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					<title><![CDATA[Marking The Qibla – The Art Of Mosque Depictions In Sindh’s Funerary Architecture]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The mihrab, an arched niche in the qibla wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of prayer, also became an important feature of Sindhi tombs, particularly those of kings, princes, and nobles.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 06:37:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The New Normal Of Global Conflict: A Failure Of Humanitarian Architecture]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There is something deeply disturbing about the way the world now speaks about humanitarian crises.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed Qazilbash]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammed Qazilbash]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:05:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Malcolm X’s Journey – The Evolution Of A Muslim American Warrior For Peace]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In February 1965, Malcolm X, or El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, delivered a speech at the University of Birmingham, where I had been an undergraduate until the previous year.]]></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, 17 Sep 2026 23:26:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Punjab di Veil: The History Of A Divided Land And The Unfinished Question Of Punjab ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Book: Punjab di VelAuthor: Aamir Riaz
جھوٹ آکھاں تے کجھ بچدا اےسچ کہاں تے بھانبڑ مچدا اے
Bulleh Shah&rsquo;s immortal words contain a profound philosophy of truth: truth exposes what falsehood tries to preserve.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tallat Naveed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tallat Naveed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:35:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Last Harpoon? Iceland Confronts The Future Of Commercial Whaling]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There is something almost paradoxical about Iceland&rsquo;s relationship with the whale.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:58:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Invisible Hands Behind Pakistan’s Fishing Industry]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Along Pakistan&rsquo;s sprawling 1,050-kilometre coastline, the quiet rhythm of the fishing industry depends on a foundation of labour that rarely receives recognition.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mekaeel Sadiq Gondal]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mekaeel Sadiq Gondal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:28:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Notes From South Punjab: The Frightened Neighbours ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;If you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Saeed Akhter]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Saeed Akhter]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:42:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Leadership Legacy Of Dr Ruth Pfau: How One Woman Changed Countless Lives]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There are some people whose presence leaves an impression on you long after they are gone.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayaz Morris]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Health, History, Legacy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ayaz Morris]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:00:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[In The Sacred Landscape Of Kakrario – Tharparkar’s Pluralistic Village]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Two villages in Tharparkar district share the name Kakrario.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:43:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Climate Change Is Not Gender-Neutral: Why Women In Pakistan Bear A Heavier Burden]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[When climate disasters strike, they do not affect everyone equally.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nasir Ali Panhwar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nasir Ali Panhwar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:58:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Between Orwell’s Nightmare And Huxley’s Dream: The Dystopia We Built Ourselves]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/orwell-s-nightmare-huxley-s-dream-dystopia-built]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Who knew that one day predictions of George Orwell made in 1948 and Aldous Huxley in 1932 will both be true and there will be times when conditions predicted by both will be prevalent simultaneously.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tauqeer Irtiza]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Features, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tauqeer Irtiza]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:29:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Water-Food Paradox: Why Pakistan’s Agricultural Success Is Becoming Its Vulnerability]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/water-food-paradox-pakistan-s-agricultural-success-becoming-vulnerability]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[By 2050, the world will need to feed nearly 10 billion people.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Aziz Tunio]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Climate Crisis, Environment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Aziz Tunio]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:09:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Who Gives Pakistani Women Permission To Grow Old?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Jemima Goldsmith is 52 and has married again.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Rakhshinda Perveen]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Rakhshinda Perveen]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:46:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Knowledge We Cannot Control: AI, Faustus And The Politics Of Knowing ]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/knowledge-cannot-control-ai-faustus-politics-knowing]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There seems to be something very Faustian about the development of artificial intelligence by mankind.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marukh Sindhu]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Marukh Sindhu]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:28:08 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Leaving YouTube Behind: Inside ARY Digital's High-Stakes Streaming Bet]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/leaving-youtube-behind-inside-ary-digital-s-high-stakes-streaming-bet]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Five months ago, I traced how Pakistani television built a global audience without Netflix's help: hundreds of millions of YouTube views, sustained almost entirely outside any platform the industry actually controlled.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Entertainment, Features, Television]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:56:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Meet The Masked Master Of Japanese Horror]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/meet-masked-master-japanese-horror]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Strange Pictures is an international bestselling mystery-horror novel written by the masked Japanese YouTuber and author Uketsu.