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Following is a '''List of newspapers in Pakistan'''. With [[Urdu]] as the national language of [[Pakistan]] and [[English language|English]] as the official one, the majority of [[newspapers]] cater to those demographics. However, regional language newspapers also maintain a sizable circulation, with the Sindhi language newspapers leading the way.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
=== [[Urdu language|Urdu]] Newspapers ===

Most news sources are owned by a few media conglomerates with [[Jang Group of Newspapers|Jang Group]], [[Nawa-i-Waqt|Nawai Waqt Group]], and [[Dawn Group of Newspapers|Dawn Group]] delivering the majority of the dispatches. All of these groups existed before the Pakistani independence and created a niche in both print and broadcast media. Other smaller, but significant, media agencies include [[Khabrain|Khabrain Group]], [[Daily Express (Urdu newspaper)|Express News Group]], [[Business Recorder Group]] and Media Times Ltd (owner of [[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] and Aaj Kal newspapers)and [[Naba News Network]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}

== English-language newspapers ==




Newspapers listed in '''bold''' have the largest circulation.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}

{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Newspaper'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Newspaper'''
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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Founded'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Founded'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Official Website'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Official Website'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Notes'''
|-
| ''''''[[Zarb-e-Jamhoor]]''''''||International, ||2011||[http://www.zarbejamhoor.com/ www.zarbejamhoor.com]||History/Cultural/Current/Political Affairs
|-
|-
| '''[[Daily Raaj Pakistan]]'''||Lahore, ||2011||[http://www.raajpakistannews.com/ www.raajpakistannews.com]||Pakistan's best Daily newspaper....
| '''[[Daily Raaj Pakistan]]'''||Lahore, ||2011||[http://www.raajpakistannews.com/ www.raajpakistannews.com]||Pakistan's best Daily newspaper....
|-
|-
| '''[[Raaj Pakistan International]]'''||Lahore,UK and Canada ||2011||[http://www.raajpakistannews.com/ www.raajpakistannews.com]||Pakistan's best Monthly Magazine with Urdu & English Language.
| [[Weekly Tareekh ]] ||Mehrabpur||2010||[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trusted-News-Pakistan/246373905396541 FB Page: Weekly Tareekh/]||Tareekh is the weekly based publishing news paper of Naushero feroz. The Team is Chief Editor: Qazi Ali Mohammad, Editor: Ayaz Ali Mallah, News Editor Mubashar Ghuman
|-Weekly English ''''''''Financial mail'''''''' English/ Urdu pakistan Best News Paper Available in Islambad,Lahore ,Sialkot, multan Bhawalpur .
| '''[[City Crime Investigator]]'''||Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore||2011||[http://www.citycrimeinvestigator.com/ www.citycrimeinvestigator.com]||Pakistan's first Investigative News Agency and Daily Paper....
|-
|-
| [[Dail]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]] نبا )||Karachi||2006||[ht'''tp://www.nabane'''ws.com.pk/ www.nabanews.com.pk/]
| '''[[Business Recorder]]'''||Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore||1965||[http://www.brecorder.com/ www.brecorder.com]||Pakistan's first financial daily
|-
|-
| [[Naba Karachi]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]] نبا )||Karachi||2006||[http://www.nabanews.com.pk/ www.nabanews.com.pk/]
| [[Daily Financial PostNews (Karachi)|Daily News]]||Karachi||1962||[http://www.jang.com.pk/ www.jang.com.pk]||Jang Group's evening daily
|-
|-
| [[News Time Pakistan]]||Lahore and Los Angeles, California||2011||[http://www.newstimepakistan.com/ www.newstimepakistan.com ]||
|-
|-
| '''[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]]'''||Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad||2002||[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/ www.dailytimes.com.pk] ||
|-
| '''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'''||Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore||1947||[http://www.dawn.com/ www.dawn.com] ||
|-
| [[The Financial Daily (Pakistan)|The Financial Daily]]||Karachi|| ||[http://www.thefinancialdaily.com/ www.thefinancialdaily.com] ||
|-
| [[The Friday Times]]||Lahore||1989||[http://www.thefridaytimes.com/ www.thefridaytimes.com]||Weekly newspaper
|-
| [[Frontier Post|The Frontier Post]]||Peshawar, Quetta and Lahore||1985||[http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/ www.frontierpost.com.pk]||
|-
| '''[[The Nation (newspaper)|The Nation]]'''||Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad||1986||[http://www.nation.com.pk/ www.nation.com.pk]||
|-
| [[National Herald Tribune]]||Rawalpindi and Lahore||2005||[http://www.dailynht.com/ www.dailynht.com]||
|-
| '''[[The News International]]'''||Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and London||1991||[http://thenews.com.pk/ www.thenews.com.pk]||
|-
| '''[[The Pak Banker]]'''||Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad||2009||[http://pakbanker.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx/ http://pakbanker.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx]||
|-
| [[Pakistan Observer]]|| Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore,Peshawar, Muzaffarabad and Quetta||1988||[http://www.pakobserver.net/ www.pakobserver.net]||
|-
| [[The Post (Pakistani newspaper)|The Post]] || Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi||2005|| [http://www.post.com.pk/ www.post.com.pk] || Closed Permanently
|-
| [[The Regional Times of Sindh]]||Karachi, Hyderabad|| ||[http://regionaltimes.com/ www.regionaltimes.com]||
|-
| [[The Star (Pakistan)|The Star]]||Karachi||1951||[http://www.dawn.com/ www.dawn.com]||Dawn Group's evening newspaper
|-
| [[The Statesman (Pakistan)|The Statesman]]||Peshawar||2002||[http://www.statesman.com.pk/ www.statesman.com.pk]||
|-
| [[Pakistan Today]]|'''Bold text'''|Lahore||2010||[http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/ www.pakistantoday.com.pk ]||
|-
| [[Daily Target|Target]] || Abbotabad || 1997 ||   ||  
|-
| [[The Lahore Times (Lahore)|The Lahore Times]]||Lahore||2011||[http://www.lhrtimes.com/ www.lhrtimes.com]||
|-
|}


