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

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Ramish Chaudhry]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:28:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Animal Abuse On Eid-ul-Azha: Spirit Of Sacrifice Lost?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Every year, on the 1st of Zilhaj, we step into Islam&rsquo;s holiest and most sacred 10 days, the ones that embody veneration, the Haj pilgrimage, and the commemoration of the Abrahamic sacrifice, while signifying the end of the Islamic year.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faryal Shahzad]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 15:48:16 +0500</pubDate>

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

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

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					<title><![CDATA[Symphony Of The Soil: A 2026 Manifesto For Pakistan’s Linguistic Renaissance]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the heart of Islamabad, where the Margalla Hills stand as ancient, silent sentinels to the passage of empires, the Indus Cultural Forum (ICF) has emerged as a vital architect of peace.]]></description>

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

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					<title><![CDATA[Where Faith Meets History: Dhaka's Mughal-Era Eid Traditions Are Thriving]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Eid-ul-Fitr, a major festival for the Muslim Ummah, was celebrated in Dhaka and across the country with due respect, religious fervour, and enthusiasm.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rezaul Amin]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Festival, Heritage, History]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Rezaul Amin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 01:53:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['Choti Eid' Calories Don’t Count (And Other Sweet Lies)]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Chapter 1: The Pre-Eid Sugar High (And the Lies I Tell Myself)
Every year, as Ramadan winds down, I make the same solemn vow: &ldquo;This Eid, I will not overdo the sweets.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maliha Saeed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Maliha Saeed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:54:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Sindh's Coastal Gem Jati Sparkles With Spirituality And Generosity]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Tucked away in the picturesque coastal town of Jati, approximately 30 kilometres from Sujawal city in Sindh, lies the revered shrine of 13th-century Sufi Saint Sheikh Salamat, affectionately known as Biyani Badshah Mugarbeen.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 05:58:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[What Critical Economists Say About Gaza]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Standard economics is viewed as a value free subject based on mathematical models and statistical techniques.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Junaid Jahangir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:37:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pearl-Continental, WCLA Partner to Promote Lahore's Tourism, Heritage]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Lahore: 18 October 2024 &ndash; Pearl-Continental Hotel, Lahore (PCHL) and the Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly promote tourism and cultural events at some of Lahore&rsquo;s most iconic historic landmarks.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:12:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Debates And Superstars At Quetta's Own Pakistan Literature Festival]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Intelligentsia, politicians, civil society, journalists, human rights activists, literary figures, women&rsquo;s rights activists, youths, and students from across the province joined the Pakistan Literary Festival held in Quetta&mdash;a capital well-known for its agitations, reservations, and lesser share in the federal cake despite contributing.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farida Gul]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farida Gul]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 13:26:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Multan: From The City Of Saints To The City Of Literature]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, I was sitting with my friend Ali Naqvi and we were discussing the ideas of doing something different in the city.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Haris Khan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Haris Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:41:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Basant That Was - And The Case For Safely Restoring The Festivities]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Every year, the Basant festival was commemorated in February, as the winter chill relinquished its hold to welcome the onset of summer.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamza Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Festival, Perspective, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Hamza Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:03:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Alserkal Avenue, Dubai's Contemporary Arts And Culture District, Commences Alserkal Art Week]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Alserkal Avenue was established in 2008 by Alserkal Initiatives following the visionary thinking of its founder, Emirati businessman and cultural patron Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal, who sought to cultivate a vibrant creative community and support cultural production in Dubai.]]></description>

