''Daily Mashriq'' (

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: روﺯنامه مشرق) is an Urdu-language daily newspaper published from

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, provincial capital of

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. The newspaper was founded in 1963 by Inayat Ullah Khan. Muhammad Iqbal Khawaja is the current Chief Editor of Daily Mashriq, Lahore.

History

In 1964, the newspaper was nationalized by the military regime of

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and subsequently, it became part of the National Press Trust (NPT), which was established to manage nationalized independent newspapers in order

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. In 1967, the NPT re-launched the paper from Peshawar and another edition from Karachi. In 1972, the third edition from Quetta was added. It remained in government hands until the government of

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abolished the NPT in 1994 and privatized all newspapers.

Contributors

Intizar Hussain Intizar Hussain ( ur, ; 21 December 1925 – 2 February 2016) was a Pakistani writer of Urdu novels, short stories, poetry and nonfiction. He is widely recognised as a leading literary figure of Pakistan. He was among the finalists of the Man Bo ...

Hasan Abidi Hasan Abidi (Urdu: حسن عابدی) (7 July 1929 – 6 September 2005) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, political activist and an Urdu language poet. Early life and career He was born on 7 July 1929 in Zafarabad, Jaunpur district, Utt ...

References

External links

Mashriq Official web Site

Mashriq

Mashriq Newspaper
Daily newspapers published in Pakistan Urdu-language newspapers published in Pakistan Mass media in Peshawar 1963 establishments in Pakistan Nationalisation in Pakistan {{Pakistan-newspaper-stub

History

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