=== [[Urdu language|Urdu]] Newspapers ===
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Newspaper'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''City(ies)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Founded'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Official Website'''
|-
| '''[[Daily Raaj Pakistan]]'''||Lahore, ||2011||[http://www.raajpakistannews.com/ www.raajpakistannews.com]||Pakistan's best Daily newspaper....
|-
| [[Dail]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]] نبا )||Karachi||2006||[ht'''tp://www.nabane'''ws.com.pk/ www.nabanews.com.pk/]
|-
| [[Naba Karachi]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]] نبا )||Karachi||2006||[http://www.nabanews.com.pk/ www.nabanews.com.pk/]
|-
|-
|-
| [[Shane Gujrat]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]] شان گجرات)||Gujrat||2009||[http://www.shanegujrat.com/gujrat-news www.shanegujrat.com/]
| [[Shane Gujrat]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]] شان گجرات)||Gujrat||2009||[http://www.shanegujrat.com/gujrat-news www.shanegujrat.com/]
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|[[Daily Report]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]])
|[[Daily Report]] ([[Urdu language|Urdu]])

== Regional language newspapers ==

=== [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Newspaper'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''City(ies)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Founded'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Official Website'''
|-
| Saday Muslim || Malakwal || 2010 ||
|-
| [[Millat]] ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: મલ્લત)||Karachi||1946||[http://www.millatgujarati.com/ www.millatgujarati.com/]{{Dead link|date=June 2011}}
|-
| [[Vatan]] ([[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]: વતન)||Bombay||1942<ref>[http://www.newspaper.com.pk/newspapers/vatan.php Daily Vatan] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref>||[http://www.dailyvatan.com/ www.dailyvatan.com/]{{Dead link|date=June 2011}}
|-
|}

=== [[Pashto language|Pashto]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Newspaper'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''City(ies)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Founded'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Official Website'''
|-
| [[Wahdat]] ({{lang-ps|وحدت}})||Peshawar||1983||[http://www.dailywahdat.com.pk/ www.dailywahdat.com.pk/]
|-
|}

=== [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Newspaper'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''City(ies)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Founded'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Official Website'''
|-
| [[Khabran|Khabraan]] ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: خبراں) ||Lahore||2004||
|-
|}

=== [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Newspaper'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''City(ies)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Founded'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Official Website'''
|-
| [[Kook (newspaper)|Kook]] ([[Saraiki language|Saraiki]]: كوک)||Karachi|| ||
|-
| Al-Manzoor || Taunsa Sharif || ||
|-
|}

