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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>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:04:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Amin Mughal’s Unfinished Argument With Pakistan ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Professor Amin Mughal died in London on August 12, 2026, aged 91.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Ikramul Haq]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Ikramul Haq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:40:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Saying Goodbye Can Be Hard – A Scholarly Memoir Of Migration]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It is a story from long ago, from the fifties, when my parents still lived in Sahaswan, our ancestral hometown in Uttar Pradesh.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:15:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[In Memoriam: John L. Esposito (1940–2026)]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[John L.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamran Fiaz]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Kamran Fiaz]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:38:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Captain Sarwar Shaheed: Pakistan’s First Nishan e Haider]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Some memories possess a beauty that remains untouched by the passage of time or the tyranny of distance.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Shahid Siddiqui]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Shahid Siddiqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:30:29 +0500</pubDate>

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

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:19:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Mir Zaman’s War: A Subaltern Memoir Of World War 2 From Taxila]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Second World War is usually remembered through maps, generals, and diplomatic conferences.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Omar Tarar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Omar Tarar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 07:12:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Home Away From Home: Remembering London’s Pakistan Students' Hostel]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For Pakistani students in England during the 1960s, the Students' Hostel in London was a remarkable place of refuge.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:34:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Crusades And Colonisation On The Tennis Court: Coming Of Age In Post-Colonial Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Look what you black bastards are doing to us.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 06:09:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Love In Quetta, 1957]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In 1957 Quetta was the most Anglicized city of Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farooq Hassan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farooq Hassan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:08:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Reflections On Professor Akbar S Ahmed And Pashtun Society]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Jan-2026/reflections-professor-akbar-s-ahmed-pashtun-society]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In 1976, whilst completing my doctorate as a graduate student at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford, I was asked to review a book for the Times Literary Supplement.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andre Singer]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Andre Singer]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 01:55:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[60 Years Of Comradeship: PAF College Sargodha's 16th Entry Celebrates Diamond Jubilee]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Reunions and anniversaries are reflective of bonds of comradeship and affection.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:04:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Citadel Of Jihad: Peshawar Has The Soul Of An Ancient City - V]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Sep-2025/citadel-jihad-peshawar-soul-ancient-city-v]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[It was the last winter of the 1970s when the wind shifted and changed the frontier.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pervez Akhtar Khan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Pervez Akhtar Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:53:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Field Marshal And I - An Autobiographical Note]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Sep-2025/the-field-marshal-and-i-an-autobiographical-note]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The cool-looking hills around Islamabad and the greenery inside are deceptive.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:20:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Lion Of The Frontier, Hayat Khan Sherpao]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Aug-2025/lion-of-the-frontier-hayat-khan-sherpao]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The old Frontier Province, now called Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, has produced many legendary figures.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:20:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Famous American Singer Connie Francis At Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Aug-2025/famous-american-singer-connie-francis-at-peshawar-s-lady-reading-hospital]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Recently the legendary American singer Connie Frances passed away at age 89.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Memoir, Memory, Music]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:32:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of The Sikh Paratroopers And A Slow-Moving Earthquake]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Jul-2025/of-the-sikh-paratroopers-and-a-slow-moving-earthquake]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;A rumour can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes&rdquo;
Mark Twain
The times surrounding the Partition of India in 1947 were uncertain and scary.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 22:04:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Life At An English University Six Decades Ago]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Jun-2025/life-at-an-english-university-six-decades-ago]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The year was 1958, and I had recently joined the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSR), Karachi, as a junior scientist, having arrived from India after completing my MSc at Aligarh Muslim University.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Syed Amir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Syed Amir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 05:55:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Wars Inherited: How My Mother's 1971 Diary Mirrors Modern Conflict]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The surviving pages are scribbled on with 1971 being a deadly year.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariam Saeed Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Legacy, Memoir, Memory, Reflections]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mariam Saeed Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 02:10:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Princely State to Pakistan: Hyderabad’s Displaced Generation]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[An excerpt from The Hyderabadis: From 1947 to the Present Day for TFT-ND
