The Friday Times

The Friday Times (TFT) is an independent newsweekly published in English in Lahore, Pakistan.

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Are Pakistanis Really More Moderate Than Indians

3 days ago | thefridaytimes.com | Yasser Latif Hamdani

Pakistanis often argue that, unlike India, Pakistan has never elected someone like Modi. Let us consider this coolly, calmly, and honestly, now that the war is over. Is Modi really worse than those who rule us? Under Modi’s right-wing Hindu nationalist government, Muslims are still free to practice, profess, and propagate their faith openly and without hindrance in all of India. Modi has not been going around forcing anyone to sign affidavits undertaking not to carry out Qurbani or pray Eid namaz.
Of Wars Inherited: How My Mother's 1971 Diary Mirrors Modern Conflict

1 week ago | thefridaytimes.com | Mariam Khan

The surviving pages are scribbled on with 1971 being a deadly year. According to Dead Reckoning by Sarmila Bose, “1971 was marked by a bitter civil war within Pakistan and war between India and Pakistan, backed respectively by the Soviet Union and the United States. It was fought over the territory of East Pakistan, which disintegrated to become Bangladesh.
From Sanctions To Sovereignty: Why The World Is Moving Away From The U.S. Dollar

2 weeks ago | thefridaytimes.com | Maria Mansab

In 2022 and 2023, after a period of monetary stability, there were renewed demands for a viable alternative to the dollar. This began in 2022 when the United States imposed comprehensive sanctions against Russia in response to that nation's invasion of Ukraine. Other world leaders reacted negatively to the notion that the United States could block their funds in the event of a diplomatic or military dispute.
How I Was Targeted For Reporting On The Indo-Pak Conflict

2 weeks ago | thefridaytimes.com | Adnan Aamir

On the morning of May 7, a major development took place in South Asia. India had reportedly launched airstrikes on targets inside Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. That same day, I published a news report for Nikkei Asia, which stated that Pakistan claimed to have shot down five Indian fighter jets, including three Rafale aircraft. This was a serious escalation in one of the world’s most dangerous nuclear flashpoints. Two days later, on May 9, I filed another story for Nikkei Asia.
Kashmir Issue: It’s Time For Pakistan To Accept The Reality

3 weeks ago | thefridaytimes.com | Zahid Hussain

The Kashmir issue is no longer about a territorial dispute. It became a pretext for certain quarters in both India and Pakistan several years ago to create hate and perpetual tension between the people of the two countries to further their ulterior motives. The line of control (LoC), established in 1948, has been acting since then as the de facto border between the Pakistani-controlled and Indian-controlled parts of Kashmir.
Laughter In The Line Of Fire: The Psychology Of Memes Amid Conflict

3 weeks ago | thefridaytimes.com | Lubna Jerar Naqvi

Tensions are high on the Line of Control (LoC) following India's launch of attacks on areas near the LoC (Line of Control) in the early morning between May 6-7, 2025. This attack came 10 days following the Pahalgam attack in which 26 lives were unfortunately lost. India blamed Pakistan and did not share proof of Pakistan’s involvement. Pakistan continuously asked India to show evidence of its involvement, and till writing, Pakistan and the rest of the world are still waiting.
Regime Change In The West: Capitalism Hits The Buffers

4 weeks ago | thefridaytimes.com | Shahid Ahmed

There is growing discussion in Western academic circles – a phenomenon that has become more pointed with the election of Donald Trump in the US – that the economic and political model that the West has followed with varying degrees of enthusiasm since the end of World War II has come to the end of its useful life.
War As Spectacle: How Indian Media Stages A Battle Before First Bullet

1 month ago | thefridaytimes.com | Rohinee Singh

The other night, I found my seven-year-old son leaping from sofa to sofa, clutching a plastic jet in one hand and shouting, “Strike! Strike! Target destroyed!” When I asked what he was playing, he replied with wide-eyed enthusiasm, “Like on TV! India is winning the war again!” He had no idea what war really meant—no clue of blood, loss, or diplomacy. But he had clearly absorbed the nightly theatre of Indian news channels, where toy planes have grown into TRP missiles.
Do We Really Know The Cost Of War?

1 month ago | thefridaytimes.com | Salman Durrani

In times when patriotic sentiments are at their peak on both sides of the border, and have dangerously transformed into war hysteria, it becomes difficult—but absolutely necessary—to ask a common-sense question: do we really understand the cost of war? On social media, mainstream news, and even in everyday drawing room conversations, there is a flood of emotional slogans and memes about a potential war between two neighbouring countries, Pakistan and India.
A Daughter’s Tribute To Her Father

1 month ago | thefridaytimes.com | Nermeen Shaikh

Najmuddin Shaikh September 4, 1939 – March 28, 2025 My father left this world just over a month ago. It is difficult to characterise the time before and after. Taking care of the ill has a certain urgency; there is no time outside that time. But the time of mourning has a strange duration.