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					<title><![CDATA[Living Truthfully - How Jennifer Finney Boylan Redefined Herself]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Finney Boylan is the author of nineteen books, including her memoir She&rsquo;s Not There which was the first best-selling work by a transgender American.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meezan Zahra Khwaja]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 03:17:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How The Mandate Of North Waziristan's People Was Stolen In The 2024 Elections]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The general elections on February 8 this year were arguably among the most blatantly rigged elections in the country&rsquo;s history.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohsin Dawar]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohsin Dawar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2024 17:01:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Wikipedia Editors Navigate Political Divides In Covering Pakistan's General Elections]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Coverage of the general elections brought significant traffic to Wikipedia&rsquo;s page, with over 2 million page views since election day.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aazma Saeed]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Aazma Saeed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:03:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari Sworn In As 14th President Of Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was sworn in as the 14th  President of Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:49:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Military Dismayed At Allegations of Electoral Interference, Vows No Quarter For May 9 Perpetrators]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The military top brass on Tuesday expressed its "dismay" at allegations from some vested, small segments of polity and media, especially social media, that the military had interfered in the election outcomes.]]></description>

					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:40:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ECP Refuses To Grant 'Non-Parliamentary Party' SIC Reserved Seats]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday refused to allot reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council - which had absorbed the vast majority of independent candidates backed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) - by ruling that the party had "non-curable legal defects and violation of mandatory provision of submission of preferential party.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 12:22:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Zardari, Mahmood Khan Achakzai To Battle It Out For President's Seat]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Former President and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari will face off against the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai for the slot of President in next week's crunch elections.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2024 15:32:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Former Interim Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti Elected As Balochistan Chief Minister]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Mir Sarfraz Bugti was on Saturday elected as the new chief minister of Balochistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2024 13:56:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[What Political Parties in Pakistan Must Learn From India]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Mar-2024/what-political-parties-in-pakistan-must-learn-from-india]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A politically stable and democratic Pakistan is in the interest of South Asia, particularly India.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arshid Chauhan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Arshid Chauhan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:01:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Old Members, New Slogans: 16th National Assembly Commences Amid Ruckus]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Heavy sloganeering from both sides of the aisle reverberated as the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan formally commenced on Thursday.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT correspondent]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[TFT correspondent]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:04:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Maiden Session Of New National Assembly To Be Held Today]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The maiden session of the new National Assembly is expected to be convened today after President Dr Arif Alvi summoned the session early on Thursday morning.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT correspondent]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[TFT correspondent]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:37:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Letter To IMF: Imran Khan Asks Fund To Condition Loan To Elections Audit]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Feb-2024/letter-to-imf-imran-khan-asks-fund-to-condition-loan-to-elections-audit]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its convicted founder, Imran Khan, have sought an audit of 30% of seats of the national and provincial assemblies by two Pakistani, non-governmental election observer organisations, as it urged the International Monetary Fund to satisfy "conditionalities" before granting Islamabad of any financial.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:30:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[KP Assembly's Elected Members Take Oath]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Around 115 of the 145 elected members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly took oath on Wednesday morning.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:30:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Will MQM-P Join The Next Govt?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Feb-2024/will-mqm-p-join-the-next-govt]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The struggles of the PML-N to form a government in the centre continue with some parties, considered allies, suggesting that they may not join them on the treasury benches in Parliament.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT correspondent]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[TFT correspondent]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:30:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Murad Ali Shah Secures Third Consecutive Term as Sindh Chief Minister]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Murad Ali Shah was elected as the chief minister of Sindh on Monday for a third consecutive term.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[News, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:18:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Maryam Nawaz Elected As Punjab's First Woman Chief Minister]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday became the first woman to be elected as the chief minister of Pakistan's largest province, Punjab.