Bidar Bombarded
In the fateful year of 1948, Ishaq Ali ended up being transferred to Bidar.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daneesh Majid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Memoir, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daneesh Majid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 22:03:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Scraping The Pan For Crumbs Of Pound Cake]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[This incident happened thirty years ago.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Memoir, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:32:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Wadera Aalam Khan – A Lucknowi Banka In Sindh]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[When the stars of Khamiso Khan Mahar of Garhi Aadhu Shah, Sindh, and Raboodan Bibi of Parbatipur, East Bengal, British India, collided in a distant galaxy called Lucknow, UP, sometime in 1930s, a new star was born.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Ali Mahar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Memoir, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammad Ali Mahar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 16:23:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Reminiscences At A Quarter-Century: My Father’s Journey of Healing And Heritage]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[January 2025 marked a quarter century since my father died in Karachi, Pakistan, of what would be considered old age.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:01:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[On The Hippie Trail From London To Rawalpindi]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It was September 1970, and my two companions and I had camped for the night in the small garden of a run-down hotel that European travellers aptly nicknamed the "Herat Hotel of Horrors.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:13:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Mohsin Ehsan’s Poetry And The Indus Delta]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It was in December 1987 when I embarked upon fulfilling one my long-standing dreams.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:15:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Farewell To The Chairman Of The Society Of Fritterers: Remembering Munir Attaullah (1940 – 2024)]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of Munir Attaullah, a remarkable intellectual, writer, journalist, athlete and beloved figure in Pakistan&rsquo;s social and cultural landscape.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Taimur Ali Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Taimur Ali Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:07:11 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[I first saw Father Todd while I was enrolled in first grade at St Bonaventure&rsquo;s High School.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:57:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Remembering Mummy Jennifer: The Irish Roots Of An Untiring Advocate For Balochistan - II]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Note: The author&rsquo;s grandmother Begum Jennifer Qazi Musa was born in a tiny village in Tarmons, in Tarbert in County Kerry, in southern Ireland.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nilofer Afridi Qazi]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nilofer Afridi Qazi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:12:20 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[Much has been written about the effects of colonisation on native populations.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, History, Legacy, Memoir, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:17:22 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[When the idea of this article took shape, it was only meant to describe this author&rsquo;s childhood reminiscences of offering prayers in the 1960s at the Badshahi Mosque Lahore.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Heritage, Legacy, Memoir, Memory, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:33:18 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:47:47 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Bhutto And Zia At Kharian: Civil-Military In 1974]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In 1974, I was serving on the staff of the HQ of the armoured division in Kharian when an interesting but controversial ceremony took place in the Cantonment.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:08:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Partition Pain]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Translator's Note: The 1947 partition affected individuals in various ways &mdash; splitting families, losing loved ones, being uprooted from familiar environments, and facing the challenges of navigating an unknown and often unsafe world.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:50:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Once Home, Now Memory: Hyderabad For Kewalram Ratanmal Malkani]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Translator's note: Last week marked the anniversary of the partition of the Indian subcontinent.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zaffar Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:41:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Karachi To Sehwan: A Hazardous Journey Through Flooded Sindh]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[With its manpower and resources, the Pakistani Army is consistently responding to natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:53:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Studying At Aligarh After Independence: Reminiscences From A Bygone Era]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the early 1950s, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) went through a critical phase when its very existence as an academic Muslim Institution was threatened.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Education, Features, Legacy, Memoir, Memory, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:05:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[England Years: Of Books And Babies]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Jul-2024/england-years-of-books-and-babies]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Features, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:48:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Jewel Of Anarkali]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Jul-2024/a-jewel-of-anarkali]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In a world teeming with human beings, one rarely comes across individuals entitled to be called humans.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Features, Memoir, Memory, Perspective, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usama Malick]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 21:45:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Talking To Diana: How To Successfully Start A Speech]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Jun-2024/talking-to-diana-how-to-successfully-start-a-speech]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[How do you begin a speech for an audience of one, which consists of Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Diana?