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:18:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Shifts In European Politics: Sweden’s Election Tests The Continent’s Rightward Turn]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Sep-2026/shifts-european-politics-sweden-s-election-tests-continent-s-rightward-turn]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Europe&rsquo;s political landscape is undergoing one of its most consequential transformations since the end of the Cold War.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:15:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Islamic Heritage in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Preserving Values, Shaping The Future]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Sep-2026/islamic-heritage-age-artificial-intelligence-preserving-values-shaping-future]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The question for the Muslim world is no longer whether artificial intelligence will enter religious education.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Qasim Munir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:47:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Who Failed Grade Nine: The Teacher Or The System?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Before entering the teaching profession, I spent several years in corporate communication, working extensively with English-language media, writing, editing and professional communication.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Rabnawaz Awan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Education, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Rabnawaz Awan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:47:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Green Dot Never Clocks Out: How Permanent Availability Became A Social Obligation]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[At 10:47 p.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hadi Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Hadi Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:24:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[After 9/11, Was It Necessary For The US To Invade And Occupy Afghanistan And Iraq?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The terrorist attack on the US on the 11th of September 2001, was the most horrible attack on American soil since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:13:31 +0500</pubDate>

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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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											<author><![CDATA[Alishba Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:59:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Climate Change Is Reshaping Urban Vulnerability, Social Health, And Community Resilience In Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The climate change debate has shifted from questioning whether it is a myth or a reality to recognizing it as an existential threat to humanity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Asif Ali Sandeelo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Asif Ali Sandeelo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:12:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Naina Adil’s Poetry: Between Word, Voice And Silence]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Naina Adil&rsquo;s poetic identity can best be understood through her two major poetry collections, Shabd and Gul Baang.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Features, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:12:23 +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[From Raising Funds To Raising Walls: A Young Pakistani’s Journey Of Service In Ecuador]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[At 17, Aayan Maleek travelled thousands of kilometres to help build homes for vulnerable families in Ecuador carrying with him not only a commitment to service, but the flag of Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Haroon Ashgar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Haroon Ashgar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:07:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Baghdad To Makli – The Spiritual Journey Of Syed Barkhurdar Shah Jilani]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Syed Barkhurdar Shah Jilani&rsquo;s shrine lies in the southern part of Makli in Thatta district.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:44:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why 500 Minority Quota Jobs Remain Unfilled In Punjab]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A government quota is meaningful only when the opportunities it creates reach the people for whom they were intended.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashiknaz Khokhar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ashiknaz Khokhar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 05:04:19 +0500</pubDate>

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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>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Diary, Features, Memory, Music]]></category><language>en</language>
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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[The Taliban’s ‘Museum Of Death’ And The Dilemma Of Terrorist Imagery]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Sky News published a video this month that opens with a rigged explosive device and a pickaxe under a stark title card, &ldquo;Inside the Taliban&rsquo;s Museum of Death.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farwa Imtiaz]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farwa Imtiaz]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:39:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[JF-17: Can Pakistan Become The Toyota Of The Global Fighter Market?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For decades, Pakistan has been discussed as a big market for military equipment.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdul Rafay Afzal]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Abdul Rafay Afzal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:02:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When Empathy Turns Into A Verdict]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The official theme for World Mental Health Day 2026, marked on October 10, is &ldquo;Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change,&rdquo; as announced by the World Federation for Mental Health.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Rakhshinda Perveen]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:47:16 +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[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>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Features, Health, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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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[Why Was India Partitioned? Revisiting The Long Road To 1947]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Few questions in South Asian history appear as simple in wording and as difficult in substance as the one Anees Sheikh places at the center of his book: Why was India partitioned? The temptation to answer quickly is strong.