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:07:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Awais Qadir Elected As Sindh Assembly Speaker]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Feb-2024/awais-qadir-elected-as-sindh-assembly-speaker]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Poples Party's (PPP) lawmaker Syed Awais Qadir Shah was Sunday elected as the new speaker of the Sindh assembly for the next five years.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 19:16:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Turning Up The 'Heat' On Manifestos Of Political Parties]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Climate activists, environmentalists and communities at large critically examined the manifestos presented by political parties ahead of the February 8 general elections.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Toheed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Toheed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:24:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[General Elections, The Social Contract And Religious Minorities]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Feb-2024/general-elections-the-social-contract-and-religious-minorities]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The long-awaited general elections were held on February 8, 2024.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Salman Sehar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Salman Sehar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 17:39:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Sindh's MPAs Take Oath In Three Languages]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Around 147 elected members of the Sindh Assembly took their oath as lawmakers in three languages on Saturday, even as the opposition members of the Grand Democratic Alliance and the Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted the session and staged street protests in different areas of Karachi.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:45:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Deepening Marginalisation: Elections And The Exclusion Of Hazaras from Balochistan Assembly]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The February 8 general elections continue to be marred by widespread and serious allegations of rigging and post-poll manipulations that have disenfranchised people and communities.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Saleem Javed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Saleem Javed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:52:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Maryam Nawaz Makes Parliamentary Debut As Punjab's MPAs Take Oath]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As many as 313 elected members of the 371-member Punjab Assembly took oath of the assembly on Friday.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[News, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 01:52:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[SC Moved To Stop Formation Of Govt In Light Of Pindi Commissioner's 'Confession']]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Friday was asked to stop the formation of the new government and to set aside the Form-47s of all national and provincial assembly constituencies.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:19:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Loose Ends Remain As Elected Gear Up To Enter Grand Hall Of Democracy ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[With a cloud still hovering over the February 8 elections and their results, those declared as elected will be heading to the Parliament later this month to form a new government for the next five years.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT correspondent]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:18:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Who Will Bat First In Pakistan's Political Cricket Match?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Feb-2024/who-will-bat-first-in-pakistan-s-political-cricket-match]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Say what you may about Pakistanis, but we take two things extremely seriously &ndash; politics and cricket.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Moyyad Jafferi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Moyyad Jafferi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:12:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Wasting Court's Time: SC Throws Out Petition Challenging February 8 General Elections]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a petition challenging the February 8 general elections due to alleged massive rigging.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:15:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Formation Of New Govt Is Pakistan’s Internal Matter: State Dept]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The United States Wednesday stated that allegations of interference or fraud in the February 8 general elections need to be thoroughly and transparently investigated as per Pakistan's laws but maintained that the formation of a new government in Islamabad was Pakistan's internal matter.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Faisal Ali]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Faisal Ali]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:34:53 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Crisis Over: PML-N, PPP Agree On Formula For New Govt]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have agreed to pool their seats together to form the next government in the centre and three provinces.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:14:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Elections 2024: Implications For Pakistan's Foreign Policies]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The controversial general elections of February 8, 2024, have deepened political divisions in the country.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Prof Ijaz Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Prof Ijaz Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:30:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How The Commissioner Rawalpindi Opened A New Pandora's Box]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Every election in the history of Pakistan has been marred by allegations of rigging and fraud, with the exception of the 1970 elections that saw East Pakistan become the independent country of Bangladesh.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Perspective, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:17:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[PTI-Backed Candidates To Join Sunni Ittehad Council: Barrister Gohar  ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Barrister Gohar Khan has announced that independent candidates backed by the party will formally join the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) in the National Assembly (NA) and provinces such as Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:16:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Political Maneuvering Costing Pakistan: Bilawal]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has admitted that the results of the February 8 elections do not render him eligible for the post of prime minister.