Daily Times

Daily Times is an English-language Pakistani newspaper. Daily Times, is simultaneously published from Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.

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Yusra Waheed

Hello, I am Yusra - a writer, editor, and content specialist. I love to turn great ideas into compelling stories and drive growth for your brand. When I am not …

Aimen Babur

Syed Fawad Ali Shah

I am a investigative journalist writing for Daily Times and Hamariweb.com. I based in Malaysia as refugee recognize by UNHCR Malaysia. Why I am refugee? You are welcome ask me …

Fareeha Hashmi

I am a creative and hard-working writer who looks at life through all forms of arts, music and literature. Writing thoughtfully and taking meaningful photographs is what keeps me going …

Shahzada Rahim

Political strategist & consultant, Geopolitical Analyst and Author Shahzada Rahim is an experienced Editor-in-Chief with a demonstrated history of working in the political sector & media industry. He is a …

Nusrat Ali

I am a self-motivated Content and Research writer with a high level of experience working on multiple projects. Also, I am a freelance columnist in English daily. I am passionate …

Latest Articles

A Global Edtech Giant, My Tutor Source (MTS) opens new doors for Pakistani Professionals

It is the first week of March 2020, Islamabad is enjoying the first blooms of spring. Lahore, with its ever going literature festivals, is brimming with students, teachers and literary circles. Karachi is enjoying the first course of sea breezes from the south. The mornings are fine and the evenings …

By Fareeha Hashmi
15th April 2021 • Daily Times

Predicament of Pakistani women: Patriarchal norms and governance issues

The motorway incident has, yet again, exposed the facade of safe spaces for women in Pakistan.Women constitute about half of society, yet, they remain subjugated in many segments of life. The alarming increase in crimes against women has largely been normalized by the misogynist elements within society. The patriarchal norms …

By Aimen Babur
18th September 2020 • Daily Times

The best Kashmir the Band songs that need to be a part of your playlist!

By Yusra Waheed
8th May 2020 • Daily Times

Is the dawn of a new nuclear-age impending? | Daily times

The storm was long brewing on the nuclear horizon, but by the end of 2018 it became obvious. Even in its first month, 2019 is replete with nuclear threats and ambitions.North Korea has continued its streak of testing missiles.The UShas not only failed to break the deadlock on denuclearisation negotiations …

By Nusrat Ali
21st January 2020 • Daily Times

Resettlement made impossible for refugee journalists

With a broken heart, I am writing these lines. Thinking about a person who has been declared as a bonafide refugee by the UN High Commission on Refugees in Malaysia, but this Muslim journalist of Pakistani origin is still struggling to resettle. Losing nine precious years of his youth, this …

By Syed Fawad Ali Shah
29th December 2019 • Daily Times

The ‘Age of Revolts’ against populism | daily times

The ongoing protests suggest that people, all across the world, are fighting for their rights, freedom and, liberation. The world is on fire lately with various protests occurring in different corners of the world. Protestors in Iran have risen against the government over petrol price hikes to which the authorities …

By Nusrat Ali
11th December 2019 • Daily Times

Broken legacies of the British Empire: the odd case of Kashmir and Hong Kong

The British Empire of the past is no more but the British imperialism’s leftovers are still intact in Asia even this day where two prolonged crises-Hong Kong and Kashmir-share the same roots. Hong Kong is witnessing an unending streak of protests in which large numbers of people are participating calling …

By Nusrat Ali
6th December 2019 • Daily Times

Is Nuclear Non-Proliferation still a realistic goal? | daily times

Recently, the Moscow Nonproliferation Conference (MNC) was held in Russia where delegates from around 40 countries met to discuss the rising threat of using nuclear weapons in the potential interstate conflicts. The diplomats contemplated on the goals of denuclearisation and disarmament at a crucial time when the nuclear non-proliferation has …

By Nusrat Ali
3rd December 2019 • Daily Times

‘Justice first,’ peace later!