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Features, Reader's view]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:51:57 +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>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Culture, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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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[From Jamshoro To The World – Connecting Pakistan’s Engineers With Global Environmental Experts]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[On the 9th of September 2026, an event greater than just an academic ceremony happened at the Mehran University of Engineering &amp; Technology (MUET) in Jamshoro.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Environment, Features, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Yasir Ali Bhatti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:07:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Built For 2003, Broken For Today: The Systemic Failure Of Lahore Airport]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Sep-2026/built-2003-broken-today-systemic-failure-lahore-airport]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Air travel is one of the defining, romanticized rituals of the 21st century.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ammad Malik]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ammad Malik]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:39:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s Missing Car: From Assembly Lines To The Electric Age]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan has been making automobiles for decades.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:24:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Beyond Betrayal: Umera Ahmed’s Powerful Portrait Of A Woman Reclaiming Herself]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[This particular play, airing every Friday and Saturday at 8pm on HUM has been written by Umera Ahmed and directed by Saife Hassan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaitee Ara Siddiqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Entertainment, Features, Television]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Gaitee Ara Siddiqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:00:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Exploring Masterpieces Of Neolithic Stone Art In France]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In September 2019, I had the opportunity to visit several megalithic sites in the Vend&eacute;e and Brittany regions of France while participating in the international conference &ldquo;Megaliths of the World,&rdquo; held from the 9th to the 14th of September 2019 at the Historial de la Vend&eacute;e in Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:55:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ecosystem Of Abuse: Why Pakistan's Laws Fail To Stop Gender-Based Violence]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Not a day goes by, literally, when we don&rsquo;t read or hear about another gruesome act of violence against women, predominantly a ghastly sexual assault, where even female children and infants are not spared.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:13:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Wrong Address: What Nepal’s Floods Should Teach Pakistan About Risk]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[On 26 August 2026, flash floods tore through Rasuwa and Nuwakot in Nepal, killing people, destroying homes, and upending entire villages along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Willem van Deursen]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Climate Crisis, Environment]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Willem van Deursen]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:24:13 +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>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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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>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Insight]]></category><language>en</language>
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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[When Education Becomes A Business]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Watching a video on Instagram, in which teachers at a school in Dubai were dancing to a Bollywood number to welcome the children back to school after the summer vacations, seemed to make a mockery of the profession.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaitee Ara Siddiqi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Education, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Gaitee Ara Siddiqi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:33:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Riding The Midnight Train – A Magical Journey Through Regret And Redemption]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In The Midnight Train, an 81-year-old London bookstore owner named Wilbur Budd suffers a massive heart attack and awakens near death on a fog-enshrouded railway platform.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:43:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Imperial Icon: Why Gloria Steinem’s Feminism Is Not Mine]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I guess I have finally become the "feminist killjoy" Sara Ahmed exhorted us to be.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fawzia Afzal-Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Legacy, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fawzia Afzal-Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:50:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Germany At The Crossroads: Merz, The AfD And The Fracturing Of The Postwar Centre]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For decades, Germany appeared to possess something that many European democracies had gradually lost: a political center strong enough to absorb almost any shock.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:26:13 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[I have been a citizen of Pakistan for over six decades.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Mujtaba Quadri]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Mujtaba Quadri]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:39:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Bengal Famine Of 1943: Churchill, Empire And The Politics Of Starvastion]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Bengal Famine of 1943 stands as one of the most damning atrocities of British imperial rule, where an estimated two to three million people perished and millions more were reduced to total physical and economic devastation.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Jan Muhammad Shaikh]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:27:53 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Splendour Of Darsan Wari Masjid – Bukera Sharif’s Architectural Gem]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Bukera Sharif in Tando Allahyar district is not only noted for its impressive tombs of Sufi saints but also for the magnificent mosques built by these revered figures and landed elites.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:47:28 +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[Indu Mitha: The Star Has Gone ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[This morning shahgirds of all levels, family, and friends were simply stunned to learn that Indu Mitha had passed away, after briefly being hospitalised, in Dublin where she had been visiting her daughter Yameema.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rehana Hyder]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Features, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Rehana Hyder]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:04:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Hand That Held The World: A Tribute To Indu Mitha (1930–2026)]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/hand-held-world-tribute-indu-mitha-1930-2026]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Indu Mitha, whom we called Nano, passed away on August 31, 2026, in Dublin, at the age of ninety-six.