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	<title>The News International - <![CDATA[Encore]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[A language by any name]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1357901-a-language-by-any-name]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 18:40:30 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I Am And I Am Not .          I        t was uncanny to spot two women completely concealed in black burqas and hijabs, except for the narrow strips of fabric through which two pairs of eyes were scrutinising a small painting of an Afghan burqa, which replaced and/ or covered a female figure in its...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The grace of words]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 18:37:49 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        t was pure joy listening to Dr Arifa Syeda, who passed away last week, hold forth on anything, especially on questions of culture, history and language. She had an almost musical command over the spoken word, the kind of eloquence that drew listeners in, not through flamboyance or...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Terror strikes again]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 18:30:24 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A         suicide blast next to the district courts in Islamabad last week claimed at least 12 lives. More than three dozen civilians and policemen were injured in the incident.&ldquo;A lone suicide bomber, a pedestrian, tried to enter the court premises. On failing to do so, he detonated the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reclaiming refusal]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1356374-reclaiming-refusal]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:46:47 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I Thought I&rsquo;d Escape My Fate  by Walid Raad.          L        ike a popular product, censorship comes in many shapes, wrappings and seasons. Some impose it in the name of religion; others prefer to label it as ethics. A few enforce it through ethnicity, many through so-called standards....]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[From salons to Iqbal]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1356368-from-salons-to-iqbal]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:41:40 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[P        oetry in South Asia has rarely been confined to the page. Long before printed books or recorded cassettes, verse lived and moved through sound; spoken, sung and memorised. Most poets reached the common people not through books, but through the human voice. Their words were recited in...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winds of change]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1356367-winds-of-change]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:35:12 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he highly anticipated meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump was finally held in Busan, South Korea&rsquo;s second-largest city, the venue for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum&rsquo;s annual summit.Trump&rsquo;s five-day Asia tour had started...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lost lives of a painter]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1354860-lost-lives-of-a-painter]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:27:27 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[&lsquo;Woman Spinning &rsquo;, 1954.          W        hether Esther Rahim, Esmet Rahim, or simply E Rahim, the multiple personae of this painter, long lost in the labyrinthine narratives of Pakistani art, rekindle memories of a time when this country was a cosmopolitan place. Its backward drift...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Who owns the Taj Mahal?]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1354858-who-owns-the-taj-mahal]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:23:40 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he recently released quasi-documentary Taj Mahal is the latest in a series of cultural attempts to present a purist vision of India, one that draws ever sharper lines between &ldquo;us&rdquo; and &ldquo;them.&rdquo; Once celebrated as the ultimate symbol of love, the Taj is now...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Diplomatic reset]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1354819-diplomatic-reset]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:11:26 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[The United States and Pakistan have one of the world&rsquo;s most complicated relationships. Years of close cooperation have alternated with decades of alienation, even bitterness.Unlike previous engagements, driven mostly by temporary security needs, this reset is founded on economic interests....]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A world beyond words]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353541-a-world-beyond-words]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:20:49 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Being Visible.          F        or a change, the artist&rsquo;s statement by Sara Riaz Khan clearly communicates the painter&rsquo;s ideas, reflections and processes. It stands out for its simplicity, all the more because reading one artist&rsquo;s statement after another today feels like playing...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Lahore that was]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353540-the-lahore-that-was]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:19:24 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he Diwali celebrations held at the Governor&rsquo;s House in Karachi this year were more than a festival of lamps. For many, they symbolised something deeper, a quiet acknowledgement that Pakistan&rsquo;s Hindu citizens are not outsiders, but part of the same fabric. It was a small...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Precarious peace]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 15:10:57 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[The fragile ceasefire agreed upon in Doha on October 19 is holding. However, it has done little to ease Pakistan&rsquo;s concerns about terrorism emanating from Afghan soil. Islamabad continues to insist on firm commitments to dismantle militant sanctuaries. Regional powers like China are closely...