=== [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] ===

Newspapers listed in '''bold''' have the largest circulation.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}

{| class="wikitable"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Newspaper'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''City(ies)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Founded'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Official Website'''
|-
| '''[[Daily Raaj Pakistan]]'''||Lahore, ||2011||[http://www.raajpakistannews.com/ www.raajpakistannews.com]||Pakistan's best Daily newspaper....
|-
| [[Daily Alakh|Alakh]] ({{lang-sd|اَلَکُ}})||Hyderabad|| ||
|-
| '''[[Daily Awami Awaz|Awami Awaz]] ({{lang-sd| عوامي آواز}})'''||Karachi||1989||[http://www.awamiawaz.com/ www.awamiawaz.com/]
|-
| [[Daily Hilal Pakistan|Hilal-e-Pakistan]] ({{lang-sd|هلال پاڪستان}})||Karachi||1946||
[http://www.dailyhilal.com/ www.dailyhilal.com/]
|-
| '''[[Daily Ibrat|Ibrat]] ({{lang-sd| عبرت}})'''||Hyderabad||1958||[http://www.dailyibrat.com/ www.dailyibrat.com/]
|-
| '''[[Daily Kawish|Kawish]] ({{lang-sd| ڪاوش}})'''||Hyderabad||1990||[http://www.dailykawish.com/ www.dailykawish.com/]
|-
| [[Khabroon]] ({{lang-sd|خبرون}})||Karachi, Sukkur||2003||
|-
| [[Daily Koshish|Koshish]] ({{lang-sd|ڪوشش}})||Hyderabad||1998||
|-
| [[Daily Mehran|Mehran]] ({{lang-sd|مهراڻ}})||Hyderabad||1957||[http://www.dailymehran.com/ www.dailymehran.com/]{{Dead link|date=June 2011}}
|-
| [[Daily Sach|Sach]] ({{lang-sd|سچ}})||Karachi|| ||
|-
| [[Daily Safeer|Safeer]] ({{lang-sd|سفیر}})||Hyderabad|| ||
|-
| [[Daily Sham|Shaam]] ({{lang-sd|شام}})||Hyderabad||1999||
|-
| [[Daily Tulou ]] ({{lang-sd|سنڌ}})||Hyderabad||1997||
|-
| [[Daily Sindh|Sindh]] ({{lang-sd|سنڌ}})||Hyderabad||1995||[http://www.sindhhyd.com/ www.sindhhyd.com/]
|-
| [[Daily Sindhu|Sindhu]] ({{lang-sd|سنڌو}})||Hyderabad||1989||
|-
| [[Sobh]] ({{lang-sd|سوڀ}})||Karachi|| ||[http://www.dailysobh.com/ www.dailysobh.com/]
|-
| [[Tameer-e-Sindh]] ({{lang-sd|تعمیرِ سنڌ}})||Karachi|| ||[http://www.dailytameer-e-sindh.com/ www.dailytameer-e-sindh.com/]{{Dead link|date=June 2011}}
|-
| [[Weekly Mader-e-Watan|Mader-e-Watan]] || Hyderabad || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
|-
|}

== See also ==
*[[Media of Pakistan]]
*[[List of newspapers in the world by circulation]]
*[[Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists]]
*[[Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors]]
*[[Pakistan Press Foundation]]
*[[Censorship in Pakistan]]

==References==
{{Refimprove|date=June 2011}}
<references/>

== External links ==
* [http://www.raajpakistannews.com/ RPN (RAAJ PAKISTAN NEWS) DAILY RAAJ PAKISTAN LAHORE]
* [http://www.apns.com.pk/ All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS)]
* [http://www.apns.com.pk/member_publication/index.php Member Publications], All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS)
* [http://akhbarat.com/ Media links from Pakistan], Akhbarat.com Media Portal
* [http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/pakistan.htm Pakistan Newspapers], OnlineNewspapers.com
* [http://urdureporter.com/ Urdu News from Pakistan] ([http://www.google.com/translate_c?langpair=en&u=http://www.urdureporter.com/ English translation]), Urdu Reporter

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Following is a List of newspapers in Pakistan. With Urdu as the national language of Pakistan and English as the official one, the majority of newspapers cater to those demographics. However, regional language newspapers also maintain a sizable circulation, with the Sindhi language newspapers leading the way.[citation needed]

