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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 5m

Prime suspect Teefi Butt, recently extradited from Dubai, was killed by his own accomplices during a police encounter in Rahim Yar Khan.
By Talal Maqbool

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Teefi Butt, Key Suspect In Ameer Balaj Murder Case, Killed By Accomplices In Rahim Yar Khan Encounter

Prime suspect Teefi Butt, extradited from Dubai in the Ameer Balaj murder case, was killed by his own accomplices during a police encounter in Rahim Yar Khan

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 20m

The Constitutional Bench faces a defining test: can it judge the very amendment that created it, or must the Full Court safeguard the Constitution’s integrity?
By Abuzar Salman Khan Niazi

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#SupremeCourt #ConstitutionalCrisis #26thAmendment #Judicial

The Constitutional Bench Cannot Be A Judge In Its Own Cause

The Constitutional Bench cannot lawfully judge the validity of its own creation; only the Full Court can decide the fate of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 26m

Meezan Zahra Khwaja's twin books, published by Sang-e-Meel, confront profound personal loss and societal stigma with fearless introspection and poetic grace.
By Nazia Khan

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#books #BooksWorthReading #BookReview #LiteraturePosts #MentalHealth

Double Debut: Meezan Zahra Khwaja Launches Two Brave Books On Grief And Mental Health

Meezan Zahra Khwaja's twin books, published by Sang-e-Meel, confront profound personal loss and societal stigma with fearless introspection and poetic grace

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 14h

DGISPR’s Meaning of “Enough is Enough”? | Whither Afghan Policy? | Why Trump Didn’t Get Nobel? | Najam Sethi | Sethi Say Sawal
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DGISPR’s Meaning of “Enough is Enough”? | Whither Afghan Policy? | Why Trump Didn’t Get Nobel?

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 20h

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 20h

As AI transforms societies and fuels rivalry, humanity faces a defining choice: to harness innovation for progress or surrender it to domination.
By Dr. Saeed Shafqat

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#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Politics #USChina #Innovation #AITransformation

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 20h

From unsafe workplaces to hollow reforms, women in Pakistan still fight for space in an economy that celebrates ambition but denies opportunity.
By Rameen Ahmad

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#WomenEmpowerment #LabourForce #genderequality #workplace #female #employment

The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 20h

Billions in state land corruption uncovered as NAB’s Directorate for Land Investigations expands its probe across Karachi, Mirpurkhas, and Tando Allah Yar.
By Imdad Soomro

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#NAB #Karachi #Sindh #LandMafia #Builders #corruption #investigation

The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 21h

Krasznahorkai’s Nobel win honors a lifetime devoted to exploring despair, faith, and the transcendence of human consciousness through language.
By Shoukat Lohar

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#LaszloKrasznahorkai #krasznahorkai #NobelPrize #literature #fiction #novels

The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 21h

Pakistani fiction gains a new lens: literature as environmental scripture, revealing the ethical and ecological stakes of everyday life.
By Dr Aftab Husain

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#UzmaAslamKhan #Pakistani #literature #Ecocriticism #fiction #Environmental #ecology

The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 21h

From history to today, Pakistan’s national identity reflects conflict, hope, and the continuous dialogue between unity and diversity.
By Muhammad Raiyd Qazi

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#nationalism #dialectics #Pakistan #History #identity #political #Philosophy

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Building literacy, numeracy, and vocational readiness at home ensures safer, dignified migration and higher-value contributions abroad.
By Zishan Ahmad Siddiqi

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#PakistanLabour #migration #migrants #workers #Education #migration

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 22h

Social media drives competitive extravagance, turning wealth into a status game and masking underlying emptiness.
By Huzaima Bukhari
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#socialmedia #culture #Economics #inequality #moraldecay #Pakistan #society #extravagance

The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 23h

A gunman attacked the Mahdi Worship Place in Rabwah during Friday prayers, injuring five Ahmadis, two critically, before being shot dead by volunteers

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#Rabwah #Ahmadi #Ahmadiyya #community #MahdiWorshipPlace #Terrorism #ReligiousFreedom #violence

Terrorist Attacks Ahmadi Worship Place In Rabwah, Five Injured

A terrorist opened fire at the Mahdi Worship Place in Rabwah, injuring five Ahmadis. Two are critical. The attacker was shot dead by security volunteers

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 23h

From battlefields to boardrooms, technology and conflict evolve together, reshaping power, politics, and the human condition in an age of global disruption
By Dr. Saeed Shafqat

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#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Politics #War #USChina #Innovation

Technology: Causing Chaos Or Transforming The World Order?

AI is redefining power, war, and society. This essay argues for ethical, human-centred governance to harness technology’s transformative potential

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 23h

Supreme Court overturns death sentence of 74-year-old Christian prisoner, exposing decades of injustice under Pakistan’s blasphemy regime.

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#AnwarKenneth #Christians #prisoner #BlasphemyLaws #SupremeCourt #minorityrights #HumanRights #Pakistan

Anwar Kenneth Acquitted After 23 Years On Death Row Under Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

Supreme Court overturns death sentence of 74-year-old Christian prisoner, exposing decades of injustice under Pakistan’s blasphemy regime.

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 23h

Pakistan’s vision of empowering women remains trapped in promises, as policies fade and barriers keep half the nation’s potential locked out of progress.
By Rameen Ahmad

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#WomenEmpowerment #LabourForce #genderequality #workplace #female #employment

Broken Promises, Silent Struggles: Why Women’s Empowerment Stalls In Pakistan

Pakistan’s promise of women’s empowerment remains unfulfilled as policies stall, barriers persist, and real workplace reforms remain a distant dream

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 23h

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi launches a major investigation into Sindh’s powerful land ‘system’, targeting politicians, builders, and bureaucrats.
By Imdad Soomro

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#NAB #Karachi #Sindh #LandMafia #Lands #Builders

NAB Karachi Cracks Down On Sindh’s Infamous Land Mafia: Builders, Officials, And Political Figures Under Probe

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi launches a major investigation into Sindh’s powerful land ‘system’, targeting politicians, builders, and

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 23h

The Hungarian novelist, known for his long, lyrical sentences and philosophical depth, is hailed as a master of modern introspection and endurance
By Shoukat Lohar

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László Krasznahorkai Of Hungary Receives The Nobel Prize In Literature Of 2025

The Hungarian novelist, known for his long, lyrical sentences and philosophical depth, is hailed as a master of modern introspection and endurance

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The Friday Times @thefridaytimes.bsky.social · 1d

Sonia Irum highlights Uzma Aslam Khan’s novels, showing Pakistan’s ecology as intertwined with human, nonhuman, and moral worlds.
By Dr Aftab Husain

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#UzmaAslamKhan #Pakistani #literature #Ecocriticism #Postcolonialfiction #Environmental

Environmental Thought In Pakistani Fiction: Uzma Aslam Khan And Ecocritical Visions

Uzma Aslam Khan’s novels reveal Pakistan’s ecology, linking human, nonhuman, and moral worlds in a fresh, insightful literary vision

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