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Zaffar Abbas
Zaffar Abbas is a Pakistani journalist, who has been the editor of Pakistan's English-language daily ''Dawn (newspaper), DAWN'', since October 2010. Career Abbas started his journalism career in 1981 with ''The Star (Pakistan), The Star'' after joining the Dawn Media Group. Between 1984 and 1992, in addition to ''The Star'', he also reported for the Khaleej Times as a correspondent. In 1988, he joined ''Herald (Pakistan), The Herald'' as senior reporter and went on to become its special correspondent in 1992 and then as its Bureau Chief. He has also worked for BBC as a correspondent in Islamabad and Karachi for about 16 years. Abbas joined ''Dawn (newspaper), DAWN'' as the resident editor for its Islamabad edition in 2006. From June 2010, he served as Editor-designated for ''DAWN'' before assuming the charge as its 5th Editor in October 2010, replacing Abbas Nasir. In 2015, Abbas was elected first chairman of Editors for Safety. ''The New York Times'' refer Abbas as a respecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn (newspaper)
''Dawn'' is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and also serves as the country's newspaper of record. ''Dawn'' is the flagship publication of the Dawn Media Group, which also owns local radio station ''CityFM89'' as well as the marketing and media magazine ''Aurora''. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father, launched the newspaper in Delhi on 26 October 1941, with the goal of establishing it as a mouthpiece for the All-India Muslim League. The first issue was printed at Latifi Press on 12 October 1942. Based in Karachi, it also maintains offices in Lahore and the capital city of Islamabad, in addition to having correspondents abroad. , it has a weekday circulation of over 109,000. The newspaper's current chief editor is Zaffar Abbas. History ''Dawn'' began as a weekly publication, based in New Delhi. Under the instruction of Jinnah, it became the official organ of the All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star (Pakistan)
''The Star'' was an English-language evening newspaper in Pakistan that ceased publication in 2005. Early history The paper was the successor to a daily founded by Surendranath Banerjea who had died in 1925. This evening daily was called ''The Bengalee''. It was bought by the founders of ''The Star of India'' who started publishing on the same premises in Calcutta on 17 August 1932''.'' Watson describes it as 'the first daily paper championing the Muslim cause and printed in English … to appear in the city'. It was similar in importance to such famous Muslim predecessor newspapers as ''Aligarh Institute Gazette'', ''The Moslem Chronicle'', ''Comrade'', ''Zamindar'' and ''Mussalman'' but was always disregarded by both research and authorities as it was both too 'Calcuttan' for the Bengali Muslims and too 'Bengali' for the Northern and Western Muslims. However, it rarely covered issues related to the Pakistan Movement. It was more interested in entertainment, light news and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Media Group
Pakistan Herald Limited, doing business as the Dawn Media Group, is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It publishes the ''Dawn'' newspaper and operates a TV channel, radio stations and websites. It is a listed member of All Pakistan Newspapers Society. Although it has faced tough competition from the Jang Group, it has still managed to remain popular. The group is headed by the Pakistani media mogul Hameed Haroon, its current CEO. Ownership The Karachi based group is owned by the powerful Haroon and Saigol families. The CEO is Hameed Haroon, and its chairman is Amber Haroon Saigol, daughter of the previous chairman Mahmoud Haroon and the 11th richest individual in Pakistan in 1993. A list of the top 10 richest families in Pakistan ranks Saigol family as the 8th richest and the Haroon's the 16th richest as of 2015. Structure The Dawn Media Group covers three areas: print media (organised as a separate division called Dawn Group of Newspapers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaleej Times
''Khaleej Times'' is a daily English language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Launched on 16 April 1978, ''Khaleej Times'' is the UAE's longest-running English daily newspaper. History and profile A partnership between the UAE government, the Galadari Brothers and the Dawn Media Group in Pakistan began publishing the daily on 16 April 1978, making it the first English daily in the UAE. The founding team consisted of Mahmoud Haroon, Muzammil Ahmed, M.J. Zahedi, Malcolm Payne (the first editor-in-chief) and Iqbal Noorie (in charge of circulation). They were soon joined by Patrick Heyland who was in charge of advertising and promotion. The editorial staff of the paper includes multiple nationalities, mostly from the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka), but also Emiratis, Arabs from the wider region (notably Egyptians, Syrians and Jordanians), Lebanese, Mexicans, British, Americans and Filipinos. The broadsheet comprises the general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald (Pakistan)
''The Herald'' was a monthly magazine of politics and current affairs published by the Dawn Media Group from 1970 to 2019 in Karachi, Pakistan. ''The Herald'' has been responsible for producing many large and breaking stories since it started. It was renamed from the ''Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan'' in January 1970, which was published from 1948–1969. It was Pakistan's most widely read monthly magazine, providing in-depth analyses, investigative reporting and an extensive coverage of current affairs. The magazine enjoyed a wide circulation abroad, particularly among academics and Pakistani expatriate communities in the Middle East, United Kingdom and North America. It stopped publication after its July 2019 issue. See also * List of magazines in Pakistan The following is a list of notable magazines in Pakistan. In English * ''Fashion Central'', (Published in Lahore) * ''Herald'', (News magazine, published in Karachi, owned by Dawn Group of Newspapers, suspended its pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas Nasir
