Dear Mazari and co, dont gang up on Gulalai on August 2, 2017A group of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) women lawmakers headed by Shireen Mazari categorically rejected the accusations leveled by party’s former lawmaker Ayesha Gulalai against chief Imran Khan and other leaders. Mazari went as far as terming Gulalai’s statement as a politically charged move. This group of women claimed Gulalai lied and made up the accusations […]
Reaction on #PanamaVerdict dominates Twitter on July 29, 2017LAHORE: Pakistani social media scene on Friday remained dominated with reactions to the ouster of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The reactions were mostly mixed. Bits of sarcasm, humour and trolling also found their way into the buzz. Even though it started with cheers on social media, Daily Times’ Editor @Razarumi noted the decision was […]
Qandeel Baloch remembered on 1st death anniversary on July 15, 2017While the mainstream media chose to completely ignore her, the social media remembers its slain icon Qandeel Baloch who was murdered by her own brother in her native Multan on this day last year. <iframe src=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/nighat.daad/posts/10155387655257095&width=500″ width=”500″ height=”406″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Qandeel rose to fame because of her “silly” and bold videos on the social media […]
Malala gets her own Twitter account and these are her first tweets on July 8, 2017Nobel Peace Prize winner education activist Malala Yousafzai has joined the microblogging site Twitter on Friday, she announced by saying “Hi, Twitter.” Malala’s Twitter handle @Malala has already gotten over 320k followers at the time of writing this web report, just 11 hours after joining it. Her Twitter account also has a blue verification tick […]
2 days on, Maryam Nawazs JIT speech still talk of the town on July 7, 2017Two days into Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz’s appearance before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing Panama Leaks scandal and then speaking to the media afterwards, people are still discussing the articulate manner in which she spoke to the media. <iframe src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/_YuEpq56WXo” width=”100%” height=”415px” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”></iframe> Ranging from TV anchors to Twitterati, many […]
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr on art, violence, and queer identity on June 23, 2017Lahore: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Junior, in a video interview to The Turmeric Project, opened up about his artistic work centred on queer subject matter, performing as a Muslim drag artist in prominent night clubs in the United States, politics and how violence plays a role in shaping identities. With most of his work focused on […]
Assaulting Najam Sethi, spouse a new low for Pakistani spectators on June 20, 2017The trolls among the Pakistani cricket fans outside The Oval celebrating the team’s mammoth victory brought a new low when they assaulted Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Executive Committee Chairman Najam Sethi and his wife Jugnu Mohsin — also a seasoned journalist and television presenter, Daily Times Web Desk has learnt. Pakistani fans congratulating @najamsethi outside […]
From saas-bahu soaps to queer drama, reinvented ALTBalaji comes to Pakistan on June 13, 2017After removing geographic restriction for Pakistanis, ALTBalaji – Ekta Kapoor’s answer to digital entertainment – has recently started advertising the platform to the Pakistani audiences. With Netflix and iFlix already operating here, Balaji Telefilms’ ALTBalaji has become the third Video on Demand platform to launch in Pakistan unlike most of its rivals such as Voot. […]
Handing babies in game shows is old news. Now you can earn a private jet during Ramzan on May 24, 2017LAHORE: Bol News, a media network owned by busted diploma mill Axact, appears to have beaten the competition by promising three private airplanes, cars, houses and hundreds of tolas of gold for winners its upcoming game show “Game Show Aisay Chalay Ga”, literally, “Game Show will work like this” hosted by former Geo televangelist Aamir […]
#RiyadhSummit: just how expensive is digital diplomacy? on May 22, 2017If anyone would like to see the creative use of digital media for diplomacy, the recent Riyadh Summit is a no brainer. They did everything they could to make themselves noticeable; except they didn’t earn the prominence, they bought it. The Twittersphere witnessed one “Promoted Trend” #RiyadhSummit on top of all trending topics on Friday […]