					
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											<author><![CDATA[Hamza Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:40:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[China Cultural Center Commences ‘A MoonMoment to Remember’ Mid-Autumn Festival]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[China Cultural Center in Pakistan launched a series of online activities to celebrate the 2023 Mid-Autumn Festival: &lsquo;A Moon Moment to Remember&rsquo; in Pakistan and for people around the world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lifestyle Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:36:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Commemorating Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) Through The Years]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[On one of those mornings in the Islamic month of Rabi ul Awal, when one already feels deeply connected to the divine Ishq (love), the recitation of this Na&atilde;t-e-Rasool (SAW) in a sonorous and melodious voice brings serenity and hope to lovers.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan Haneef]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:25:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Promoting Tourism In KP's Merged Districts: Lessons From Spin Ghar Summer Festivals]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The month of July holds a special place in my personal life, for this month is now synonymous with a summer festival in the under-developed and extremely hard, mountainous terrain of Awidara, Jaba in Central Kurram.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Arif Khan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Arif Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:52:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[King Charles III Coronation: Multi-Faith Ceremony To Reflect British Diversity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-May-2023/king-charles-iii-coronation-multi-faith-ceremony-to-reflect-british-diversity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Rishi Sunak will read from the first chapter of the Epistle to the Colossians, the twelfth book of the Christian Bible or New Testament, at the Coronation of King Charles III.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT Features Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Trending, Features, Culture, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2023 15:47:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Debating Pashtun Identity At The Peshawar Literature Festival]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The second Peshawar Literature Festival (PLF 2023) featured a fascinating session titled: "Representation in Colonial Discourse: The Racial Image and Spatial Image of the Pukhtoons.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Dar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Festival, History, Books]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Dar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:17:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Beyond The Javed Akhtar Controversy: The Magic Of Faiz]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[5 March 2023: Of the international delegates from USA, Canada, UK, and India who attended the annual Faiz Festival in Lahore this year to commemorate one of Southasia’s most venerated poets Faiz Ahmad Faiz, it was most difficult to obtain visas for the guests from India.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beena Sarwar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Culture, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Beena Sarwar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:33:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ain Adab Sets The Hearts Of Faiz Fans Ablaze]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[We would be remiss not to mention the services rendered by the legendary poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz to the Urdu language when it comes to the celebration of art, literature and culture.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amima Rafique]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Culture, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Amima Rafique]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 19:10:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Experiencing The 14th Karachi Literature Festival]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Feb-2023/experiencing-the-14th-karachi-literature-festival]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Having never attended any Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) events – despite being an avid reader – I wasn’t sure what to expect.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fazli]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Features, Literature, Culture, Diary, Perspective, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sarah Fazli]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:05:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistani Christians At Center of Country's Christmas Spirit]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Christian communities across Pakistan, and around the world, celebrated the grand festival of Christmas with passion and zeal on Sunday.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[News, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 06:00:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How 'Last Christmas' Defined What The Festive Season Means To Me]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[With the 25th of December knocking at our doors, there’s a truth I want to get off my chest: a lot of Christmas music is crap.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fazli]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Diary, Perspective, Reflections, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sarah Fazli]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:45:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Celebrating Navratri In Pakistan's Largest City]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Navratri, (Sanskrit: “Nine Nights”) in full Sharad Navratri, also spelled Navaratri, is a major festival in Hinduism, held in honour of the divine feminine.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vavek Bharwani]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Culture, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Vavek Bharwani]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 10:29:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Promoting A Culture Of Film Festivals In Pakistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Sep-2022/promoting-a-culture-of-film-festivals-in-pakistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Gandhara Independent Film Festival (GIFF) is Pakistan’s first digital film festival.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT Special]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Features, Culture, Festival, Film, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 19:03:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Walking Down Memory Lane This Eid]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The smell of henna-filled hands clad in cloth or plastic shoppers, to prevent it from dripping and coloring the walls.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia, Features, Culture, Festival, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 08:16:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Second Edition Of Ananke 'Women In Literature' Festival To Celebrate Literati From The Global South]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The second edition of Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival will be held digitally on the 31st of March and the 1st of April 2022.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT Features Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Literature, Culture, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 03:18:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Qaghlasht in Spring]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Early spring in Chitral is a beautiful time.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 02:22:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Return of Spring: Nowruz and Beyond]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Spring brings with it a sense of rejuvenation and renewal in humans and nature.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Momina Aijazuddin]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Momina Aijazuddin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 02:52:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Washington’s Flower Festival defies the Pandemic]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, the signature event of Washington DC, heralds the arrival of spring, celebrating the end of winter’s gloom and lifting sagging sprits.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Syed Amir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Syed Amir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2021 02:41:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Tsundoku, Bibliomania and Literature Festivals]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Those who managed to log into the Lahore Literary Festival (LLF 2021) virtual sessions were in for a treat this weekend.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Momina Aijazuddin]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Momina Aijazuddin]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 02:19:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Eid-e-Qurban in  a Time of COVID-19]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Aug-2020/eid-e-qurban-in-a-time-of-covid-19]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The week of Eid-e-Qurban (the Festival of Sacrifice), besides its boundless joys, occupies a high position in the spiritual, moral and collective life of the Islamic fraternity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:09:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Festival Blues in Lahore]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The death of Nisar Aziz Butt, one of the foremost Urdu writers of the 20th century, who was a long-time resident of Lahore, and passed away in this city earlier this month, cast a heavy pall as one headed into the 8th edition of the Lahore Literature Festival (LLF) last weekend; similar to the untimely death of Fahmida Riaz in November 2018 just.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:15:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ThinkFest 2020 - What’s on the Menu?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Jan-2020/thinkfest-2020-what-s-on-the-menu]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest for 2020 is shaping up to be a jam-packed series of events, planned for January 11 and 12, 2020 at the Alhmara Centre in Lahore.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:23:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[At the 6th Faisalabad Literary Festival]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Dec-2019/at-the-6th-faisalabad-literary-festival]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Faisalabad has joined the list of Pakistani cities with a vibrant and sustainable tradition of annual literary festivals.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaman Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Festival]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaman Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:17:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[LitFests as  a window on  the world]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[With Basant banned and Nowruz quite late by standards of Lahori spring (which I believe starts closer to the 21st of February instead of the 21st of March) the one remaining festive occasion is that of the Lahore Literary Festival.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Wazir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Wazir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:11:58 +0500</pubDate>

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