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rwail Sirmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Rwail Sirmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:57:54 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Comfortably Numb: Another Brick In Pakistan’s Wall]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/comfortably-numb-another-brick-pakistan-s-wall]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, there were certain songs that seemed almost compulsory listening among English speaking high school students of our generation.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:54:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ The Culture Of Blue-Eyed Boys: Inside The Architecture Of Academic Patronage]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/culture-blue-eyed-boys-inside-architecture-academic-patronage]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Whenever the problems of universities are discussed, the conversation tends to move along familiar lines: financial distress, administrative weakness, declining academic standards, poor research output, faculty protests, delayed payments, inconsistent policies, over-centralization and the chronic shortage of resources.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Education, Features, Reflections]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:49:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Sandeman System And Its Influence On Balochistan's Post-Independence Policies]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/sandeman-system-influence-balochistan-s-post-independence-policies]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The system of indirect rule developed by Sir Robert Groves Sandeman was one of the most consequential developments in the colonial political history of Balochistan and the adjoining tribal areas of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Najeeb Haider Malghani]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, History, Legacy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Najeeb Haider Malghani]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:04:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[What Giants Offer To Aspiring Anthropologists: Lessons From Travel Literature]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/giants-offer-aspiring-anthropologists-lessons-travel-literature]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Travel is easy to undertake, convenient to describe, difficult to write, and harder still to write well about.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Editor's Picks, Features, Travel]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:02:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Reforming The UNSC: Can The World Escape The Grip Of The Five Permanent Powers?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The United Nations was founded on a simple but powerful principle: all nations, regardless of size or strength, are equal members of the international community.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed Qazilbash]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammed Qazilbash]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:37:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The State Within, Now Written Into Law]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Sep-2026/state-within-now-written-law]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Book: How Pakistan Transformed as a Deep State: Power, National Interest and National Security
By Moonis Ahmar
Ethics International Press, UK, 2026.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Rumi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Features, Raza Rumi's Editorial]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Rumi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 22:11:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can Faisal Naseer Fix Pakistan’s Broken Counter-Terrorism Architecture?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The appointment of Major General Faisal Naseer as National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) may prove to be far more consequential than an ordinary bureaucratic posting.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hassan Naqvi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Hassan Naqvi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:06:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Notes From South Punjab: Bahawalpur, A River Dies Of Thirst]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It was a river with two banks
and a heavenly mother who nursed it on drops from the cloud
But they kidnapped its mother
so it ran short of water
and died, slowly, of thirst.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Saeed Akhter]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Saeed Akhter]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:18:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When Stability Becomes The Ultimate Luxury: Why Singapore Is Winning Again]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There is a certain irony in Singapore becoming attractive again to people who had once found it too orderly.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:52:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[An $8.6 Billion Lesson: Is Punjab Fixing The Wrong Half Of The Problem?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Sep-2026/dollar-8-6-billion-lesson-punjab-fixing-wrong-half-problem]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The regulatory perimeter in Pakistan is drawn around the instrument, not the risk.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Khalique Virk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Khalique Virk]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:19:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Manuscript In Stone: Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro’s Decades Of Archaeological Discovery In Sindh]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The discovery of rock art in the mountains of the Sindh province of Pakistan owes largely to Dr Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sirat Gohar Daudpoto]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Features, Heritage, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sirat Gohar Daudpoto]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 05:27:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Dismantling Medical Education In Punjab: How The Medical College Was Hollowed Out]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For years, the foundation of medical education in Punjab has been corroding.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[N Bokhari]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Education, Features, Health]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[N Bokhari]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:38:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When Money Becomes Memory: The Stories Hidden In Pakistan’s Old Currency]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A banknote is created to move.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Siddiqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Siddiqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:25:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Poverty Feeds Malnutrition - Pakistan’s Health Crisis Is An Economic One]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Sep-2026/poverty-feeds-malnutrition-pakistan-s-health-crisis-economic-one]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A child in Pakistan can be malnourished before she has ever missed a meal.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iftikhar Talpur]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features, Health]]></category><language>en</language>