Motivational speakers have posted dozens of short videos introducing the best method to start a speech and capture the listeners in those first crucial moments.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Legacy, Memoir, Memory, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 18:52:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ England Years: Martial Law Trials And A Move To Sheffield]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Jun-2024/england-years-martial-law-trials-and-a-move-to-sheffield]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Features, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:47:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Solo Trip Through Balochistan In Winter 1977]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Jun-2024/solo-trip-through-balochistan-in-winter-1977]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[After having crossed the border from India into Pakistan, I was looking forward to visit the famous towns Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro which are two places from the Indus civilisation built around 2600 BC.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank van den Berge]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Features, Memoir, Travel, Editor's Picks, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Frank van den Berge]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 01:31:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[England Years: A Return To Pakistan, Better Health And Marriage]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jun-2024/england-years-a-return-to-pakistan-better-health-and-marriage]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 21:27:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[England Years: A Tour Of Europe And The Onset Of Despair]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-May-2024/england-years-a-tour-of-europe-and-the-onset-of-despair]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Features, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 20:47:26 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Memoirs Claim MA Jinnah Ordered Iskander Mirza To Prepare For Communal Violence]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A recent book compiled and edited by Syed Khawar Mehdi, Iskander Mirza: Pakistan&rsquo;s First Elected President&rsquo;s Memoirs from Exile (Lightstone publishers, 2023), makes ample and unambiguous revelations about Mohammad Ali Jinnah&rsquo;s determination to achieve Pakistan at all costs, including if it led to large-scale communal.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Books, Features, History, Legacy, Memoir, Perspective, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2024 21:52:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[England Years: Tea Time And Dances]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Apr-2024/england-years-tea-time-and-dances]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Editor's Picks, Features, Memoir, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:33:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Gap Years: Another Teaching Assignment Before England]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Apr-2024/gap-years-another-teaching-assignment-before-england]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Features, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 20:48:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Gap Years: From The Naval Engineering College Back To Burn Hall]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Apr-2024/gap-years-from-the-naval-engineering-college-back-to-burn-hall]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Diary, Features, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 06:04:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Gap Years: Poetry And Romantic Non-Starters]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Mar-2024/gap-years-poetry-and-romantic-non-starters]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:45:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ambassador Shahryar M Khan - Envoy Par Excellence]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Mar-2024/ambassador-shahryar-m-khan-envoy-par-excellence]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[It seems fitting that, if he had to leave us at all, Ambassador Shahryar Khan left on Pakistan Day, having represented us at every diplomatic level for decades in every corner of the globe.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rehana Hyder]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, In memoriam, Main Slider, Memoir, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Rehana Hyder]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:11:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Gap Years: Of Doctoral Studies And Mild Iranian Food]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Mar-2024/gap-years-of-doctoral-studies-and-mild-iranian-food]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times 
 
When I had taken furlough from the army, I had gone on a visit to Karachi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:25:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Adulthood And Soldiering: Leaving The Army Five Rupees Richer]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Feb-2024/adulthood-and-soldiering-leaving-the-army-five-rupees-richer]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:40:32 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Adulthood And Soldiering: Encountering Zia-ul-Haq And Planning For The Future]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:58:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Adulthood And Soldiering: Friendships And Debates Over War]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Jan-2024/adulthood-and-soldiering-friendships-and-debates-over-war]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:54:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Adulthood And Soldiering: Wartime Riding]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Jan-2024/adulthood-and-soldiering-wartime-riding]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:45:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Adulthood And Soldiering: Going To War Unwilling]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jan-2024/adulthood-and-soldiering-going-to-war-unwillingly]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:19:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Adulthood And Soldiering: Mess Life And Clouds Of War]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Jan-2024/adulthood-and-soldiering-mess-life-and-clouds-of-war]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:43:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Adulthood And Soldiering: Arrival At PMA]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Dec-2023/adulthood-and-soldiering-arrival-at-pma]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:47:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Displaced By Cruelty, United In Longing: Muslim Exiles Through The Ages]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Exile is a horrible experience.