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*[http://www.thenews.com.pk The News International official website] |
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*[http://www.enews.pk Urdu News in Pakistan] |
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*[http://www.jang.com.pk Jang Group official website] |
*[http://www.jang.com.pk Jang Group official website] |
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*[http://www.apns.com.pk/thenewsintlkarachi.htm The News Profile at APNS] |
*[http://www.apns.com.pk/thenewsintlkarachi.htm The News Profile at APNS] |
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| The News International | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Jang Group of Newspapers |
| Publisher | Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman |
| Editor | Shaheen Sehbai |
| Founded | February 11,1991 |
| Political alignment | moderate |
| Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan  |
| Circulation | 140,000 |
| ISSN | 1563-9479 |
| Website | thenews.com.pk |
The News International (ISSN 1563-9479), published in tabloid size, is the largest English language newspaper in Pakistan.[1] The News has an ABC certified circulation of 140,000. It is published from Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi/Islamabad. An overseas edition is published from London that caters to the Pakistani community in the United Kingdom and plans are currently underway to start publication in New York City, USA.
The News is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Jang (جنگ) the largest Urdu language newspaper in Pakistan[citation needed]. Mir Khalil ur Rehman was the founder of the newspaper and his younger son, Mir Shakil ur Rehman, is the present owner.
Staff
The regular op-ed contributors for The News include Dr Farrukh Saleem, Ghazi Salahuddin, Masood Hasan, Ayaz Amir, Shafqat Mahmood, Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Nasim Zehra, Mosharraf Zaidi, Roedad Khan, Ikram Sehgal, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, Babar Sattar, Anjum Niaz, Amb Zafar Hilaly, Fasi Zaka, Hamid Mir, Amb Asif Ezdi, Tasneem Noorani, Shamshad Ahmad, Aaker Patel, Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, Lt Gen Talat Masood, Afiya Shehrbano, Kamila Hyat, Dr Masooda Bano, Dr Muzaffar Iqbal, Gibran Peshimam, Dr Ashfaque H Khan, Mir Jamilur Rahman, Ahmad Rafay Alam, Ayesha Ijaz Khan, Talat Farooq, Feryal Ali Gauhar, Dr Sania Nishtar, Farhat Taj, Tayyab Siddiqui, and Harris Khalique.
See also
- Dawn, main competitor
- Daily Jang
- Daily Times (Pakistan)
- Awam
- List of newspapers in Pakistan
References
- ^ Bumiller, Elisabeth (January 21, 2010). "Pakistan Resists Call by U.S. to Root Out Militants". New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
External links
- The News International official website
- Urdu News in Pakistan
- Jang Group official website
- The News Profile at APNS
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