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[From Mirza to Mirza]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351703-from-mirza-to-mirza]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:00:05 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Beyond, 2004.          O        n October 11, the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, paid a long-due tribute to Mussarat Mirza. Although the Fine Arts Committee of the Council described her as a &ldquo;renowned artist,&rdquo; it is difficult to encapsulate the quiet and self-contained maker of...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The voice that carried a nation]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351702-the-voice-that-carried-a-nation]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:58:21 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[W        hen Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died in 1997, at just 48, it felt as if an entire continent had fallen silent for a moment. His was not merely a voice but a force of nature, a sound that seemed to stretch across centuries and continents, carrying with it the devotional intensity of the Sufi...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gaza post-bellum]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:46:47 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[O        n October 13, leaders of 20 countries, including Pakistan, signed with US President Donald Trump a document on the Gaza ceasefire deal. Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi chaired the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.Trump hailed the agreement as a &ldquo;tremendous day for the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A life in lines]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1350005-a-life-in-lines]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:02:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[B        oth our palms are filled with lines of various kind, sharp and clear, light and deep, small, repeated and crossed. To an ordinary eye, they appear as an incomprehensible web. To a palmist they form a code: a pattern to be read, analysed and interpreted to reveal personality, trace the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Karachi's quiet cultural revival]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1349999-karachis-quiet-cultural-revival]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:55:26 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[World Cultural Festival, 2024. ---- Image by Reuters          T        he World Culture Festival, organised by the Karachi Arts Council and spread across nearly two months, is fast becoming a defining feature of Pakistan&rsquo;s cultural landscape. What began as an ambitious experiment has,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ceasefire at last]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1349988-ceasefire-at-last]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:36:40 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        fter over two years of a live televised genocide, a ceasefire has been agreed in Gaza.Earlier, US President Donald Trump had come up with a 20-point peace proposal for Gaza, or the New Gaza. Points 13 and 14 of the proposed plan say, &ldquo;New Gaza will be fully committed to building a...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Viewers as curators]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1348308-viewers-as-curators]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:11:37 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Mugshots by Ayaz Jokhiyo.          C        urators are sprouting like weeds in Pakistan&rsquo;s art world. A gallery manager, a recent graduate, a mid-career practitioner, an art teacher, an eager writer &ndash; even an occasional collector &ndash; can suddenly transform into a curator. Most of...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Swords and sarangis]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1348305-swords-and-sarangis]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:07:44 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he first of October is marked as Music Day in many parts of the world; another day, June 21, is also observed, with a slightly different emphasis &mdash; a celebration of music&rsquo;s many forms and its capacity to bring disparate traditions into conversational harmony. Yet if music can...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Saving the Indus]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1348285-saving-the-indus]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 17:05:24 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he Indus Delta, a critical biodiversity hotspot and socio-economic hub, faces severe ecological degradation due to reduced freshwater flows and accelerating seawater intrusion.Ecological reports, including analyses of satellite imagery from 1972 to 2017, document alarming shoreline...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Post-colonial  miniature painting]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1346545-post-colonial-miniature-painting]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:29:48 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Untitled by Farhat Ali.          K        arl Marx&rsquo;s famous quip that history repeats itself, &ldquo;the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce,&rdquo; fits the so-called revival of miniature painting in Pakistan. The process started in the early 1980s at the National College of...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The lost music of the rababis]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1346542-the-lost-music-of-the-rababis]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:27:04 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        his year, Kartarpur saw very few yatrees owing to the Indo-Pak military standoff.Bhai Mardana, a lifelong companion of Guru Nanak, played the rabab and is credited with composing the shabads and kirtans of Nanak, hymns still sung in gurdwaras today. His descendants, known as the rababis,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strategic alignment]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1346524-strategic-alignment]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 16:27:09 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[S        audi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement on September 18. Under the agreement, any attack on either nation will be considered an attack on both countries.Sparked by Israel&rsquo;s attack on Qatar, this agreement reflects a strategic pivot to counter the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Being and other objects]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1344869-being-and-other-objects]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 18:30:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Encyclopedia series: the garden.          