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Co-Founder & Editor in Chief

Sheikh M. Usman

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Sheikh M. Usman is Co-founder and Editor in Chief of The Lahore Times, with 20 years experience in journalism. He sets the editorial compass of The Lahore Times – shaping its voice, standards, and daily news agenda. He leads the newsroom with a digital-first philosophy, pairing a deep understanding of Pakistan’s political, cultural, and economic currents with the rigor of international editorial practice. Under his direction, the publication has built a reputation for clarity over noise: verified reporting, sharp analysis, and coverage that treats readers as citizens, not clicks. Usman upholds accuracy, editorial independence, and accountability as the non-negotiables of modern journalism, and works closely with editors and reporters to ensure every story published carries the masthead’s credibility.

smu@lhrtimes.com +92 322 4405655

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Co-Founder & Publisher

Sheikh M. Hamza

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Sheikh M. Hamza, Co-founder and Publisher of The Lahore Times, leads the publication’s business strategy, operations, and long-term growth. He oversees the commercial and technological foundations that keep independent journalism sustainable — from platform development and audience expansion to partnerships and revenue strategy. Hamza’s approach reflects a clear conviction: strong journalism needs a strong publishing model behind it. He works at the intersection of media, product, and audience, ensuring the newsroom has the resources and reach to serve readers across Pakistan and the diaspora. His focus on scalable digital publishing has positioned The Lahore Times as a modern news brand built for how audiences actually read today.

sheikh.hamza@lhrtimes.com +92 331 4717669

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Executive Editor

Nadeem Iftekhar

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Nadeem Iftekhar serves as Executive Editor of The Lahore Times, directing daily news operations and the standards that govern them. He manages the flow of the newsroom — assignments, editing, verification, and publication — ensuring coverage is fast without being careless and comprehensive without losing focus. With a seasoned editorial eye shaped by Pakistan’s demanding news environment, Iftekhar holds every story to the same test: is it accurate, is it fair, and does it matter to readers? His stewardship of the news desk anchors the publication’s commitment to disciplined, public-interest reporting across politics, business, and civic affairs.

editor@lhrtimes.com #

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Executive Editor

Mushtaque Siddiqi

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Mushtaque Siddiqi, Executive Editor at The Lahore Times, brings more than four decades in Pakistani media to the publication’s analysis, features and long-form coverage. He spent 26 years as Media Advisor at the US Embassy in Islamabad, later serving as Director News at Aaj TV and as Executive Director at ARY Digital Network. He edited the English weekly Pulse for close to a decade and continues to edit for Alakhbar. That range – wire-speed broadcast, weekly print, institutional communications – shapes the pieces that go beyond the headline: context, commentary, and reporting that explains why events unfold the way they do. Siddiqi holds that good journalism must inform before it opines, and works with the news desk to keep deeper coverage sourced, balanced, and written to last longer than the news cycle.

mushtaquesiddiqi@gmail.com #

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Consulting Media Marketing Adviser

Ali Anees

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Ali Anees advises The Lahore Times on media marketing, brand positioning, and audience strategy. As Consulting Media Marketing Adviser, he helps the publication translate editorial strength into reach — guiding distribution, social growth, and partnerships in a media market that changes by the month. Anees combines an insider’s grasp of Pakistan’s digital landscape with the analytical instincts of a modern media strategist, ensuring the publication’s journalism finds the audiences it was written for. His counsel keeps a clear line between the newsroom and the market: marketing serves the journalism, never the other way around — a principle central to how The Lahore Times builds trust.

alianees@techabreak.ca +1 647 4712595

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