The ''Pakistan Observer'' is one of the oldest and widely read English-language

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of Pakistan. It is published in six cities –

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

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 ...

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 List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

, and

Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad (; ur, ) is the capital and largest city of Azad Kashmir, and the 60th largest in Pakistan. The city is located in Muzaffarabad District, near the confluence of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers. The district is bounded by the Pak ...

. The newspaper was founded in 1988 by the veteran journalist late

Zahid Malik Zahid Malik (October 5, 1937 – September 1, 2016), was a Pakistani journalist and writer, who was the founder and editor-in-chief of ''Pakistan Observer''. He was also the founder-chairman of the think tank '101 Friends of China', a non- ...

. Topics the newspaper covers include

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and

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tyl ...

. It runs a leading Sunday magazine called
SocialDiary
', which includes

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, interviews, fashion, recipes, reviews, travel advice, blogs and technology news.

Background and outlook

The newspaper was first published on 1 November 1988 in Islamabad, making it the first newspaper to be published in the capital city. The newspaper is now led by Faisal Zahid Malik, who is also the

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. The head office is in the capital city Islamabad, and it has four other offices in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, and Muzaffarabad.

Abdus Sattar ʻAbd al-Sattār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الستّار) is an Arabic Muslim male given name, built on the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Sattār''. The name means "servant of the Veiler (of sins)". Because the letter s is a sun lett ...

, former

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, is the lead current affairs analyst of this newspaper. He focuses on international security. The daily ''Pakistan Observer'' is one of the largest circulated English newspapers of Pakistan, being published simultaneously from Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and

. In 2019, its readership and Newspaper Web Ranking within Pakistan, rated by the International Media & Newspapers website, was ranked 10.

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External links

Pakistan Observer official website
1988 establishments in Pakistan English-language newspapers published in Pakistan Daily newspapers published in Pakistan Mass media in Islamabad Organisations based in Islamabad Publications established in 1988 {{Pakistan-newspaper-stub

Background and outlook

See also

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