<![CDATA[The Friday Times - Perspective]]> https://www.thefridaytimes.com/rss/perspective en-US Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:18:15 +0500 <![CDATA[The Friday Times - Perspective]]> https://www.thefridaytimes.com/rss/perspective https://www.thefridaytimes.com/uploads/theme/logo-1691665104.png <![CDATA[Why Mental Health In Pakistan Is A Tax Policy Issue]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Sep-2026/mental-health-pakistan-tax-policy-issue Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:18:15 +0500 <![CDATA[How The Spirit Of Sindh Rose In Peaceful Protest At The Babarloi Dharna]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Sep-2026/spirit-sindh-rose-peaceful-protest-babarloi-dharna Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:25:44 +0500 <![CDATA[Imperial Icon: Why Gloria Steinem’s Feminism Is Not Mine]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Sep-2026/imperial-icon-gloria-steinem-s-feminism-mine Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:50:25 +0500 <![CDATA[Reforming The UNSC: Can The World Escape The Grip Of The Five Permanent Powers?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2026/reforming-unsc-can-world-escape-grip-five-permanent-powers Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:37:51 +0500 <![CDATA[How Our Paltry Systems Fail The Children Of The Poor]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Aug-2026/paltry-systems-fail-children-poor Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:36:36 +0500 <![CDATA[PIMS On Fraying Threads: Grieving Mothers And Corridors Of Despair]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Aug-2026/pims-fraying-threads-grieving-mothers-corridors-despair Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:18:22 +0500 <![CDATA[The Manipur Crisis In 2026: Three Years Of Violence And Unenforced Justice]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Aug-2026/manipur-crisis-2026-three-years-violence-unenforced-justice Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:16:52 +0500 <![CDATA[Justice On A "Done Basis": The Dark Reality Of Pakistan’s Legal System]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Aug-2026/justice-done-basis-dark-reality-pakistan-s-legal-system Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:43:20 +0500 <![CDATA[Silently Dismantling Medical Education In Punjab: The Case Of Assessment]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Aug-2026/illusion-competence-inside-dangerous-dilution-pakistan-s-medical-education Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:19:39 +0500 <![CDATA[Crisis Of Judicial Independence This Century – Who Guards The Guardians]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Aug-2026/crisis-judicial-independence-century-guards-guardians Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:08:50 +0500 <![CDATA[Is Missile Defence A Financial Trap Or A Phantom Shield?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Aug-2026/missile-defence-financial-trap-phantom-shield Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:06:25 +0500 <![CDATA[Why Pakistan Must Give Up On The Illusion Of Borrowed Bonanzas]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Aug-2026/pakistan-must-give-illusion-borrowed-bonanzas Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:51:51 +0500 <![CDATA[Can Islamic Economics Cure the Crises of Modern Capitalism?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Aug-2026/can-islamic-economics-cure-crises-modern-capitalism Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:32:25 +0500 <![CDATA[Running Before We Can Walk: The Democratic Dilemma Of Pakistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Aug-2026/running-can-walk-democratic-dilemma-pakistan Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:47:20 +0500 <![CDATA[The Mecca Calculus: A Region Betting On Itself]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Aug-2026/mecca-calculus-region-betting Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:46:22 +0500 <![CDATA[Shifting Sands Of US Politics: Demographics, Gaza And The Future]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Aug-2026/shifting-sands-us-politics-demographics-gaza-future Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:38:47 +0500 <![CDATA[The Cost Of Failing, And Who Pays For It]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Aug-2026/cost-failing-pays Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:10:52 +0500 <![CDATA[A Grave Reopened, A False Narrative Destroyed: The Fight For Mir Raza]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Aug-2026/grave-reopened-false-narrative-destroyed-fight-mir-raza Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:25:43 +0500 <![CDATA[Muslims Against The Muslim League - And Why Opposing Jinnah Failed The Test Of Time]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Aug-2026/muslims-muslim-league-opposing-jinnah-failed-test-time Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:15:54 +0500 <![CDATA[When the System Crumbles: Dissecting Mohsin Naqvi’s Stark Warning]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Aug-2026/system-crumbles-dissecting-mohsin-naqvi-s-stark-warning Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:19:09 +0500 <![CDATA[The True