The ''Daily Times'' (''DT'') is an
English-language Pakistani
newspaper
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. Launched on April 9, 2002, ''Daily Times'', is simultaneously published from
Lahore
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,
Islamabad
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and
Karachi
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. The newspaper was owned by Governor of
Punjab
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and
Pakistan Peoples Party member
Salmaan Taseer
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A member of the Pakistan Peoples Party since the 1980s, he ...
.
[Profile of newspaper Daily Times (Pakistan) on newsepapers.com website]
Retrieved 23 October 2019
Staff and columnists
The ''Daily Times'' is a newspaper that advocates
liberal
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** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
and
secular
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ideas. The ''Daily Times'' is listed as a member publication on the
All Pakistan Newspapers Society website.
Notable contributors & columnists for the ''Daily Times'' include:
*Mir Hadi Abbas
*
Iftikhar Ahmad
*Ali Salman Alvi
*Rizwan Asghar
*Waheed Babar
*Ziyad Broker
*Asad Ejaz Butt
*Qasir M. Chaudhry
*
Zafar Hilaly
Zafar Ali Hilaly ( , born 1942) is a Pakistani political analyst and diplomat who has previously served as his country's ambassador to Yemen, Nigeria, and from February 2001 Italy. He was educated at Highgate School.
Hilaly is a columnist and fr ...
*Hannan R. Hussain
*Mohammad Jamil
*Hassan Khan
*
Lal Khan
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Born Tanveer Gondal, he was a physician by profession but ceased practicing medicine in order to devote his time to politic ...
*Naveed Aman Khan
*Suleman Khanzada
*Noman Nayyir Kulachvi
*
Saulat Nagi
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*Haider Rifaat
*Farman Nawaz
*Shaheer Ahmad Piracha
*Ally Adnan
*Aurangzeb Qureshi
*
Hasan Askari Rizvi
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*Faraz Saeed
*M. Aamer Sarfraz
*S P Seth
*Raja Omer Shabbir
*Haider Shah
*M. Khalid Shaikh
*Obed Suhail
*Ali Tahir
*Sabbah Uddin
See also
*
List of newspapers in Pakistan
The total number of newspapers are 707 as 2019 according to Pakistan bureau of statistic.Following is a list of newspapers in Pakistan.
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, Pashto
, Peshawar
, 1983
,
, -
, 43
, '' Sajjan''( Punjabi:سجن)
, rowspan="3" , Punjabi
, ...
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The Friday Times
''The Friday Times'' (TFT) is a Pakistani English-language independent newsweekly, based in Lahore, Pakistan.
History and profile
''The Friday Times'' was first published in May 1989. TFT's founder-editor Najam Sethi and publisher Jugnu Mohsin, ...
''
References
External links
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English-language newspapers published in Pakistan
Daily newspapers published in Pakistan
Newspapers established in 2002
2002 establishments in Pakistan