newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
headquartered in
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
, Pakistan. It is the oldest newspaper of Pakistan in continuous publication since its foundation in 1939, first published during
World War II
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, hence the name (Jang) translating to "war" in Urdu. Its current group chief executive and editor-in-chief is
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, in short MSR, (born 8 January 1957) is a Pakistani media mogul and business man. He is the founder of 24-hour news cycle network, ''Geo TV''.
In addition, he is the owner of the Jang Group of Newspapers and the News Inte ...
. Past editors and contributors have included
Mahmood Shaam
Mahmood Shaam ( ur, ) born Tariq Mahmood ( ur, ) on 5 February 1940, is a Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet, writer and news analyst.
After serving Pakistan's largest newspaper Jang Group for more than 16 years continuously as Grou ...
, Nazir Naji and Shafi Aqeel."Jang Group of Newspapers intimidated by Government" Committee to Protect Journalists website, December 15, 1998. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
Its current list of columnists includes Saleem Safi, Hassan Nisar, Ghazi Salahuddin, Wajahat Masood, Hafeezullah Niazi, Irshad Bhatti, Mazhar Barlas, Ataul Haq Qasmi, Ansar Abbasi, Anwar Ghazi, Ali Moeen Nawazish and Yasir Pirzada.
''Jang'' is published by the
Jang Group of Newspapers
Jang Media Group (), also known as Geo Group, is a Pakistani media conglomerate and a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. Its headquarters is in Printing House, Karachi, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's largest group of new ...
. It was originally published as a weekly to raise political awareness among Muslims living in British India. The group's flagship ''Daily Jang'' is Pakistan's most prominent Urdu daily newspaper. The group also owns ''Geo News'', arguably the most popular news channel in Pakistan.
It is published from Karachi,
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...
Quetta
Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of ...
,
Multan
Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab.
Multan is one of the old ...
and
London
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