Meaning Of The Punjabi Moment]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Aug-2026/true-meaning-punjabi-moment Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:10:25 +0500 <![CDATA[Why Nuclear Energy is Vital For Pakistan’s Future – And How To Begin Preparing]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Aug-2026/nuclear-energy-vital-pakistan-s-future-begin-preparing Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:58:27 +0500 <![CDATA[Can Money Buy Elections? The Answer Lies In Abdul El-Sayed’s Primary Victory In Michigan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Aug-2026/can-money-buy-elections-answer-lies-abdul-el-sayed-s-primary-victory-michigan Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:56:24 +0500 <![CDATA[Dear Sam Harris - III: How To Change A Muslim’s Mind]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Aug-2026/dear-sam-harris-iii-change-muslim-s-mind Wed, 05 Aug 2026 04:43:07 +0500 <![CDATA[Cryptocurrency’s Emerging Role In Terrorist Financing]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Aug-2026/cryptocurrency-s-emerging-role-terrorist-financing Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:21:54 +0500 <![CDATA[Shifting The CPEC Narrative: From Elite Mobilization To Mass Ownership]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Aug-2026/shifting-cpec-narrative-elite-mobilization-mass-ownership Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:41:12 +0500 <![CDATA[Good Governance Is Not A Map-Drawing Exercise]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Aug-2026/good-governance-map-drawing-exercise Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:17:01 +0500 <![CDATA[The Cockroach Effect: How Decentralised Tech Defeated State Censorship In India]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Aug-2026/cockroach-effect-decentralised-tech-defeated-state-censorship-india Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:09:30 +0500 <![CDATA[When Human Rights Meet Sovereignty - The Legal Dilemma Of Jammu And Kashmir]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Jul-2026/human-rights-meet-sovereignty-legal-dilemma-jammu-kashmir Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:16:41 +0500 <![CDATA[Defence At The Expense Of Development - A Quiet Crisis Undermining Global Stability]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Jul-2026/defence-expense-development-quiet-crisis-undermining-global-stability Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:52:39 +0500 <![CDATA[Independence: A Hollow Freedom?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Jul-2026/independence-hollow-freedom Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:37:06 +0500 <![CDATA[The Myth Of Gen Z]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Jul-2026/myth-gen-z Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:14:29 +0500 <![CDATA[Decoding NYC's $12 Billion Budget Gap: Did Mayor Mamdani Really Fix It?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Jul-2026/decoding-nyc-s-dollar-12-billion-budget-gap-mayor-mamdani-really-fix Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:16:03 +0500 <![CDATA[Lessons From Ontario Rules Of Civil Procedure That Could Help Reduce Delays In Pakistan's Civil Courts]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Jul-2026/lessons-ontario-rules-civil-procedure-help-reduce-delays-pakistan-s-civil-courts Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:05:23 +0500 <![CDATA[Dear Sam Harris - II: Why Treating Islam As A Monolith Fails Reformers]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Jul-2026/dear-sam-harris-ii-treating-islam-monolith-fails-reformers Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:16:47 +0500 <![CDATA[Dear Sam Harris: How Your Thought Experiment On Gaza Fails]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Jul-2026/dear-sam-harris-thought-experiment-gaza-fails Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:14:31 +0500 <![CDATA[Of Blue Passports And Pakistan’s Blues]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Jul-2026/blue-passports-pakistan-s-blues Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:43:22 +0500 <![CDATA[Is There A Legal Blind Spot In Autonomous-Driving Vehicles?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Jul-2026/legal-blind-spot-autonomous-driving-vehicles Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:34:42 +0500 <![CDATA[Constitutional Tug of War: Who Should Appoint Pakistan's Judges?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Jul-2026/constitutional-tug-war-appoint-pakistan-s-judges Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:27:59 +0500 <![CDATA[When Paperwork Costs Lives – The Silent Weapon In Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Jul-2026/paperwork-costs-lives-silent-weapon-sudan-s-humanitarian-crisis Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:51:27 +0500 <![CDATA[Lost Spirit Of Liberalism: Happy 250th, America!]