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2. Review Of News Website: DailyTimes.com.pk Presented By: Muhammad Furqan Mohammad Salim Noman Ahmed Saad Fayyaz Usman Tariq 2 NUML Islamabad 3. Contents: Introduction Editor name Website launched Slogan Features Visitors detail Structure of website Lacks in website Suggestion 3NUML Islamabad 4. Introduction: The Daily Times (DT) is an English Language Pakistani Newspaper Founder: MR Salmaan Taseer(Late) 4NUML Islamabad 5. EDITOR: MR Rashed Rahman He is the son of Justice S.A. Rehman, former Chief Justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court. As a young man, Rashed also participated in the Balochistan movement against the country's military along with his younger brother Asad Rahman. Rashed qualified as a Chartered Accountant from England and later decided to take up journalism as career. He has formerly been the executive editor of English dailies published from Pakistan The Post and The Nation. 5NUML Islamabad 6. Web Editor: MR Shoaib Raja is the web editor Of www.DailyTimes.com.pk 6NUML Islamabad 7. Website Launched on: April 19,2002. Registered By: MEDIA TIMES Ltd Servers Name: ns.cyber.net.pk ns1.cyber.net.pk 7NUML Islamabad 8. Slogan: Your right to know A new voice for a new Pakistan 8NUML Islamabad 9. Features: 9NUML Islamabad 10. CARTOON OF THE DAY: DailyTimes publishes a cartoon on the current topic which is created by Khalid Hussain. 10NUML Islamabad 11. A Liberal Voice: Daily Times is recognized as a newspaper that advocates liberal and secular ideas. In this way DailyTimes contributes its efforts for promotion of logical and rational thought in the society.That is the need of the hour. 11NUML Islamabad 12. Text Based Website: It is a text based news website. DailyTimes uses mostly text instead of images, graphics and multimedia. 12NUML Islamabad 13. Standard of News/Stories : The standard of news stories is very good including the investigative reports. They use very accurate, high standard and understandable language. The content of news stories is good. Reporting style is truly professional. 13NUML Islamabad 14. Standard of Editorial: Since an editorial is the heart of any newspaper / website.So we shall have to see what kind of editorial is presented by DailyTimes. The editorial pieces at DailyTimes are of most importance.In these editorials, current national and international affairs are featured. 14NUML Islamabad 15. BALANCED NEWS: DailyTimes publishing balanced news stories current days in print edition as well as on their website. During Pakistan Peoples Party Era (2008-2013) they was published single sided news in favor of PPP. 15NUML Islamabad 16. NEWS CATEGORIES: Main News National Karachi Islamabad Lahore Foreign Editorial Business Sport Entertainment Advertise 16NUML Islamabad 17. Business News: It has a Business news section which has a good collection of news being provided daily.Its news have updated and real economy/business information. 17NUML Islamabad 18. VISITORS DETAIL: Statistics about Daily Times Website Page views: Average daily page views 120, 000 to 130,000 Sessions: Average daily users sessions 30,000 to 40,000 At any given week span 240,000 to 270,000 18NUML Islamabad 19. Visitor Countries: 19NUML Islamabad 20. GRAPH: 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% Percent ofVisitors Pakistan India United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia Canada Australia Germany Bangladesh 20NUML Islamabad 21. Website Rank: 21NUML Islamabad 22. DailyTimes Competitor: 22NUML Islamabad 23. Address HEAD OFFICE LAHORE News Agent: Najam-ul-Hassan/Abdul Waheed Five Star News Agency, Akhbaar Market, Lahore Phone: 0300-9471330 Office: Zahid Noor circulation@dailytimes.com.pk Phone: 3587-8614(-19) or 0300-8410902 KARACHI Resident Editor: Yousaf Rafiq yousaf@dailytimes.com.pk Phone: 221-3822-6, 221-4065-9 Fax: 221-3874-5 News Agent: Karachi Newspaper Agency, Phone: 7750379 or 0300-2118454 Shahbaz Akther Circulation Manager circulationkhi@dailytimes.com.pk Cell: 0300-2017902 ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI Phone: 285-4820-1, Fax: 285-6717 News Agent: Combined News Agency, Akhbaar Market, Moti Plaza, Murree Road, Rawalpindi Phone: 5507632 or 0300-5151136 PESHAWAR Bureau Chief: Iqbal Khattak iqbal@dailytimes.com.pk News Agent: Zarbagh Khan News Agent, Chowk Yadghaz, Peshawar Phone: 213525 23NUML Islamabad 24. Email Contacts: editorial@dailytimes.com.pk oped.dt@gmail.com marketing@dailytimes.com.pk letters@dailytimes.com.pk letters.dt6@gmail.com sunday@dailytimes.com.pk newsroom@dailytimes.com.pk 24NUML Islamabad 25. 