''The Daily Alfazl'' is one of the oldest dailies in the Indian Subcontinent. It is the Official Ahmadiyya organ. It was initiated by Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad on June 18, 1913. Mahmud was then a young man of 24. The Daily has completed 100 years of its continuous publication. (Except for the short interruptions when the military dictator Gen Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq banned its publications from 1984-1988). The initial monetary responsibilities were fulfilled through donations by members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The wife of Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, Khalifatul Masih I, ‘Ummi Nasir’ donated Rs. 500. The wife of

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Mirzā Ghulām Ahmad (13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Messiah and Mahdi—which is the metaphoric ...

, Nusrat Jahan Begum donated Rs. 1000. Another notable

Ahmadi Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...

, son in law of

, Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan donated Rs 1300. Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad remained its Publisher and Printer for the first few years. The first “Katib” (scribe) was one Muhammad Hussain, the Manager was Mirza Abdul Ghafur Bag. The editorial staff included Qazi Zuhoor ud Akmal, Soofi Ghulam Muhammad and Master Abdur Rahim Nayyar, notable

s of that time. The house of Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan, remained the active working place of the nascent ‘Alfazl’. At present the daily gets actively published from

Rabwah Rabwah (Urdu, pnb, ), officially known as Chenab Nagar ( ur, ), is a city in Chiniot District, Chiniot, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan on the bank of Chenab River. It was the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community since Septemb ...

Pakistan, as well as a weekly edition is published from London (UK). The past papers have been saved at an archive.Daily Alfazl Archive
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