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Literature, Memoir, Memory, Perspective, Reflections]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:50:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[False Start: The Road To Adulthood]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Nov-2023/false-start-the-road-to-adulthood]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 01:06:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[False Start: An Educational Detour]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Nov-2023/false-start-an-educational-detour]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2023 14:35:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[False Start: Of Fasting, Feasting And Punishments At Risalpur]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Oct-2023/false-start-of-fasting-feasting-and-punishments-at-risalpur]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2023 13:35:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[False Start: Off To Risalpur]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2023 12:51:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Boyhood At Burn Hall: Wrapping Up Schooling]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Oct-2023/boyhood-at-burn-hall-wrapping-up-schooling]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:09:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Boyhood At Burn Hall: Outbreak Of War And Preparing For College]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Sep-2023/boyhood-at-burn-hall-outbreak-of-war-and-preparing-for-college]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 01:24:23 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Boyhood At Burn Hall: Of Shyness Around Girls]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Sep-2023/boyhood-at-burn-hall-of-shyness-around-girls]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:19:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Boyhood At Burn Hall: Books And Friends]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Aug-2023/boyhood-at-burn-hall-books-and-friends]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:13:09 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author&rsquo;s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times
 
A convenient time to start this account of my boyhood&mdash;from the age of ten to that of eighteen&mdash;is when I was sent to study in Senior Burn Hall school in March 1960.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 02:44:38 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[Born in the 1940s the middle daughter to Saeed and Saeeda Zaman, Gul grew up in the house built by her grandfather Mir Azizuddin in Model Town; the cool, green, and serene suburb of Lahore where Muslims, Hindus, and Christians walked the tree-lined streets in safety and amity.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rehana Hyder]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2023 14:25:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Roots And Childhood: Growing Up Adventurous]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Aug-2023/roots-and-childhood-growing-up-adventurous]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:09:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Roots And Childhood: Imagining Ethnicity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Aug-2023/roots-and-childhood-imagining-ethnicity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 09:49:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Roots And Childhood: Growing Up At Kakul]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Jul-2023/roots-and-childhood-growing-up-at-kakul]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:37:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Roots And Childhood: Of UP, Warrior Nobles And Ancestral Tales - II]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Jul-2023/roots-and-childhood-of-up-warrior-nobles-and-ancestral-tales-ii]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 04:21:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Roots And Childhood: Of UP, Warrior Nobles And Ancestral Tales]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2023 17:53:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[To London, Paris And Beyond: Documenting Pakistan’s Language Politics, Without Funding]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:35:26 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[To Delhi And Back: Documenting Pakistan's Language Politics, Without Funding]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 08:35:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Documenting Language Politics From Chitral To Dhaka - Without Funding]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2023 20:43:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How I Studied Pakistan's Language Politics, Without Funding - III]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2023 20:43:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Research Without Funding - II]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author’s coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tariq Rahman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 06:24:43 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[Note: This extract is from the author's coming autobiography titled Not The Whole Truth: My Life and Times     My idea of a perfect day is to lie in an armchair in the open sunshine reading a book.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Rahman]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 02:03:43 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[When we got married in 1999, my husband was posted in Quetta.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 22:49:48 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[I was coming out of a local mosque in the San Francisco Bay Area when a young man came up to me, smiled, shook my hand, and asked if I had ever taught economics at the University of Karachi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 01:22:57 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[The stability and therefore the success of any national government depends on the district and subdivisional level of administration.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Education, Diary, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 01:07:36 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[When I arrived at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) School as a young, wide-eyed lad of barely 12, India and Pakistan had only recently gained independence.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Amir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:26:03 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[Globally renowned Pakistani orator and presenter Zia Mohyeddin breathed his last today (Monday) in Karachi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT Editor]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2023 14:12:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Talib's Tale: The Englishman Who Studied The Way Of Islam And The Pashtuns]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[John Butt is an Englishman who arrived in Pakistan in the 1970s, working and living in the Pakhtun regions.