25NUML Islamabad 26. HORIZONTAL NAVIGATION BAR: The Horizontal navigation bar contains Links to important information about the newspaper. 26NUML Islamabad 27. VERTICAL NAVIGATION BAR: The Vertical Navigation Bar appears on the Left side of the website. This allows the visitors to easily navigate from one news category to another. 27NUML Islamabad 28. Hyperlinked Mast Head: As seen on many local news websites the mast head which appears on the top of every page is hyperlinked to the home page. This allow users to move easily from the page they are currently viewing to the home page. 28NUML Islamabad 29. Google Custom Search: The search facility makes the website easy to use and less stressful for users making it more popular then if there was perhaps no search This feature is typical of local news website. The search bar appears on every page. 29NUML Islamabad 30. SOCIAL SHARING PLUGINS: The hyperlink images offer users the opportunity to access constant news updates through social networking sites. These images are at the top of every news item meaning that the links do not have to be searched for. 30NUML Islamabad 31. LAYOUT: The website is laid into two columns, which is similar to the layout of a print newspaper. This continuity of all editions means that the website is easily recognized of a newspaper. 31NUML Islamabad 32. Advertisement: The Daily Times offers advertisement facility on their website to promote various products & Services. Currently they are promoting MCB products and a Charity Organization Ads in addition to contextual ads offered by Yahoo. 32NUML Islamabad 33. Advertising Rates: 33NUML Islamabad 34. Archives: An archive is an accumulation of historical records, or the physical place they are located Daily Times provides the facility through a navigational link (Archives) to access datewise record of the news published on their website. 34NUML Islamabad 35. Subscribe: Daily Times provides the facility to order subscription for a Print Version of the newspaper which will be provided at the door step. The website visitor has to fill an online form to avail subsciption. 35NUML Islamabad 36. NEWS TICKER: A news ticker normally resides below the horizontal navigation bar.It scroll from one side of screen to another. Daily Times displays latest news in the scrolling ticker which are prominent to website visitors. 36NUML Islamabad 37. E MAGAZINES: DailyTimes website contains the following two magazines which are also published in print versions: Sunday Magazine Boss Wikkid Magazine 37NUML Islamabad 38. DEVELOPED BY: DailyTimes.com.pk is a project of Media Times developed by World Call Limited which is also owned by Media Times. 38NUML Islamabad 39. CONTROVERSIAL DATA: Daily Times came under blistering criticism by some in the ethnic Pashtoon community in November 15, 2006 when it published a highly controversial editorial Say yes to naswar! 39NUML Islamabad 40. 40NUML Islamabad 41. NO PUBLIC FEEDBACK: DailyTimes does not offer any facility to website visitors for providing their views, comments on news and articles published on the website. The absence of feedback facility limits the user activity on the website and does not allow the expression of their thoughts and feelings about the topic which sometimes is more valuable than the original story. 41NUML Islamabad 42. Videos: The website has not yet edit video section which is present on other news websites like expresstribune & BBC etc 42NUML Islamabad 43. BLOG: DailyTimes does not have a blog category on their website thus doest provide any platform to young writers for publishing their work. 43NUML Islamabad 44. NO POLL SURVEY: The Public Survey/Poll is a scientific and a reliable source to get the public opinion on the current issues. Daily Times website has no such feature for conducting survey from the site visitors about the issues currently surfaced on the media. 44NUML Islamabad 45. No Related Stories: Since providing links of related stories is a norm, DailyTimes lacks this important feature. Example: Express Tribune published a sports news and gave these links as related stories. 45NUML Islamabad 46. 46NUML Islamabad 47. Related News Stories: Poll Survey Blosgs Videos PUBLIC FEEDBACK 47NUML Islamabad 48. Questions & Queries are WELCOMED 48NUML Islamabad 49. Thanks 49NUML Islamabad