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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/war-beyond-horizon-funeral-kitchens-cost-conflict-260-million-pakistanis</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T18:28:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[A War Beyond Our Horizon, A Funeral In Our Kitchens: The Cost Of Conflict For 260 Million Pakistanis]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Pakistan Energy Crisis, Middle East Conflict, Strait of Hormuz, LNG Imports, Pakistan Oil and Gas Reserves, Energy Self-Sufficiency, LPG Price Hike, Pakistan Economic Crisis</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/journalist-haroon-janjua-wins-unca-elizabeth-neuffer-award</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T18:22:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Journalist Haroon Janjua Wins UNCA Elizabeth Neuffer Award]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Haroon Janjua, UNCA Awards 2026, Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize, Pakistani journalists, Afghan refugees, Deutsche Welle, refugee reporting, Pakistan media, humanitarian journalism, press awards</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/afghanistan-s-vanishing-press-journalists-face-threats-arrests-violence</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
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					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T18:22:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Afghanistan’s Vanishing Press: Journalists Face Threats, Arrests And Violence]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Afghanistan Press Freedom, Taliban Media Crackdown, Attacks on Journalists, Afghan Women Journalists, Media Censorship, Journalist Safety, Press Freedom Violations, Afghanistan Media Restrictions</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/dear-men-don-t-die-empower-us</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
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					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T17:40:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Dear Men, You Don’t Have To Die To Empower Us]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Economic Empowerment, Gender-Responsive Taxation, Tax Justice in Pakistan, Marital Status Discrimination, Economic Independence for Women, Gender Equality and Public Policy, Institutional Memory in Development</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/state-fails-measure-economic-performance-part-ii</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T17:27:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[When The State Fails To Measure Its Economic Performance—Part II]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Pakistan Provincial Economy, Gross Regional Product, Provincial GDP and Economic Growth, National Finance Commission Award, Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan, Regional Economic Disparities, Pakistan Exports and Remittances, Economic Data and Governance</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/iqbal-british-empire-making-pakistan</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T17:20:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Iqbal, The British Empire And The Making Of Pakistan]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Iqbal and Pakistan, Allahabad Address 1930, Pakistan Movement, British Empire, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Muslim Political Autonomy, Hasrat Mohani, History of Partition</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/remembering-lahore-convent-s-fierce-protector-sr-pilar-vila-san-juan-sagnier</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T17:02:46+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Remembering Lahore Convent’s Fierce Protector, Sr Pilar Vila-San-Juan Sagnier]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Sr Pilar Vila-San-Juan Sagnier, Convent of Jesus and Mary Lahore, CJM Lahore principal, Thevenet Centre Lahore, special needs education Pakistan, inclusive education Lahore, neurodivergent children Pakistan, CJM alumni tribute, Christian missionaries Pakistan education, Lahore convent history</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/peace-remains-reach-korean-peninsula</loc>					
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					<news:publication>
						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T16:39:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Why Peace Remains Out Of Reach On The Korean Peninsula]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Korean Peninsula Peace, North Korea Nuclear Weapons, Donald Trump And Kim Jong Un, US North Korea Relations, Northeast Asian Security</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/pakistan-s-rs4-500-wheat-price-needs-announcement</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T15:08:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s Rs4,500 Wheat Price Needs More Than An Announcement]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Wheat Price, Mohsin Leghari, Pakistan Agriculture, Wheat Procurement, Small Farmers, Agricultural Financing, Strategic Wheat Reserves, Food Security</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Oct-2026/serbia-s-student-revolution-collapsing-railway-canopy-collapse-political-power</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-29T14:30:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Serbia’s Student Revolution: From A Collapsing Railway Canopy To The Collapse Of Political Power]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Serbia Student Protests 2026, Novi Sad Railway Station Collapse, Aleksandar Election Defeat, Serbia Parliamentary Elections 2026, Student List Serbia, Serbia Anti-Corruption Movement, Democracy And Institutional Reform</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/presentation-self-everyday-encounters-sindh</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T22:38:59+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Encounters In Sindh]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Sindh social dynamics, Erving Goffman psychology, presentation of self, Pakistani social hierarchy, 2010 Pakistan floods, authority and deference, sociology of status, public office accountability, Hyderabad Sindh culture, police authority Pakistan</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/unlocking-global-supply-chains-gateway-search-strategy</loc>					
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					<news:publication>
