Localisation key to success for high-end Pakistani handicrafts in Chinese market By: APP on September 15, 2021BEIJING: Localisation is a key to success for high-end Pakistani handicrafts such as a variety of mineral, marbles, wooden and leather products. “This design is specially made for the Chinese customers; they like it a lot,” noted Muhammad Kamil Khan, CEO of Pak Link Enterprises, while showcasing the high-end Pakistani handicrafts in the 18th China-ASEAN […]
Fiery debate during senate body meeting over the use of EVMs By: Web Desk on September 7, 2021ISLAMABAD: On Monday, the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs’ witnessed heated debate among the lawmakers over the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the next elections. Senators in the opposition had staunch reservations over the use of EVMs, while the government insisted it was the only way to stop rigging […]
Us-China trade war and the ban on Huawei By: Tooba Rizwan on July 12, 2019There was a time that the United States stood uncontested and unparalleled in the international community, enjoying superiority on all fronts.However, the world is currently experiencing a paradigm shift,evolving from a unipolar to a multipolar world.Major powers like Russia and China have entered the arena, tipping the scales in their favour to alter the dynamics […]
OIC expresses concern over Indian atrocities, human rights violations in IoK By: Web Desk on March 2, 2019ABU DHABI: The OIC Ministerial meeting concluded on Saturday in Abu Dhabi OIC expresses deep concern over atrocities, human rights violations in IoK. In a resolution adopted by the 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), the OIC member states reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir remains the core dispute between Pakistan and India and […]
Party leaders, Interim PM, COAS cast ballots in home constituencies By: News Desk on July 26, 2018Major politicians across parties showed up as early as 8 am to cast their votes on Wednesday. One of the earliest votes cast was of the President of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif who said while speaking to the media, “Today will be the day, PML-N will emerge victorious [Insha’Allah]. The Pakistani majority […]
Women voters make history in a remote Khushab village By: Zarmeena Iqbal on July 26, 2018A Khushab village notorious for lack of participation of women in all previous elections in the country saw women voters thronging to polling stations on Wednesday. Speaking to Daily Times, additional deputy commissioner Asma Ijaz Cheema said that efforts by a group of volunteers aided by the administration bore fruit and women were enabled to […]
Parties in power in previous terms lead in three provinces By: News Desk on July 26, 2018Lahore: The unofficial and incomplete results of provincial assembly seats broadcast across media plat forms till midnight on Wednesday showed that the parties previously in power in Punjab, Sindh, and Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa (KP) were leading in the race. The PML-N was leading in the Punjab Assembly with a thin margin as the tally of seats of […]
Farhatullah Babar protests against ECP decision not to extend polling time By: Staff Report on July 26, 2018“Magisterial powers given to security personnel, are slowing down the voting process by allowing only 3-4 voters inside polling stations at a time, furthermore the refusal to extend polling time despite lines of waiting voters, alongside a free hand given to well-known militant organizations marks electoral manipulation that will haunt this nation for a long […]
PPP disappears from Lahore as far-right parties gain visibility By: Hasaan Ahmed on July 26, 2018Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was conspicuous by its absence in Lahore on the Election Day on Wednesday. The party’s election activities were rarely seen in the city, despite a candidate contesting from almost all the metropolitan constituencies. During the visits of many polling stations in Lahore, Daily Times observed the negligible presence of PPP camps […]
The poor throng to Dasti’s show of solidarity By: Zarmeena Iqbal on July 25, 2018MUZAFFARGARH Muzaffargarh: Leader of Awami Raj Party (ARP) Jamshed Ahmad Khan Dasti appears to enjoy more influence in certain south Punjab districts than does Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Dasti is contesting the polls on four seats of the National Assembly, including NA-182 (earlier NA 176) in Muzaffargarh city, NA-184 (earlier NA-178) […]