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Jul-2026/lost-spirit-liberalism-happy-250th-america Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:30:07 +0500 <![CDATA[Gen Z's PSX Gamble]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jul-2026/gen-z-s-psx-gamble Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:08:19 +0500 <![CDATA[From Islamabad To The Grassroots - The Missing Link In Pakistan's Governance]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Jul-2026/pakistan-s-governance-problems-require-strong-local-governments Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:14:53 +0500 <![CDATA[No Trial Required: How Punjab’s New Bill Lets The State Freeze Your Life]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Jul-2026/trial-required-punjab-s-new-bill-lets-state-freeze-life Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:32:40 +0500 <![CDATA[Why Pakistan Urgently Needs a Suicide Assessment Framework]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Jul-2026/pakistan-urgently-needs-suicide-assessment-framework Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:49:25 +0500 <![CDATA[India's Fractured Republic And The Age Of Hindutva Chaos]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Jul-2026/india-s-fractured-republic-age-hindutva-chaos Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:43:22 +0500 <![CDATA[When Words Are Held Hostage – The Ordeal Of Saeed Ahmed Memon In Balochistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Jul-2026/words-held-hostage-ordeal-saeed-ahmed-memon-balochistan Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:55:40 +0500 <![CDATA[Criminalising Agony – Why Pakistan’s Revival Of Section 325 Is A Step Backward]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Jun-2026/criminalising-agony-pakistan-s-revival-section-325-step-backward Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:32:00 +0500 <![CDATA[Corruption Thrives On Paper – Why Pakistan Must Go Digital]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Jun-2026/corruption-thrives-paper-pakistan-must-go-digital Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:02:20 +0500 <![CDATA[A Retrospective On The Dramatic Rise And Fall Of ZA Bhutto, 1928-79]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Jun-2026/retrospective-dramatic-rise-fall-za-bhutto-1928-79 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:56:44 +0500 <![CDATA[When Guns Replace Aid, Crises Deepen - And The World Pays The Price]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Jun-2026/guns-replace-aid-crises-deepen-world-pays-price Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:39:52 +0500 <![CDATA[Afghanistan’s Crossroads – What The Taliban Learned, And What They Did Not]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Jun-2026/afghanistan-s-crossroads-taliban-learned Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:01:39 +0500 <![CDATA[Surviving, Not Thriving: Pakistan's Budgets Trap the Economy in Endless Stabilisation]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Jun-2026/surviving-thriving-pakistan-s-budgets-trap-economy-endless-stabilisation Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:29:28 +0500 <![CDATA[Safar Or Suffer: The Hidden Cost Of Public Transport For Women]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Jun-2026/safar-suffer-hidden-cost-public-transport-women Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:19:33 +0500 <![CDATA[Thirsty Fields, Deaf Ears: Understanding The Water Crisis In Southern Pakistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Jun-2026/thirsty-fields-deaf-ears-understanding-water-crisis-southern-pakistan Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:13:31 +0500 <![CDATA[Civic Sense Might Be Pakistan's Most Overlooked Crisis]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/12-Jun-2026/civic-sense-might-pakistan-s-overlooked-crisis Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:34:11 +0500 <![CDATA[The Hobbesian Correction: A Case For Pakistan’s Pragmatic Turn In The Post-Ideology Era]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Jun-2026/hobbesian-correction-case-pakistan-s-pragmatic-turn-post-ideology-era Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:02:14 +0500 <![CDATA[The Two Punjabi Phrases That May Explain Pakistan’s Malaise]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Jun-2026/two-punjabi-phrases-may-explain-pakistan-s-malaise Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:22:51 +0500 <![CDATA[How Demagogues Hijack Democracy And Damage It]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Jun-2026/demagogues-hijack-democracy-damage Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:41:05 +0500 <![CDATA[The Art Of Living – Why True Happiness Requires Grounded Realism]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Jun-2026/art-living-true-happiness-requires-grounded-realism Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:56:28 +0500 <![CDATA[Counting In Punjab, Missing Everywhere Else: Pakistan’s Flawed Rape Statistics]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Jun-2026/counting-punjab-missing-everywhere-else-pakistan-s-flawed-rape-statistics Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:34:27 +0500 <![CDATA[Ring Lights And Revolution - How Pseudo-Activism Kills The Potential For Meaningful Change]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-May-2026/ring-lights-revolution-pseudo-activism-kills-potential-meaningful-change Sun, 31 May 2026 17:42:31 +0500 <![CDATA[Structural Silence: Understanding The Constraints On Pakistani