A        rt exhibitions and fashion shows are not entirely dissimilar, though some differences exist. Both serve as spaces of negotiation between a creative product and a prospective - often prosperous - client.Artworks in a gallery, whether hung on a...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The voice that shaped Pakistani cinema]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1344868-the-voice-that-shaped-pakistani-cinema]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 18:29:07 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he most surprising aspect of Noor Jehan&rsquo;s life was her decision to migrate to Pakistan at the time of Partition.It was surprising because she was then at the height of her career as a playback singer. She was unmatched in talent and virtuosity, and since films relied heavily on...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[United against  aggression]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1344866-united-against-aggression]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 18:25:31 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he Middle East is on the brink of turmoil after Israel attacked Qatar. Over the past year, it has struck Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq with impunity. Now it has extended this trail of violence to Qatar, the sixth Muslim country to face an Israeli attack. The pattern is unmistakable and...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three cheers for Ayaz Jokhio]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1343187-three-cheers-for-ayaz-jokhio]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 19:13:09 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A specially designed chair connected to 9 puppets with help of multiple pulleys          O        n my way to Ayaz Jokhio&rsquo;s exhibition, Three Chairs, at the Barracks Art Museum in Lahore, it was impossible to shake off the ghost of another work: One and Three Chairs, created 60 years ago by...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Limits of cultural protest]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:40:29 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Y        et another film, a documentary this time, has won an award at the Venice Film Festival.Many films, some quasi-documentary and others entirely so, have been given the recognition they deserve, particularly because they are based directly on the tragic events of the past two years. These...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beyond symbolism]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:30:17 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        s global power dynamics continue to shift, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is positioning itself as a serious counterweight to traditional Western-dominated institutions. With 10 member states, two observer states, and 15 dialogue partners, the SCO now represents nearly half of the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Letters from a lost language]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:20:01 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[What the Eye Couldn&rsquo;t Say.          R        odrigo Garc&iacute;a, in his short book A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son&rsquo;s Memoirs, recalls the last days of Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez:&ldquo;My father was fully aware of his mind slipping away. He would say, &lsquo;I work...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[From lifelines to forgotten streams]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Sep 2025 16:18:18 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        s the Punjab rivers go on a rampage, one can easily imagine the landscape there must have been before the canal colonisation of the area transformed the entire ecosystem. Then, as a result of the partition of the Punjab and the division of waters, three eastern rivers were handed over to...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rise of the Neo Orient]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:16:05 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        n realist literature exemplified by Graham Allison&rsquo;s Thucydides Trap, as well as in American strategic policymaking under former president Joe Biden, China has been conceptualised as a systemic rival whose rise could threaten American dominance. This framing views China&rsquo;s...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[An artist's mind]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:36:53 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Power Lion.          I        n Authors Space of No Physical Action is the title of Basir Mahmood&rsquo;s 00:09:00 video, part of his recently concluded solo exhibition In-Between Spaces of Energy and Consumption. Mahmood, an alumnus of the School of Visual Art and Design, BNU, and recipient of...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Silenced]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:34:29 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[M        ore journalists have been killed in Gaza in recent days, taking the number of deaths to a new level. The previous record, too, was set during the current conflict. A record is now being set every few weeks. Each new figure should hold a mirror to the world&rsquo;s conscience, but it...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Consensus building]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:30:05 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[O        n August 22, President Asif Ali Zardari appointed the 11th National Finance Commission to consider the division of financial resources between the Centre and the provinces and among the various provinces. There have been suggestions that after debt servicing and allocations for defence,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Material culture]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 24 Aug 2025 19:27:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[The Sofa for the Years.According to a Saudi proverb, to a hungry man, the sun is a flatbread. The same entities are perceived differently by different individuals, groups and societies. Take, for example, a work of art. To its maker, it is the expression of their ideas, a document of their...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recognition or ritual?]]></title>