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:15:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Grassroots Victory In Gwadar]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Residents along the Makran coastal belt are rejoicing because Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, leader of the grassroots Haq Do Tehreek Balochistan (HDTB) in Gwadar, has won a seat in the next provincial assembly of Balochistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hazaran Rahim Dad]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Hazaran Rahim Dad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:46:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Seven Independent MNAs, 21 Independent MPAs Join PML-N]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As political parties are striving hard to grab the maximum number of independent candidates to form their government, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has succeeded in getting the support of seven independent candidates who won seats for the National Assembly and 21 independent candidates who emerged victorious on provincial.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:23:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[SC To Hear Petition Which Seeks To Void February 8 Elections]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Monday observed that it will hear a petition that seeks to nullify the general elections held on February 8, 2024.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:06:33 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[NA-43: At Least 2 Killed, Voting Halted As Unidentified Gunmen Open Fire Outside Polling Station]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[At least two armed men were killed when "unidentified armed gunmen" opened fire outside a polling booth at Kot Azam's Middle School in Tank's NA-43, according to police.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:10:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Poll Rigging Conspiracy: Raja Riaz Says Ex-Commissioner ‘Sold' Himself For Rs250m, New York Apartment ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader Raja Riaz has accused former Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaqat Chatha of getting hundreds of millions of rupees and a New York apartment from overseas Pakistanis.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:14:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Alleged Poll Rigging: PTI Seeks Judicial Commission To Investigate Rawalpindi Commissioner's Accusations]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Following Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatha's claims about alleged rigging in the February 8 general elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has called for the formation of a judicial commission to investigate the accusations.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:51:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Several Political Parties Stage Protest Against Alleged Poll Rigging]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Despite the passing of more than a week, workers and supporters of various political parties have refused to quit their protest against alleged election rigging, calling for a wheel jam strike in Balochistan.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:22:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['Alleged Poll Rigging': HRCP Demands Independent Audit Under Supervision Of Parliamentary Body]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called into question the integrity and credibility of the February 8 elections.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 12:50:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Legal Community Slam Rawalpindi Commissioner For Levelling Baseless Allegations Against CJP Isa]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan's legal community on Saturday slammed a statement from the Rawalpindi commissioner that Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa was allegedly involved in rigging the recently concluded general elections.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sabih Ul Hussnain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:34:54 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Post-Elections Meltdown: Caretaker PM Kakar Warns Protesters Against Creating Anarchy, Disorder]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Saturday warned groups protesting the conduct and results of last week's general elections that anarchy and disorder will not be tolerated.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 20:07:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[PTI's Salman Akram Raja Arrested During Protests In Lahore]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Lawyer and politician Salman Akram Raja was detained by the police in Lahore on Saturday as he protested against alleged irregularities in the election process.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 17:44:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Rawalpindi Commissioner Claims To Blow Open Elections Pandora's Box]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha has blown the lid off the Pandora's Box that was the February 8 general elections, claiming he was under severe pressure to ensure the losers won with a lead of 50,000 votes.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 20:43:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Did ANP Lose In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[At this point, it is safe to say that the recently concluded general elections were perhaps the most unpopular and unfair elections ever held in Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zubair Torwali]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 19:39:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Elections 2024: The Chaos Continues]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Here we are, 76 years since our independence and 16 years since &lsquo;democracy&rsquo; resumed in Pakistan and not a single general election has been conducted without serious rigging allegations.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Changez Shafi]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:12:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[General Elections 2024: Re-Polling Underway In Ghotki, Khushab, And Kohat]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is conducting a repoll in different seats around the country in reaction to multiple occurrences of electoral fraud and disturbances during the recent general elections.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:22:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Elections 2024: No Possibility Of Alliance With PTI, Says JI Naib Amir]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Jamat-e-Islami (JI) has ruled out forming a government with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), whose independent candidates are leading with the most seats in the February 8 general elections.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:11:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[From Banners to Bytes: The Shift Towards Digital Politics]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The recently concluded general elections marked one of the most unpredictable moments I have witnessed in my life so far.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amber Danish]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:59:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is The Military's Interventionism In Politics Now Too Dangerous To Be Continued?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[What part of the military's role in Pakistan&rsquo;s political system makes the system dysfunctional? Or what part of the military's role brings the society to the brink of civil conflict? 