Minorities]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-May-2026/structural-silence-understanding-constraints-pakistani-minorities Sat, 30 May 2026 05:50:13 +0500 <![CDATA[Master-Servant Legacy: How Colonial Law Still Rules Pakistan’s Workforce]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-May-2026/master-servant-legacy-colonial-law-still-rules-pakistan-s-workforce Fri, 29 May 2026 05:27:32 +0500 <![CDATA[When State Success Bypasses The Citizen]]> en 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Accountability: Rethinking Policing In Pakistan ]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-May-2026/encounters-accountability-rethinking-policing-pakistan Wed, 06 May 2026 15:56:59 +0500 <![CDATA[How Pakistan’s Student Movements Were Once Architects Of Dissent]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-May-2026/pakistan-s-student-movements-architects-dissent Sun, 03 May 2026 22:42:03 +0500 <![CDATA[0.5% Convicted: The Endless Toll Of Pakistan's Honour Killings]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Apr-2026/0-5-percent-convicted-endless-toll-pakistan-s-honour-killings Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:06:59 +0500 <![CDATA[Pakistan Is Having Its Moment In the Sun – What Can it Do to Make it Last? ]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Apr-2026/pakistan-moment-sun-can-make-last Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:30:22 +0500 <![CDATA[How Iran's Nuclear Good Faith Was Weaponised Against It]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Apr-2026/iran-s-nuclear-good-faith-weaponised Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:52:13 +0500 <![CDATA[Slaughter At The Altar Of Honour: Dismantling Pakistan's Deadly Patriarchal Grip]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Apr-2026/slaughter-altar-honour-dismantling-pakistan-s-deadly-patriarchal-grip Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:27:58 +0500 <![CDATA[Between Virtuous City And Bare Life: Al-Farabi, Agamben And The Crisis of Human Becoming In The Slum]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Apr-2026/virtuous-city-bare-life-al-farabi-agamben-crisis-human-becoming-slum Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:58:54 +0500 <![CDATA[Dead Women Make Good Stories: The Missing Voices In Islamabad’s Peace Talks]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Apr-2026/dead-women-make-good-stories-missing-voices-islamabad-s-peace-talks Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:55:47 +0500 <![CDATA[Of Defiance and Devastation: Evaluating Iran’s Survival Against Superior Firepower]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Apr-2026/defiance-devastation-evaluating-iran-s-survival-superior-firepower Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:46:05 +0500 <![CDATA[Are Pakistan’s Nuclear Assets In Israel’s Crosshairs?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Apr-2026/pakistan-s-nuclear-assets-israel-s-crosshairs Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:34:13 +0500 <![CDATA[Poverty, Protest And The Petro-Bomb: Pakistan’s Newest Brewing Storm]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Apr-2026/poverty-protest-petro-bomb-pakistan-s-newest-brewing-storm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:09:18 +0500 <![CDATA[The Warring World Is Blind To Its Most Defenceless]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Apr-2026/warring-world-blind-defenceless Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:08:34 +0500 <![CDATA[Topping The Global Terrorism Index – A Wake-Up Call for Holistic Security In Pakistan]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Mar-2026/topping-global-terrorism-index-wake-up-call-holistic-security-pakistan Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:36:17 +0500 <![CDATA[Can Pakistan Play A Military Role In Iran If It Becomes Necessary?]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Mar-2026/can-pakistan-play-military-role-iran-becomes-necessary Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:20:35 +0500 <![CDATA[Hidden Costs Of Free Education: Of Rents And Reality Checks In Germany]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Mar-2026/hidden-costs-free-education-rents-reality-checks-germany Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:35:41 +0500 <![CDATA[Aesthetics Of Dissent: The Intellectual Bankruptcy Of The Pakistani ‘Liberal’ Critique]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Mar-2026/aesthetics-dissent-intellectual-bankruptcy-pakistani-liberal-critique Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:59:29 +0500 <![CDATA[Vibrant Cities, Wounded Souls: Ernest Hemingway’s Masterpiece Of Post-War Disillusionment]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Mar-2026/vibrant-cities-wounded-souls-ernest-hemingway-s-masterpiece-post-war-disillusionment Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:09:34 +0500 <![CDATA[Two Lahores: How Rural Migration Is Redefining Pakistan's Cultural Capital]]> en https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Mar-2026/two-lahores-rural-migration-redefining-pakistan-s-cultural-capital Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:20:55 +0500 <![CDATA[Dressed For 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