistan, an electricity bill is no longer just a piece of paper; it has become a source of monthly anxiety for almost every household.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amna Asif]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Environment, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Amna Asif]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:09:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Beijing 2026 - Seeking Stability In The World’s Most Important Bilateral Relationship]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a new round of face-to-face talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping from 14 to 15 May, a meeting arriving at a particularly delicate moment in global politics and the international economy.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:57:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Geography, Piracy And Superpower Rivalry In The Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the wandering of tectonic plays, nature sometimes plays a cruel joke.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:36:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Nuclear Weapons Haven't Lowered Pakistan’s Defense Budget]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[After a long time, Pakistan is getting positive coverage in the global media due to the very constructive role it is playing to mediate an end to the Iran War.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Interview, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:55:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Hunger Amidst Potential: The Paradox Of Pakistan's Food Insecurity]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It is no hidden fact that successive governments in Pakistan have largely failed to allocate funds or focus to what is the country&rsquo;s, in fact any country&rsquo;s, most vital resource: namely, its human resources.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:50:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan Is Having Its Moment In the Sun – What Can it Do to Make it Last? ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan&rsquo;s moment in the sun has arrived.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui, Julian Spencer-Churchill]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui, Julian Spencer-Churchill]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:30:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Hainan Playbook: Transforming A Consumer Expo Into A Global Carnival]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Click here to read about how the Hainan Expo is redefining wellness travel - the first half of our coverage 

 
This was not your ordinary expo.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Chen Ziqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:28:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Rise And Demise Of Islamic Socialism]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[This essay examines the rise, institutionalisation, and eventual fragmentation of &lsquo;Islamic Socialism&rsquo; as a dominant socio-political synthesis in the mid-20th-century Muslim world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:20:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Taxila At A Crossroads: Is The Master Plan 2055 Protecting Or Repurposing Heritage?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Few archaeological landscapes in South Asia carry the weight of history quite like Taxila.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Omar Tarar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Omar Tarar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:15:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ The Futility Of Nuclear Weapons – II]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As discussed in Part I of this two-part article, nuclear weapons, contrary to their stated intent, do not yield an economic dividend.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui, Julian Spencer-Churchill]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui, Julian Spencer-Churchill]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:35:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Rise Of China's Experience Economy: How The Hainan Expo Redefines Wellness Travel]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Apr-2026/rise-china-s-experience-economy-hainan-expo-redefines-wellness-travel]]></link>
										<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>
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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 The Trump-Netanyahu Alliance Is A Threat To Global Security, Health And Prosperity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Apr-2026/trump-netanyahu-alliance-threat-global-security-health-prosperity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Israel, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, continues to violate international law.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nazeer Ahmed Arijo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nazeer Ahmed Arijo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:29:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Futility Of Nuclear Weapons – I]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The case for developing nuclear weapons is predicated on two assumptions.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui, Julian Spencer-Churchill]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui, Julian Spencer-Churchill]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:48:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[What I Learned About Neuroendocrine Tumours]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Apr-2026/learned-neuroendocrine-tumours]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Mom passed away late March, about a year and five months after she was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumours (NET).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Health]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:44:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Pakistan's Oil Diplomacy Isn't Lowering Prices]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Apr-2026/pakistan-s-oil-diplomacy-isn-t-lowering-prices]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan is in the grip of its worst fuel price shock in history.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yummna Hina Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yummna Hina Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:53:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Poverty, Protest And The Petro-Bomb: Pakistan’s Newest Brewing Storm]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Apr-2026/poverty-protest-petro-bomb-pakistan-s-newest-brewing-storm]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There is far too much social injustice in the state of Pakistan to allow a functioning social fabric.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nazeer Ahmed Arijo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nazeer Ahmed Arijo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:09:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Petrol Bombs And Power Games: Who Really Pays the Price in Pakistan?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Apr-2026/petrol-bombs-power-games-really-pays-price-pakistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There is a certain predictability to how fuel price hikes are explained in Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Taha Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:39:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can Pakistan Play A Military Role In Iran If It Becomes Necessary?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Mar-2026/can-pakistan-play-military-role-iran-becomes-necessary]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Iran War has now entered its second month, and there is no end in sight.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui, Julian Spencer-Churchill]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Perspective, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui, Julian Spencer-Churchill]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:20:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Might Dwarf The 1973 Oil Embargo]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Mar-2026/strait-hormuz-crisis-might-dwarf-1973-oil-embargo]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Iran will collapse in a few days, once its leadership is wiped out.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, SPOTLIGHT, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:48:28 +0500</pubDate>

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