Who’s using Pak Army’s name for intimidation, identity theft? on January 14, 2018Earlier today, I received a phone call from a mobile number 0304-6511373, where some Syed Rizwan Gilani said he was calling from the Pakistan Army in regards to some discrepancy of census data and needed some verification. This sounded unusual and he knew my full name on documents but I was willing to cooperate until […]
Social media trolls think I lied about abduction attempt: Taha Siddiqui on January 13, 2018LAHORE: Taha Siddiqui, the journalist who recently escaped an attempted abduction by approximately a dozen armed men 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 […]
Salmaan Taseer being remembered on 7th death anniversary on January 4, 2018. @SalmaanTaseer Shaheed is being remembered on 7th death anniversary. Digital story by @FarhanJanjua #SalmanTaseer pic.twitter.com/cyJSxoiXzY — Daily Times (@dailytimespak) January 3, 2018 The seventh death anniversary of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer is being observed today (Thursday).
Salmaan Taseer did digital before anyone else on January 4, 2018The shaheed governor wasn’t just a digital savvy person. He had a vision. A vision that was driven by modern technology. This can be seen from his business ventures As a digital media professional, I have special respect for people who do the digital right, especially public figures. This entails having adequate presence on social […]
Netflix’s 2018 ‘surprise’ Friends arrives in Pakistan – a little too late on January 2, 2018Netflix caused ‘Friends’ to trend one more time on the new year eve with its ‘big’ announcement on Twitter that had everyone in nostalgic reactions – mostly by the audiences in the United Kingdom (UK). And so it happened, Netflix added each and every episode of the legendry 90s sitcom just as the new year […]
In a first, Marriyum retracts controversial remarks on December 16, 2017LAHORE: State Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday retracted and apologised for the anti-Hindu and Jew slur she had uttered while commenting on Supreme Court’s verdict on Imran Khan and Jehangir Tareen disqualification case. This is unprecedented that any state minister has apologised for such comments. Hitting at […]
Can Khadim Rizvi keep his abusive language in check? on November 25, 2017Molvi Khadim Rizvi has been in news for Islamabad siege and holding the entire country hostage through sit-in rallies first in Islamabad and then country-wide. He is also known for his abusive language, hate speech against minority sects and religions and incitement to violence. He can’t seem to control it and isn’t apologetic about it. […]
Pakistani retailers rebrand Black Friday to ‘Blessed Friday’ after backlash on November 24, 2017Pakistani e-commerce giants rebranded their massive Black Friday campaigns to ‘Blessed Friday’ and other variants including ‘White Friday’ and ‘Gold Friday’ etc following backlash for referring to ‘sacred’ Friday as ‘black’. Daraz hasn’t responded to Daily Times’ request for comment by the time of publishing this video but said this in a press release available […]
Aamir Liaquat’s ‘resignation’ sparks Twitter fight with BOL on November 18, 2017LAHORE: Aamir Liaquat, the controversial televangelist often criticised for hate speech against religious minorities and progressive sections of the society, on Saturday announced ‘resignation’ from BOL network which soon turned into a Twitter fight. The journey has come to an end & not a friendly end. Now I am not part of #BOL. They owe […]
Time to question gender stereotypical advertising on October 9, 2017Have you seen the new ad from a famous if not the most selling detergent powder brand? How it reinforces the “housewife” stereotype – a woman, who does the laundry for the entire house – and is always very excited about the detergent. Not that there’s anything wrong with women wanting to do the laundry but […]