In my opinion, the military's policy input in the decision-making processes &ndash; like foreign policy or internal security &ndash; is not by itself.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Umer Farooq]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Umer Farooq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:58:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[PDM 2.0: PML-N, PPP, MQM And PML-Q Willing For Alliance]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Following the announcement of the general election results, political parties have stepped their efforts to create a coalition government.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:43:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Reserved Seats To Be Allotted To Parties With Electoral Symbol, ECP Announces ]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Feb-2024/reserved-seats-to-be-allotted-to-parties-with-electoral-symbol-ecp-announces]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In the midst of ongoing political uncertainty caused by the February 8 election results, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ruled on Tuesday that political parties without electoral symbols will not be allocated reserved seats in the National Assembly.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 10:26:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[For Political Stability: PPP Backs Nawaz For PM Slot, But Won't Join PDM 2.0]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Feb-2024/for-political-stability-ppp-backs-nawaz-for-pm-slot-but-won-t-join-pdm-2-0]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday announced that it will not be joining the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in cabinet, but may support them in forming a government and their candidate for prime minister.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:44:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Elections 2024: Militablishment Should Accept Defeat]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Feb-2024/elections-2024-militablishment-should-accept-defeat]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The farcical elections, instead of showing a path to stability, have plunged Pakistan into a deeper crisis.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Rumi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Editorials, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Rumi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 03:39:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Imran Khan Names Ali Amin Gandapur For KP CM slot]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has nominated Ali Amin Gandapur as his party's candidate for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) chief minister.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:06:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Elections 2024: US Urges Pakistan To Probe Rigging Allegations Through Legal System]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The United States has urged the Pakistani authorities to conduct an impartial investigation into allegations of irregularities and manipulation during the country's February 8 general elections using its legal system.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:59:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[GDA Announces Agitation Drive Following Alleged Poll Rigging]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) has said that it would initiate an agitation against the alleged rigging on February 8 that resulted in the Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) win in Sindh and that its two MPAs-elect will not take oath in protest against allaged &lsquo;bogus&rsquo; polls.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:16:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The People Have Spoken But Will They Be Heard?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The general elections of 2024 are perhaps the most critical in the history of the nation for a number of reasons.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Perspective, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:58:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[JI's Hafiz Naeemur Rehman Relinquishes Seat In Favour Of 'Winner' From PTI]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Feb-2024/ji-s-hafiz-naeemur-rehman-relinquishes-seat-in-favour-of-winner-from-pti]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Ameer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday announced he was relinquishing the provincial assembly seat he had won in Karachi, terming his victory a fabrication.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk, Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[News Desk, Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:21:53 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Take It Up With ECP: LHC Deems PTI's Petitions Against Victories Of PML-N, IPP Unmaintainable]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the election wins of several opponents in Punjab, deeming the petition unmaintainable.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 01:27:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan Votes: What Next?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[And finally, it&rsquo;s done.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Hasan Zafar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Hasan Zafar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:55:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[After Just One Election, Jahangir Tareen Decides To Quit Politics]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Istehkam-e-Pakistan (IPP) Chairman Jahangir Tareen accepted the results of the 2024 general elections on Monday and announced that he would be quitting politics.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:03:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[PPP Chairman Bilawal Calls On US Ambassador Blome In Islamabad]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and US Ambassador Donald Blome discussed the country's political situation on Sunday.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:56:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[NA-121: PTI-Backed Independent Candidate Waseem Qadir Joins PML-N ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate Waseem Qadir, who won the general elections from the National Assembly's NA-121 constituency in Lahore, has joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:09:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[PML-N Presses Its Advantage]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Sunday agreed to a political alliance in a future government as the former pressed its advantage as the largest party elected to the national assembly.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 17:37:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[PTI's Barrister Gohar Calls For Leaders' Release, Mandate Acceptance]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Barrister Gohar Khan, a key leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), urged the release of the party's "political prisoners," including founder Imran Khan, in response to Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir's "healing touch" comment on general elections.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 15:33:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ECP Orders Re-Polling In Several Polling Stations On Feb 15]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Following the verification of accusations about snatching and destroying voting materials, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued directions to re-poll at different polling stations around the country.