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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>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Sep-2026/right-without-remedy-punjab-stripped-consumers-voice]]></link>
										<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>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Editor's Picks, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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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[Nullah Lai’s Revenge: How Urban Encroachment Turned A River Into A Disaster Risk]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/urban-encroachment-turned-river-disaster-risk]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There are rivers that cities inherit, and there are waterways that cities gradually destroy.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ramesh Raja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ramesh Raja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:25:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Fiction To Reality: How Melting Glaciers Are Reshaping South Asia’s Future]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/fiction-reality-melting-glaciers-reshaping-south-asia-s-future]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Devastating.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faaiz Gilani]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faaiz Gilani]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:39:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The AI Power Divide: Who Controls The Infrastructure Of Intelligence?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/ai-power-divide-controls-infrastructure-intelligence]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in economies and state functions, geopolitical power will increasingly depend not simply on who uses AI, but on who can shape the infrastructure on which intelligence depends.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumaisa A. Mohimeen]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Rumaisa A. Mohimeen]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:16:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Saint Of Bukera Sharif: Unravelling The Legacy Of Shaikh Banho]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Sep-2026/saint-bukera-sharif-unravelling-legacy-shaikh-banho]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Bukera Sharif in Tando Allahyar district was once the thriving centre of the Suhrawardi silsila.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:03:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Recycled Talent Sans Craft – The Tragic Reality Of Pakistan Cricket]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Sep-2026/recycled-talent-sans-craft-tragic-reality-pakistan-cricket]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For decades, Pakistan cricket draped its technical shortcomings in the romantic myth of "unpredictability.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ikram El Hak]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Cricket, Editor's Picks, Features, Sport, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ikram El Hak]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:35:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s Tale Of Two Cities: The Constitutional Distance Between Islamabad And Rawalpindi]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Sep-2026/pakistan-s-tale-two-cities-constitutional-distance-islamabad-rawalpindi]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Charles Dickens wrote two novels that, read together, offer an unexpectedly useful lens through which to view Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Comment, Features, Reader's view]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Azhar Dogar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:53:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Everybody Talks, Nobody Knows: Review Of Aisha Saeed’s The Wedding Week]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Aisha Saeed&rsquo;s The Wedding Week turns a lavish South Asian wedding into chaos of family secrets, communal gossip and buried trauma, asking how easily suspicion can become identity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Features, Literature]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mudassar Javed Baryar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:10:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Shahryar Khan’s Game Plan: Can Pakistan Become An Economic Gateway?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Author: Shahryar Khan Niazi
Book: Game Plan: Pakistan Economic Gateway Vision, Strategy and Leverage in a New World Order
Publisher: Karachi: Markings Publishing, 2024, pp.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Moonis Ahmar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Literature, Reader's view, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Moonis Ahmar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:11:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Lahore: A City That Outlived Its Rulers]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Sep-2026/lahore-city-outlived-rulers]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Lahore is not merely a city.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sakib Berjees]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sakib Berjees]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:27:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Noon Meem Rashid Became The Existential Outsider Of Urdu Poetry]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Sep-2026/noon-meem-rashid-became-existential-outsider-urdu-poetry]]></link>
										<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>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Sep-2026/cauldron-bound-sindhi-village-together]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The memory of childhood does not leave easily.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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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[Who Gets To Define The “Real” Lahore? Nostalgia, Cultural Purity And Politics of Belonging]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Sep-2026/chronocentrism-peerzada-gets-wrong-lahore]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In a recent interview, veteran actor and director Usman Peerzada took a nostalgic look back at the Lahore of his youth.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Obaid Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Heritage, Nostalgia]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Obaid Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:45:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Jhirk: From The Aga Khan Palace To Jinnah’s Birthplace, A Forgotten History]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Sep-2026/jhirk-aga-khan-palace-jinnah-s-birthplace-forgotten-history]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For many years, I had been curious to visit Jhirk.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Siraj Bhaagat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Siraj Bhaagat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:59:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Eleventh Is Not A Destination: The Long, Fragile Road To Rebuild Pakistan Hockey]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For eight years, Pakistan was absent from the Hockey World Cup.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mazz Bin Akmal]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Sport]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mazz Bin Akmal]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:48:10 +0500</pubDate>