						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T18:38:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Unlocking Global Supply Chains: A Gateway In Search Of A Strategy]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Pakistan Economic Gateway, Global Supply Chains, Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb, Gwadar Port, Reko Diq Project, Eurasian Trade Corridor, Critical Minerals Supply Chains</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/pakistan-s-mosque-gender-gap-reclaiming-women-s-right-public-worship</loc>					
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					<news:publication>
						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T18:09:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s Mosque Gender Gap: Reclaiming Women’s Right To Public Worship]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Prayer Spaces, Gender Equality in Pakistan, Mosque Gender Gap, Women Religious Rights, Gender-Inclusive Infrastructure, Mosque Community Centres, Religious and Cultural Practices</news:keywords> 
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					<url>
				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/money-permission-struggle-women-s-economic-autonomy</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T17:39:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Her Money, His Permission: The Struggle For Women’s Economic Autonomy]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Economic Empowerment, Domestic Violence, Financial Autonomy, Economic Abuse, Women Rights in Pakistan, Gender-Based Violence, Balochistan Domestic Violence Act 2014</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/slap-face-justice-punjab-s-theatre-instant-punishment</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T17:22:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[A Slap In The Face Of Justice: Punjab’s Theatre Of Instant Punishment]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Rule Of Law, Mob Justice, Punjab Police, Maryam Nawaz, Custodial Deaths, Penal Populism, Judicial Reforms, Human Rights In Pakistan</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/pakistan-thailand-labour-unions-fight-back-imf-driven-austerity</loc>					
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					<news:publication>
						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
					</news:publication>
					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T16:44:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[From Pakistan To Thailand: Labour Unions Fight Back Against IMF-Driven Austerity]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>IMF Austerity, Labour Unions, Pakistan Privatisation, World Bank, Worker Rights, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Public Sector Reform, Global Day of Action</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/global-capitalism-new-world-order-war-power-artificial-intelligence</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
						<news:language>en</news:language>
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T16:31:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Global Capitalism And The New World Order: War, Power And Artificial Intelligence]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Global Capitalism, Political Conflict, Marxism, Geopolitical Rivalry, Economic Inequality, Imperialism, Artificial Intelligence, Class Struggle</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/badr-building-pakistan-s-defence-industry-beyond-arms-deals</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T16:11:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Badr: Building Pakistan’s Defence Industry Beyond Arms Deals]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Badr Memorandum, Pakistan Defence Industry, Defence Technology, Pakistan-Turkiye Cooperation, Joint Defence Production, Technology Transfer, Military Satellites, Defence Industrialisation</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/great-chessboard-shifting-pakistan-can-find-altitude</loc>					
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T15:27:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[The Great Chessboard Is Shifting: How Pakistan Can Find Its Altitude?]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Pakistan Economy, Pakistan Uraan 2030, Export Growth, Economic Reforms, CPEC, ASEAN Trade, Strategic Diplomacy, Youth Empowerment</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/regionalisation-pakistan-afghanistan-conflict</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T14:42:00+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Regionalisation Of The Pakistan–Afghanistan Conflict]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Pakistan Afghanistan conflict, China India rivalry, CPEC Afghanistan extension, Taliban government diplomacy, Durand Line dispute, TTP terrorism Pakistan, Chabahar port India Afghanistan, Xinjiang security concerns, Urumqi talks 2026, South Asia geopolitics</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Oct-2026/long-journey-back-wild-return-przewalski-s-horses</loc>					
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						<news:name>The Friday Times</news:name>
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-28T03:41:42+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Long Journey Back To The Wild: The Return Of Przewalski’s Horses]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>Przewalski horses, wildlife conservation China, Kalamaili Nature Reserve, Xinjiang animal preservation, endangered species recovery, rewilding programs, biodiversity COP17, global wildlife protection, genetic diversity in conservation, habitat restoration</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Oct-2026/china-building-new-world-order</loc>					
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-27T20:29:06+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Is China Building a New World Order?]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>china, building, new world order, BRI</news:keywords> 
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				<loc>https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Oct-2026/badr-defence-deal-pakistan-maldives-reset-vivek-ramaswamy-ad-backlash</loc>					
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					<news:publication_date>2026-10-27T20:26:35+05:00</news:publication_date>
					<news:title><![CDATA[Badr Defence Deal | Pakistan-Maldives Reset | Vivek Ramaswamy Ad Backlash]]></news:title>
										<news:keywords>badr defence deal, pakistan, maldives, reset, vivek ramaswamy, backlash</news:keywords> 
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