Abbas Nasir is Pakistani journalist and former editor of Pakistan's English language daily ''DAWN''. Previously he was the head of the BBC Urdu Service, where he has been appointed as Executive Editor for the Asia and the Pacific Region at BBC World Service. Nasir began his journalism career in the early 1980s at the daily newspapers ''Dawn'' and ''Muslim''. He later joined the monthly current affairs magazine ''Herald''. In May 1994 he joined the BBC Urdu Service while also serving as the chief political correspondent with the English daily ''The News International''. Later he became head of the BBC Urdu service and helped found their website in October 1999. While with the BBC, he also worked on as an analyst on their '' The World Today'' programme. He was replaced by Zaffar Abbas Zaffar Abbas is a Pakistani journalist, who has been the editor of Pakistan's English-language daily ''DAWN'', since October 2010. Career Abbas started his journalism career in 1981 with '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital media, digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as ''The Daily (podcast), The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones (publisher), George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won List of Pulitzer Prizes awarded to The New York Times, 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national "newspaper of record". For print it is ranked List of newspapers by circulation, 18th in the world by circulation and List of newspapers in the United States, 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is Public company, publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Pakistan Newspapers Society
All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) is an organization of major Pakistani newspapers, their publishers, companies, and corporations. It includes the Jang Group of Newspapers, Dawn Group of Newspapers, and Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Newspapers. History The Pakistan Newspapers Society was established in 1950. Later, All Pakistan Newspapers Society was established in 1953 and was headed by Hamid Nizami, Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman, Mian Iftikharuddin, ''Fakhre Matri'', Hamid Mahmood, Yusuf Haroon, Mahmud A. Haroon, A.G. Mirza, Kazi Mohammad Akber, Munawwar Hidayet Ullah, K. M. Hamid Ullah, Anwarul Islam of the newspaper ''Pakistan Observer'', Dacca, Syed Hameed Hussain Naqvi, and Tanvir Tahir. The older organization, Pakistan Newspapers Society was established primarily due to the efforts of Hameed Nizami, Altaf Husain, and Hamid Mahmood. It functioned for a number of years but could not receive much support or recognition either from the publishers or the advertising agencies. Other s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Group Of Newspapers
Pakistan Herald Limited, doing business as the Dawn Media Group, is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It publishes the ''Dawn'' newspaper and operates a TV channel, radio stations and websites. It is a listed member of All Pakistan Newspapers Society. Although it has faced tough competition from the Jang Group, it has still managed to remain popular. The group is headed by the Pakistani media mogul Hameed Haroon, its current CEO. Ownership The Karachi based group is owned by the powerful Haroon and Saigol families. The CEO is Hameed Haroon, and its chairman is Amber Haroon Saigol, daughter of the previous chairman Mahmoud Haroon and the 11th richest individual in Pakistan in 1993. A list of the top 10 richest families in Pakistan ranks Saigol family as the 8th richest and the Haroon's the 16th richest as of 2015. Structure The Dawn Media Group covers three areas: print media (organised as a separate division called Dawn Group of Newspapers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister's Office (Pakistan)
The Prime Minister's Office (Urdu: دفترِ وزیرِ اعظم) is the principal workplace of the Prime Minister of Pakistan and is headed by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Tauqir Shah. It is responsible for formulating policies for the Prime Minister's cabinet, conducting its cabinet meetings, and supervising and overseeing the implementation of the Cabinet's policy. In addition, it is in charge of other governmental bodies, which report directly to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's Office is located on Red Zone, Islamabad, Pakistan. References Buildings and structures in Islamabad Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ... Continuity of government in Pakistan * Government buildings in Pakistan {{Pak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committee To Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an American independent non-profit, non-governmental organization, based in New York City, New York, with correspondents around the world. CPJ promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists. The ''American Journalism Review'' has called the organization, "Journalism's Red Cross." Since late 1980s, the organization has been publishing an annual census of journalists killed or imprisoned in relation to their work. History and programs The Committee to Protect Journalists was founded in 1981 in response to the harassment of Paraguayan journalist Alcibiades González Delvalle. Its founding honorary chairman was Walter Cronkite. Since 1991, it has held the annual CPJ International Press Freedom Awards Dinner, during which awards are given to journalists and press freedom advocates who have endured beatings, threats, intimidation, and prison for reporting the news. Between 2002 and 2008, it published a biannual magazine, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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