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 14:06:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[FAFEN Raises Question Marks On Transparency Of Results Tabulation Process At RO Offices]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), an independent observer for the 2024 general elections, has raised questions over the transparency of the election result tabulation process at offices of returning offices, noting that it was not allowed access at over half of the result tabulation locations being observed.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:57:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Army Chief Hopes February 8 Elections Bring Political, Economic Stability]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Chief of Army Staff, General Syed Asim Munir, on Saturday, called for moving on from the national exercise of franchise and hoped that the February 8 elections would bring much-needed political and economic stability to the country.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 14:56:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Mohsin Dawar Among Others Injured As Security Forces Open Fire Outside N Waziristan RO Office]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Candidate for NA-40 and National Democratic Movement (NDM) Chief Mohsin Dawar was reportedly injured after security forces allegedly opened fire outside the offices of the returning officer in Miranshah.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:17:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[US Accepts Pakistan Elections, Expresses Desire To Work With New Govt]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The United States has acknowledged and accepted the February 8 general elections in Pakistan, noting how a significant number of Pakistanis came out to vote even though it noted undue restrictions had been imposed and interferences were caused in the electoral process.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Faisal Ali]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, News, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Faisal Ali]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 04:11:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Election Victory Speech: Nawaz Invites Parties To Form Coalition Government]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Three-time former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Supremo Nawaz Sharif gave his 'victory' speech on Friday evening and announced plans to form a government after results for most national assembly seats were announced.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:45:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Sheikh Rashid Faces Defeat In Both NA-56, NA-57 ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed lost both National Assembly seats in Rawalpindi to independent candidates affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), his nephew Rashid Shafeeq confirmed on Friday.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:16:36 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Nawaz Win Or Lose NA-15?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the first major controversial result, a conflict has emerged between the results announced for NA-15 Mansehra, which former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Supremo Nawaz Sharif was contesting.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:41:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[NA-6: JI Chief Siraj ul Haq Loses To PTI-Backed Independent Candidate Muhammad Bashir]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) chief Siraj ul Haq was defeated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate Muhammad Bashir Khan by more than 20,000 votes in the NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) constituency.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:25:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[NA-122: Latif Khosa Crushes PML-N Stalwart Khawaja Saad Rafique]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Saad Rafique was defeated in his stronghold constituency of NA-122 Lahore in the 2024 general elections, according to unofficial and unconfirmed results.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 11:46:44 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[PPP Pens Letter To CJP As Parties Slam Internet, Mobile Suspension]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Following the countrywide suspension of cellular and internet services during the general elections, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) submitted a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday, citing the high court's directives issued in 2018 to not halt the services on election day.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:56:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[While The Nation Anxiously Awaits Results, What Does The Foreign Press Say About The 2024 Elections?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[It is nearly 5 hours past midnight, or nearly a full 12 hours since polls closed in Pakistan&rsquo;s already delayed general elections.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 04:43:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cut Cellular Signals Leave Sujawal's Female Voters Stranded]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The government's decision to suspend cellular services across the country on election day only disenfranchised millions of voters who were left clueless about their polling stations or coordinate travel to polling stations.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:04:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[I-Voting And The Problem Of Low Voter Turnout In Pakistan's Elections]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[On February 8, Pakistan witnessed the much anticipated General Elections of 2024.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Usman Khan Yousafzai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Usman Khan Yousafzai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:02:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[QAT Claims Its Agents Were Roughed, Detained By PPP Workers In Hyderabad]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Qaumi Awami Tahreek (QAT) Chief and a candidate for PS-60 Qasimabad in Hyderabad Chief Ayaz Latif Palijo, has accused the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its candidate in the constituency of attempting to rig the election and of roughing up his polling agents.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 22:26:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan Elections Were 100% Free, Fair And Transparent: Chief Election Commissioner]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As time for voting ended, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja said on Thursday that the general elections were 100% free, fair, and transparent.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:20:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Voting Ends; Counting Begins To Elect New Govt]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Vote counting has begun after polling for the general elections ended quite peacefully, with just intermittent reports of unrest in a few parts of the country.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[News, Pakistan General Elections]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:25:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Not All Sewn Up In The Capital]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ TFT Correspondent
