On Wednesday, a session of the Standing Committee of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) held in Lahore. Group editor of the Daily Times Newspaper Kazam Khan has been elected as the president of CPNE, whereas, group editor Ayaz Khan of express newspaper has been elected as the senior Vice-president. Similarly, Yousaf Nizami and Amir […]
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11 children receiving trauma care killed by Israeli airstrikes
WEB DESK The Norwegian Refugee Council confirmed on Tuesday that 11 of over 60 children killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza over the last week were participating in its psycho-social program aimed at helping deal with trauma. “We are devastated to learn that 11 children we were helping with trauma were bombarded while they […]
PM announces ownership rights to slum-dwellers
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that a plan to equip slums with basic amenities is on cards and vowed to give ownership rights to slum-dwellers. Addressing at the launch of Punjab peri-urban housing project for low-income groups in Raiwind, he said that ill-planning of infrastructure and encroachment in all major cities was leading to […]
Pakistan’s textile demand reaches at its highest
The demand for Pakistan’s textile products has reached an all-time high, which has caused a demand-supply gap of approximately 700 million meters of cloth. The Faisalabad textile industry is facing the highest supply shortage in its history. The normal production capacity for the textile sector is 90 crore meters. However, despite the mills being operational […]
Internet cables to Daily Times mysteriously cut
The offices of Daily Times we left disconnected with the rest of the world after internet carrying data cables were cut by unknown persons. A key account manager said that data cables carrying the area’s internet connection were cut during the night at a government run development project. Khawal Hussain, a key account manager for […]
How to beat the scorching heat wave this Ramazan
Unfortunately, Pakistan is amongst 10 most vulnerable countries badly affected by inevitable climate change and activities such as incessant deforestation and degradation of green spaces have exacerbated environmental conditions. The recent smog and heat wave episodes in major cities of Pakistan are conspicuous examples of this scourge. Karachi is surrounded with blistering and deadly heat […]
Enlightenment, Kant and Freedom
“Enlightenment is man’s release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man’s inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere aude! ‘Have courage to use […]
The inglorious King and the Budha caves
As one moves away from Golra and inches closer to Margalla hills, crossing newly-developed sector D-12, history in all its glory and gore awaits him. The village of Shah Allah Ditta welcomes the traveller with open arms and entertains him with stories; these are the stories of foreign invaders, Buddhist monks, Hindu sadhus and Muslim […]
Mental Health problem – A Social Reality
Scientists have described it to be the most stressed of all times and this is something that we would all agree to. In the race of getting it all, an individual is left drained. Social alienation, strained relationships, anxiety, depression, complexities and hatred are all the consequences that we are left to battle with. As […]
Consent is real
I have grown up watching Bollywood. Even now I would rather watch a damsel dancing around the trees in a yellow saari rather than watching Avengers with complete zeal and zest. I am a hopeless romantic by birth and grooming, thanks to Bollywood. It governs my life to an extent that I even hum songs […]