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Book Review, Memoir, Perspective, Reflections, Review, History, Books, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farrukh Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 17:40:31 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[There was a direct linear connection between Bhutto’s death and my near fatal accident.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 22:31:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Last Of The Giants: Nawab Ashiq Hussain Qureshi]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[On September 21 2022, just a couple of days after the National T20 tournament had ended, the Multan International Cricket Stadium played host to another game of cricket.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nawab Hassan Hussain Qureshi]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:26:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When Giants Walked In Balochistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In my first conversation with Nawab Akbar Bugti, he cited Ibn Khaldun.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 22:31:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Doctor At 24 Marris Road, Aligarh]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In 1947, my mother Tahirah and her eldest sister Amina were the only two members of their family who migrated to Pakistan, leaving behind their parents, two brothers and a sister.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:22:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Lessons In Law And Order - A Case Study From My Time In Balochistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A Baloch woman wearing her bridal jewelry could walk alone from one end of the Balochistan province to the other in the old days.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 14:07:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Studying Modern Warfare As World War II Raged: A Muslim Instructor's Life At Staff College Quetta]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[My father Maj Gen Syed Shahid Hamid was one of the first Muslim officers on the faculty of the Staff College, Quetta.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Major General Syed Ali Hamid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 05:08:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Memoir| When I Spent A Glorious Summer At Cambridge University]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Dr Akbar Ahmed will be writing his memoirs for TFT about his eventful life and multiple pursuits.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia, Features, Literature, Diary, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 20:45:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When Netaji Fled To Peshawar And Beyond: Some Memories Of Subhas Chandra Bose]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It was around 1939-40.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamal Safi]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Jamal Safi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:15:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How Benazir Bhutto's First Government Tried To Tackle Pakistan's Lingering Literacy Problem]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[After taking over the reins of power in 1993, the PPP government under the premiership of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto established an organisation named 'The Prime Minister's Literacy Commission' with the goal of achieving 100 percent literacy in 5 years.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pervaiz Saleh]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Education, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Pervaiz Saleh]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:22:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Memoir: Men Of Yesterday]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the district of Jhang is a tehsil called Shorkot.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Mahboob Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[75 Years of Pakistan, Features, Memoir, Legacy, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Mahboob Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:13:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Dignity In Diversity: Engaging With Differences To Discover The Self]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In March 1987, I sat for my final year Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) exams.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[75 Years of Pakistan, Editor's Picks, Features, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 21:05:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Some Memories Of The MRD And 1983]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) was formed in 1981 with eleven parties as its components, with the goal of getting rid of military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pervaiz Saleh]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Memoir, Legacy, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Pervaiz Saleh]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2022 06:33:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Memories of Aligarh Days: How The Milestones Fall One By One]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[My friend and cousin Syed Tamezul Hasan passed away last month.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Syed Amir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, In memoriam, Memoir, Memory]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Syed Amir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:22:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Chairman Mao To Benazir Bhutto: My Political Odyssey In MRD And Beyond]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-May-2022/from-chairman-mao-to-benazir-bhutto-my-political-odyssey-in-mrd-and-beyond]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[I was born to a poor father, who hailed from a Katcha village, known as Kitchi Baig Saryab.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pervaiz Saleh]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Memoir, Reflections, Legacy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Pervaiz Saleh]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 04:06:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fighting Cancer Taught Me About Resilience, Kindness And Gratitude - II]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Editors' Note: We are publishing this two-part series of a deeply personal and moving account of how scholar and former Ambassador Dr Akbar S.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Health, Memoir]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 17:22:29 +0500</pubDate>

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