The federal capital of Islamabad may be the seat of national power in the country, but it has the smallest voice in the assembly.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT correspondent]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:22:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[NA-127: Tough Competition Anticipated Between Bilawal Bhutto, Attaullah Tarar]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Political parties in the NA-127 Lahore constituency are anticipated to compete fiercely as the country's general elections begin today (Thursday).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[News, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:25:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cellular Services, Internet Face 'Temporary Disruption' Across Pakistan, Trouble Voters]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The government on Thursday 'temporarily disrupted' cellular and internet services across the country citing security concerns.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:33:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Pakistan Election 2024 Updates: Independents Lead Against PML-N, PPP I Race To The Finish]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new government to take power for the next five years in the nuclear-armed country that is home to 241 million people.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:06:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[If You Want Votes From Karachi's Islands, Clean Up the Sea]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Naveed Bholla, a 41-year-old fisherman from an island on the coast of Karachi, spends his days and nights fishing in the deep sea.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faisal Rehman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Climate Crisis, Features, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faisal Rehman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:08:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Education And The Elections: Are Political Parties Promising Pie In The Sky?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[With elections just around the corner, all political parties are now in the final stages of their election campaign.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Economy, Education, Features, Main Slider, Perspective, Technology, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:25:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Sujawal's Women Voters Ask What Is The Point?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[For the women in Sujawal, February 8 will be like any other day.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:46:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[At least 28 Killed In Twin Blasts At Candidates' Election Offices In Balochistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[At least 28 people were killed and over 40 others injured Wednesday in two separate blasts targeting election candidates in Balochistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, News, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:39:17 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Sindh's 'Voters With Disabilities' Hope For Better Facilities During February 8 Elections]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Babar lives in Karachi's densely populated area of Soldier Bazaar.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hamna Iqbal Baig]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Hamna Iqbal Baig]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:58:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Gender And Hope In Pakistan's Elections]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Balochistan alike rest of the country would be going through the General Elections scheduled on 8th February, 2024.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malik Achakzai]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024, Reports]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Malik Achakzai]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 02:31:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Karachi: Up For Grabs]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, is Pakistan&rsquo;s largest city.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 22:56:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Brother, Sister Duo Carrying PML-N's Flag In Remote Muzaffargarh]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The dominance of over two dozen political families on Pakistan's politics &mdash; and thus its resources &mdash; is a matter of great debate among voters.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT correspondent]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:44:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[‘No Instructions Yet To Suspend Internet Services On Polling Day’]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Caretaker Interior Minister Dr.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[News, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:12:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[US Monitoring Pakistan's Electoral Process ‘Quite closely’: State Dept]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The US State Department expressed concern over violent occurrences as well as limitations on freedom of speech and media in Pakistan ahead of the general elections and stated that the US was "quite closely" monitoring the electoral process.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[News, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:13:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Beyond The Ballot: The Orchestrated Drama Of Pakistan's Electoral Process]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Feb-2024/beyond-the-ballot-the-orchestrated-drama-of-pakistan-s-electoral-process]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The general elections for 2024 are scheduled for February 8 in Pakistan, carrying a staggering cost of forty-five billion rupees, and will unfold against the backdrop of a severe economic downturn and heightened polarization.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Riaz Missen]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Analysis, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:14:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[US Issues Travel Advisory For Americans Ahead Of Pakistan Elections]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The US State Department urged American citizens planning to visit Pakistan to take caution during the approaching general elections scheduled to be held on February 8.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[News, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:15:23 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[ECP Disqualifies Qureshi From Contesting Elections For 5 Years]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has banned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi from running in elections for five years under Article 63 (1)(h) of the Constitution.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[News, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:16:01 +0500</pubDate>

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