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

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tauqeer Irtiza]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Comment, Features, Reader's view]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tauqeer Irtiza]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:55:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Iinvisible Wounds Of A Polycrisis: Why Children Need Mental Health Support Now]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Sep-2026/iinvisible-wounds-polycrisis-children-need-mental-health-support-now]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[When a crisis erupts, the world instinctively responds to what can be seen.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed Qazilbash]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Health]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammed Qazilbash]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:06:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Discipline Of Advocacy: The Art Of Persuasion, Judgment And Integrity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Sep-2026/discipline-advocacy-art-persuasion-judgment-integrity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The first lesson a young lawyer learns in a courtroom is how to speak.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadir Shabbir Dayo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadir Shabbir Dayo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:01:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Memory, Trauma And The Difficult Birth Of The Self: A Review Of Naina Adil’s Novel Kokh]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Sep-2026/memory-trauma-difficult-birth-self-review-naina-adil-s-novel-kokh]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Naina Adil&rsquo;s Kokh is a layered work of contemporary Urdu fiction that explores childhood trauma, memory, sexuality, mental illness, family silence, exploitation and the possibility of healing.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Features, Literature, Poetry]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:11:16 +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[Grand Slam To Tashkent: Reflections On An Upcoming Defence Day]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Sep-2026/grand-slam-tashkent-reflections-upcoming-defence-day]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA["In war, truth is the first casualty.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, History, Strategy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:02:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ruins Of Opportunity: When Heritage Meets A Media Crackdown]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In an unprecedented move, Pakistan&rsquo;s government has killed a documentary production about its historical and archaeological heritage for German television.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Gerlach]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniel Gerlach]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:42:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When Schools Become Climate Shields]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Aug-2026/schools-become-climate-shields]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan&rsquo;s schools face a challenge that goes beyond classrooms, textbooks and examinations.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ali Nawaz Rahimoo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Education, Environment, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ali Nawaz Rahimoo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:56:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Google In Pakistan: From A Search Box To A Stakeholder In The Digital Future]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For more than two decades, Google has been present in Pakistan without truly being in Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Intikhab Ulfat]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:27:58 +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[Mystery And Mysticism Of Pak Sanghaar: Uncovering Tando Allahyar’s Sufi Legacy]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Aug-2026/mystery-mysticism-pak-singhar-uncovering-tando-allahyar-s-sufi-legacy]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Tando Allahyar is home to numerous shrines of Sufi saints from well-established Sufi orders.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:52:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Archive I Could Not Read: Jinnah, Partition And The Wall We Built]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Aug-2026/archive-read-jinnah-partition-wall-built]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In 2009, I went to Bombay to look for Muhammad Ali Jinnah&rsquo;s legal papers.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faisal Islam]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faisal Islam]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:34:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Age Of The Full-Timer: Political Workers And The Awami Tehreek In Sindh]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Aug-2026/age-full-timer-political-workers-awami-tehreek-sindh]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Some conversations stay with us for years.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, History, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:45:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Our Paltry Systems Fail The Children Of The Poor]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Aug-2026/paltry-systems-fail-children-poor]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA["They are in heaven now
They were as pure as the prophets,
Who came with your message.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Health, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:36:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Algorithm Before The Avalanche: Can AI Save Pakistan From Climate Disaster?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Aug-2026/algorithm-avalanche-can-ai-save-pakistan-climate-disaster]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Of the many issues that are going to define the next generation, two prominent discussions are likely to be artificial intelligence and climate change.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marukh Sindhu]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Features, Technology]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Marukh Sindhu]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:33:08 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[PIMS On Fraying Threads: Grieving Mothers And Corridors Of Despair]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Aug-2026/pims-fraying-threads-grieving-mothers-corridors-despair]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[When we moved to Islamabad in 2001 as privileged yet salaried civil citizens, I made it a point to avail myself of the healthcare benefits afforded to state servants.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Health, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:18:22 +0500</pubDate>

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