Daily Pakistan

Daily Pakistan
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Editor-in-chief Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami
Founded 1997
Language Urdu
Headquarters Lahore, Pakistan
Circulation

500,000+

Language: English, Urdu, Chinese
Website Daily Pakistan Urdu, Daily Pakistan English, Daily Pakistan Chinese

The Daily Pakistan (Urdu: روزنامہ پاکستان‬‎) is a daily newspaper in Pakistan, published both in Urdu language and in English. Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami is its chief editor.[1][2] Daily Pakistan is currently published from Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Multan and Peshawar simultaneously.

History

This Lahore-based daily was started in December 1990. During Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's regime, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami suffered hardships and was put behind the bars. Prior to taking over Daily Pakistan, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Weekly Zindagi, Lahore. He also served as President, Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors in 2002.[3]

The newspaper is known for its writer Hamid Mir who interviewed Osama bin Laden for the Daily in 1997. Asghar Abdullah, Tariq Mehmood Ahsan, and Saleem Shahab[4] have also been contributing articles for Weekly Zindagi Magazine.[5] Nauman Tasleem Khan is web editor of the Daily Pakistan.

Daily Pakistan also established an English version of its news publication in 2015, titled Daily Pakistan Global. The section is headed by Waqas Ahmed.

Columnists

  • Naseem Shahid (An-Kahi)[6]
  • Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami (Jalsa-e-Aam) (Chief editor of Daily Pakistan)[7][8]
  • Wusatullah Khan
  • Dr. Nouman Nayyar Kulachvi (Sirat e Danish)
  • Ghulam Jelani Khan (Shamsheer o Sanaan Awwal)
  • Ch. Khadim Hussain (Ye Lahore Hai)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Journalists visit Overseas Pakistanis Commission The Nation (Pakistan newspaper), Published 24 November 2017, Retrieved 25 November 2017
  2. ↑ Daily Pakistan (newspaper) on the List of National newspapers in Pakistan w3newspapers.com website, Retrieved 25 November 2017
  3. ↑ CPNE meets secretary information Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 July 2002, Retrieved 25 November 2017
  4. ↑ 100 Namwar Khawateen. ISBN 8089714412. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  5. ↑ "Daily Pakstan ePaper – Daily Urdu Newspaper – Roznama Pakistan". Daily Pakistan. 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  6. ↑ "نسیم شاہد". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  7. ↑ Tributes to Majid Nizami on 89th birthday The Nation (Pakistan newspaper), Published 4 April 2017, Retrieved 25 November 2017
  8. ↑ Profile of Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 25 November 2017
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