The problem with past and present peace negotiations is that they consistently centred towards giving the Palestinians “economic opportunities.” The word ‘peace’ is often taken by the Palestinians as the continuation of the status quo and Israel’s occupation. The moment Donald Trump stepped into the White House, he vowed to …

By Nusrat Ali
22nd November 2019 • Daily Times

The politics of aesthetics Chaos

Art consist of fresh illusions, while truth consist of stale illusions, illusions so worn with use that they have come with time to be accepted as the rock bottom fact of the universe. Since the victory of neo-liberal capitalism, the social construction of reality was taken onboard by the western …

By Shahzada Rahim
7th November 2019 • Daily Times

Allies of Convenience: The Politics of Betrayal

Trump has withdrawn a thousand US troops from the northern border of Syria. The cabinet, White House officials and allies all were shocked, as no one saw it coming. And the hardest blow was taken by the Kurds – erstwhile US allies. The Kurds helped the US battling the militant …

By Nusrat Ali
29th October 2019 • Daily Times

Horrors of Nuclear War

The tension between Pakistan and India over Kashmir’s current predicament is still brewing, with no ending in sight. Tensions soared between the two as India revoked Kashmir’s special status. Pakistan reprimanded, called for the return of Kashmir’s previous status-quo, which India denied calling it an internal matter. The two came …

By Nusrat Ali
29th October 2019 • Daily Times

The myth of nationalism

The concept of the state is very old. It dates back to the ancient Greek era. In a lateral context, a state is nothing but a moral person, whose life consists of the union of its members. The nature of the state is the same as the nature of a …

By Shahzada Rahim
12th October 2019 • Daily Times

In search of an ideology

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts: the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their arts, writes John Rushkin. Nations define their identity and glory through history and it is the discourse of their history that determines their ideological presuppositions as the …

By Shahzada Rahim
29th September 2019 • Daily Times

The economic crisis of our age

Famous German philosopher Karl Marx referred to the cycles of history once and said: “History repeats itself first as tragedy, second as farce.” In contemporary discourse, the 1970s and 1980s marked themselves as the important decades of the recent history for various reasons. First, the prolonged war in Vietnam ended, …

By Shahzada Rahim
22nd September 2019 • Daily Times

The economic crisis of our age

Famous German philosopher Karl Marx referred to the cycles of history once and said: “History repeats itself first as tragedy, second as farce.” In contemporary discourse, the 1970s and 1980s marked themselves as the important decades of the recent history for various reasons. First, the prolonged war in Vietnam ended, …

By Shahzada Rahim
22nd September 2019 • Daily Times

Water fasting and the human body

“Weight reduction doesn’t start in the gym with a dumbbell; it all begins in your mind with a choice.” Diet is nourishment of an individual. The word diet frequently suggests the utilisation of nutrition for health whose formula is adjusted to decrease fat, starches and additionally sugar so as to …

By Simrah Irfan
29th July 2019 • Daily Times

The Threat of Artificial Intelligence Weapons

All major powers are currently focusing on the development of autonomous weapon systems. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technological breakthrough that would render the world unrecognisable as we know it today. Though the idea that machines would possess human-like cognitive capabilities might have sounded like science fiction in the past …

By Saadain Gardezi
14th July 2019 • Daily Times

Communism is returning to China

“Dynasties begin with the very virtuous and noble founder, and then they continue through a series of rulers until they come to a bad last ruler, and he is so morally depraved that he is overthrown.” These are the famous words of Famous grand Chinese historian Sima Qian. After, British …

By Shahzada Rahim
6th March 2019 • Daily Times

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ — a perfect theatrical experience

By Yusra Waheed
13th February 2019 • Daily Times

Empowerment or illusion

The long awaited constitutional reforms in Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) have triggered a hot debate amongst stakeholders, whether. The question? Will the 13th amendment will of Act 1974, the Constitution of AJK, empower the people of the region, or keep power firmly in the hands of the centre. Whereas, the …

By Jalaluddin Mughal
15th June 2018 • Daily Times

AugmentCare raises $1m to revolutionise healthcare in Pakistan

LAHORE: AugmentCare, a complete healthcare app that connects patients with doctors, pharmacies and laboratories, has raised $1 million in seed capital – a remarkable feat that has not been achieved by many Pakistani start-ups. The Lahore-based company has successfully enticed local and international investors in East Asia and is planning …

By Anam Jalil
5th November 2017 • Daily Times

Wooden cabin surfaced at centuries-old Sharda temple

MUZAFFARABAD – Civil society on Sunday raised concerns over a new construction inside the compound of Sharda temple, a centuries-old religious place and now an archeological site, near the Line of Control in Neelum Valley district of Azad Jammu Kashmir. “We people consider this ‘wooden cabin’ inside historical compound as …

By Jalaluddin Mughal
24th April 2016 • Daily Times