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                				<![CDATA[It is rare for announcements of national awards in Pakistan to be met with universal acclaim. The same sentiment has been observed this Independence Day.Reactions range from derision to a sense of dismissiveness, often rooted in a perceived bias underlying the selection process. As with many such...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[War and peace]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 24 Aug 2025 18:50:29 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war remains one of the most consequential conflicts of the 21st Century. Given Moscow&rsquo;s longstanding fear of NATO&rsquo;s eastward expansion, the Kremlin viewed the prospect of Ukraine&rsquo;s membership in the alliance as a direct threat to its security. For...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Art forms elsewhere]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 17 Aug 2025 17:32:50 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Sylvat Aziz.          C        reative individuals &ndash; including artists, writers, musicians and performers &ndash; are, by and large, an unhappy bunch: disgruntled with their environment, dissatisfied with the currents of their times, disapproving of their contemporaries&rsquo; practices and...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beyond the sacred]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 17 Aug 2025 17:31:54 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Daddy Jann Aur Mummy Jann by Saleena Shahid.          O         Art Space recently organised the opening of Peeking Into Divinity. The art studio aims to promote a distinctive image of Pakistan by supporting visual expression and upholding the culture and traditions of the subcontinent. The show...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fading melodies]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 17 Aug 2025 17:13:21 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[N        ational days are usually occasions for song-and-dance programmes to be staged without apology.This Independence Day was marked in the shadow of a four-day skirmish with India about two and a half months ago. Since the withdrawal of the colonial world order, independence days have come to...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A downfall foretold]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 17 Aug 2025 17:05:05 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        here are political failures, and then there are collapses that feel Shakespearean. Former prime minister Imran Khan&rsquo;s trajectory lies in the latter category. Khan&rsquo;s downfall was not simply about losing an election; it was the inevitable collapse of a political experiment built...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monuments of moments]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 10 Aug 2025 18:47:33 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Tea Kettle.          T        he idea of a promised land &ndash; whether on earth or in heaven &ndash; has captivated communities across continents and throughout history. Individuals, groups and societies have either sought to forge new settlements rooted in ethnicity, religion or sect, or...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A moment of reckoning]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 10 Aug 2025 18:40:58 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        t remains to be seen what the Edinburgh Festival offers this year. It is expected to welcome and extend its platform to avant-garde expressions in the arts from around the world.As if the main festival were not already experimental enough, a set of performances began to take place on the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA['I love Sindh. I also love Pakistan.']]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 10 Aug 2025 17:44:15 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        n an exclusive interview with The News on Sunday, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr, the grandson of Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, opens up about reclaiming his family&rsquo;s political legacy; building a progressive movement rooted in compassion and resistance; and his vision for a...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The humanity of dolls]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:22:56 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Cut - Throat Colonics VIII.          B        efore boarding an aeroplane, you know the pilot is a man and that snacks will be served by female flight attendants. Similarly, when visiting a hospital, you expect your medical examination to be conducted by a male doctor, accompanied by female...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collateral damage?]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:21:06 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        n a recent terrorist attack in Balochistan, several security personnel were killed. It later emerged that among the passengers on the same bus were qawwals, some of whom were injured in the blast. Two of them, Ahmed Sabri and Raza Sabri, succumbed to their injuries and died.Many have...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[In solidarity]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:16:49 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[&mdash; Photo by Rahat Dar          S        ix years after India&rsquo;s unilateral abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, the future of Jammu and Kashmir remains fiercely contested. The region&rsquo;s special status, once a symbol of its constitutional autonomy, was stripped overnight. The...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The art of stillness]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1330996-the-art-of-stillness]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 27 Jul 2025 14:42:22 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[P        ainters and the public often believe that artistic skill, precision and perfection lie in rendering the likeness of a face, a human body, a set of static objects or a specific terrain. Filling flat colours into shapes, lines, circles, triangles or other forms is seen as comparatively...]]>
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