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Retrieved 22 September 2017.


Publication

''The News International'' and its Sunday version ''The News on Sunday'' is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers, publisher of the ''
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newspaper in Pakistan. Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman was the founder of the newspaper and his younger brother,
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 ...
, is the current chief executive officer and
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''. The weekend edition of ''The News International'' also contains a two-page magazine in the Chinese language that is produced and published by a Chinese company based in
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Editors

Talat Aslam, a senior journalist and former editor of ''Herald'', is currently serving as the senior editor at ''The News''. Muhammad Umer heads the Karachi city section of the newspaper.


Staff

The reporters and regular contributors for ''The News International'' are: *
Shamshad Ahmad Shamshad Ahmad ( ur, ) (born 10 December 1941) is a veteran Pakistani diplomat, international relations expert and an author who served in BPS-22 grade as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from 1997 to 2000. He also served as the Permanent R ...
* Sameen Amer * Ayaz Amir * Masood Hasan * Aamna Isani * Roedad Khan *
Maleeha Lodhi Maleeha Lodhi ( ur, ; born 15 November 1952) is a Pakistani diplomat, political scientist, and a former Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations. She was the first woman to hold the position. Previously, she served as Pakistan's envo ...
* Shafqat Mahmood * Lt. General Talat Masood * Sultan Mehmood * Hamid Mir * Jamil Nasir * Sania Nishtar * Tasneem Noorani * Zia Ur Rehman * Mudassir Rizvi * Ghazi Salahuddin * Farrukh Saleem * Ikram Sehgal * Sabir Shah * Mosharraf Zaidi *
Fasi Zaka Fasi Zaka ( ps, فاسی زاکا; born 9 October 1976) is a Pakistani political commentator, columnist, radio talk show host, and television anchor. Zaka attended Somerville College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He rose to prominence for his sa ...
* Salaar Khan *
Rahimullah Yusufzai Rahimullah Yusufzai (رحیم اللہ یوسُفزئی) (10 September 1954 – 9 September 2021) was a Pakistani journalist, political and security analyst, best known for having interviewed Osama bin Laden, and Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Om ...
*
Nasim Zehra Nasim Zehra (Urdu:نسیم زہرہ) is a Pakistani journalist and writer who hosts a primetime current affairs talkshow on ''Channel 24''. Education and career Zehra studied business at the Quaid-e-Azam University, Pakistan and later studie ...


Sections

The magazine sections of the newspaper include: * Instep: The entertainment section of the newspaper. Published every Sunday. Previously had a daily edition called Instep Today that was discontinued in 2020. * Us Magazine: Youth magazine published every Friday. * You: Women's magazine published every Tuesday.


See also

*
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References


External links

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