Dawn (newspaper)

Dawn
Front page, 1 January 2015
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Dawn Media Group
Founder(s)Muhammad Ali Jinnah[1]
EditorMuhammad Omair Mumraiz Khan Khalil
Founded26 October 1941 (1941-10-26)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersKarachi, Sindh, Pakistan
ISSN1563-9444
Websitedawn.com

Dawn is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and is widely considered the country's newspaper of record.[2][3][4] Dawn is the flagship publication of the Dawn Media Group, which also owns local radio station CityFM89 as well as the marketing and media magazine Aurora.[5]

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father, launched the newspaper in Delhi on 26 October 1941, with the goal of establishing it as a mouthpiece for the All-India Muslim League. The first issue was printed at Latifi Press on 12 October 1942.[6] Based in Karachi, it also maintains offices in Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and the capital city of Islamabad, in addition to having correspondents abroad.[7] As of 2010, it has a weekday circulation of over 109,000.[8] The newspaper's current chief editor is Zaffar Abbas.

  1. ^ Long, Roger D. (27 August 2017). "Dawn Delhi I: Genesis of a Newspaper". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ^ "The assault on Pakistan media ahead of vote". 4 July 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
  3. ^ "Following attacks on offices, Dawn editor alleges 'orchestrated campaign' against newspaper". Arab News PK. 7 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Dawn joins Asia News Network". The Daily Star. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. ^ "The Haroon-Saigol Family".
  6. ^ Jinnah, Mahomed Ali (1976). Plain Mr. Jinnah. Vol. 1. Royal Book Company (on GoogleBooks website). p. 236. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Our International Business Representatives". Dawn Media Group. Archived from the original on 30 June 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  8. ^ "The Inside Pages: An Analysis of the Pakistani Press" (PDF). Center for Strategic and International Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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