Amid blasphemy row, Priya Prakash Varrier’s song banned in Pakistan on February 21, 2018The Manikya Malaraya Poovi song that was launched as a teaser of the much hyped Malayalam film Oru Adaar Love film starring internet sensation Priya Prakash Varrier has been banned on YouTube in Pakistan via a court order. If you try to access the song from Pakistan you see this message: “This content is not […]
8 memes on Imran Khan’s marriage for a guaranteed laugh on February 19, 2018Okay, I get it. It’s his personal matter and like the time he married and divorced Reham Khan, I didn’t want to comment on it. But it’s not my fault that Twitter is keeping #MubarakImranKhan a top trend, 2 days on. I had to go and look. And just when I did, I knew I […]
Even in death they wouldn’t spare Asma Jahangir on February 14, 2018BOL network has attacked all the men and women who attended the funeral of Asma Jahangir on February 13. Anchor Sami Abraham in his show criticised the gender inclusive funeral of human rights defender late Asma Jahangir and termed it as against ‘our culture’ and religion. This issue was discussed on BOL for two days […]
DT Memes: Meet the Haya Walkers on February 14, 2018Pakistani students belonging to religious political parties called to boycott Valentine’s Day and to observe Haya Walk, literally, the ‘walk of shame’ instead. Each year, the Jamaat Islami’s student wing Islami Jamiat Talba organises Haya Day as an anti-thesis to the Valentine’s Day.
What will students’ ‘walk of shame’ to protest Valentines’ Day entail? on February 13, 2018Don’t let the banners and signs with red hearts in it displayed on prominent roads of Lahore deceive you. Your first thought, like mine was, would be the Valentine’s Day but a closer look will make you cringe and all your feelings of love would be crushed to the point that you may not get […]
Banned in other countries, Bilal Philips lectures in a Pakistani university on February 4, 2018LAHORE: Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips – banned in various countries for ‘hate preaching’ and ‘extremist views’ – is on a Pakistan tour these days and is lecturing university students. He is a Canadian national of Jamaican origin and currently based in Qatar from where he runs his Islamic Online University. Philips has his lectures scheduled […]
Banned for ‘hate preaching’ in various countries, Bilal Philips lectures in Pakistani university on February 3, 2018LAHORE: Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips – banned in various countries for ‘hate preaching’ and ‘extremist views’ – is on Pakistan tour these days and is lecturing university students on Islamic topics. He’s a Canadian national of Jamaican origin and currently based in Qatar from where he runs his Islamic Online University. Philips has his lectures […]
So what are deep web, dark web and all sorts of webs you heard from Shahid Masood? on February 2, 2018Recent claims by prominent conspiracy theorist anchorperson Dr Shahid Masood have sparked a massive interest among Pakistanis for the buzzwords like ‘deep web’, ‘dark web’, ‘dark room’, ‘red room’, cryptocurrency and whatnot. This is evident from the spike in search trends for the said terms. The disgraced anchorperson had claimed – but failed to produce […]
Interior Ministry reaches out to journalist who escaped abduction on January 20, 2018LAHORE: Federal Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal’s office has reached out to Taha Siddiqui – Islamabad-based journalist who escaped abduction attempt by at least 4 armed men earlier this month – and assured him of full support. Talking exclusively to Daily Times, Siddiqui said the minister’s office expressed their sympathies and were concerned about the […]
Social media trolls think I lied about abduction attempt: Taha Siddiqui on January 14, 2018LAHORE: LAHORE: Taha Siddiqui, Islamabad-based journalist who recently escaped an attempted abduction has responded to the trolls on social media who had been questioning the authenticity of the incident by saying he doesn’t care about the cynics on social media because the trolling seems to be a part of the organised campaign. Talking to Daily […]