Most news sources are owned by a few media conglomerates with Jang Group, Nawai Waqt Group, and Dawn Group delivering the majority of the dispatches. All of these groups existed before the Pakistani independence and created a niche in both print and broadcast media. Other smaller, but significant, media agencies include Khabrain Group, Express News Group, Business Recorder Group and Media Times Ltd (owner of Daily Times and Aaj Kal newspapers)and Naba News Network.[citation needed]

English-language newspapers

Newspapers listed in bold have the largest circulation.[citation needed]

Newspaper City(ies) Founded Official Website Notes
'Zarb-e-Jamhoor' International, 2011 www.zarbejamhoor.com History/Cultural/Current/Political Affairs
Daily Raaj Pakistan Lahore, 2011 www.raajpakistannews.com Pakistan's best Daily newspaper....
Raaj Pakistan International Lahore,UK and Canada 2011 www.raajpakistannews.com Pakistan's best Monthly Magazine with Urdu & English Language.
City Crime Investigator Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore 2011 www.citycrimeinvestigator.com Pakistan's first Investigative News Agency and Daily Paper....
Business Recorder Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore 1965 www.brecorder.com Pakistan's first financial daily
Daily News Karachi 1962 www.jang.com.pk Jang Group's evening daily
News Time Pakistan Lahore and Los Angeles, California 2011 www.newstimepakistan.com
Daily Times Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad 2002 www.dailytimes.com.pk
Dawn Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore 1947 www.dawn.com
The Financial Daily Karachi www.thefinancialdaily.com
The Friday Times Lahore 1989 www.thefridaytimes.com Weekly newspaper
The Frontier Post Peshawar, Quetta and Lahore 1985 www.frontierpost.com.pk
The Nation Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad 1986 www.nation.com.pk
National Herald Tribune Rawalpindi and Lahore 2005 www.dailynht.com
The News International Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and London 1991 www.thenews.com.pk
The Pak Banker Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad 2009 http://pakbanker.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
Pakistan Observer Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore,Peshawar, Muzaffarabad and Quetta 1988 www.pakobserver.net
The Post Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi 2005 www.post.com.pk Closed Permanently
The Regional Times of Sindh Karachi, Hyderabad www.regionaltimes.com
The Star Karachi 1951 www.dawn.com Dawn Group's evening newspaper
The Statesman Peshawar 2002 www.statesman.com.pk
Pakistan Today|Bold text|Lahore 2010 www.pakistantoday.com.pk
Target Abbotabad 1997    
The Lahore Times Lahore 2011 www.lhrtimes.com

Urdu Newspapers

Newspaper City(ies) Founded Official Website
Daily Raaj Pakistan Lahore, 2011 www.raajpakistannews.com Pakistan's best Daily newspaper....
Dail (Urdu نبا ) Karachi 2006 [http://www.nabanews.com.pk/ www.nabanews.com.pk/]
Naba Karachi (Urdu نبا ) Karachi 2006 www.nabanews.com.pk/
Shane Gujrat (Urdu شان گجرات) Gujrat 2009 www.shanegujrat.com/
The Ideal Pakistan Multan   theidealpakistan.com
Weekly Mubaligh (Urdu) Islamabad 2010

weekly Financial Mail English /urdu newspaper,The best news paper in pakistan available in Islamabad,Peshawar,Lahore ,Karachi,Multan,sailkot,Bhawalpur.

|Aaj Kal (Urdu)

|Al Akhbar (Urdu)

|Asaas (Urdu)

|Ausaaf (Urdu)

|Azkaar (Urdu)

|Daily Jasarat (Urdu)

|Daily Khabrain (Urdu)

|Daily Mashriq (Urdu)

|Taqat (Urdu)

|Daily Dunya (Urdu)

|Daily Dunya (Urdu)

|Daily Pakistan (Urdu)

|Daily Nawa-e-Jang (Urdu)

|Daily Ausaaf (Urdu)

|Daily Express (Urdu

|Nawa-e-Waqt (Urdu))

|Daily Report (Urdu)

Regional language newspapers

Gujarati

Newspaper City(ies) Founded Official Website
Saday Muslim Malakwal 2010
Millat (Gujarati: મલ્લત) Karachi 1946 www.millatgujarati.com/[dead link]
Vatan (Gujarati: વતન) Bombay 1942[1] www.dailyvatan.com/[dead link]

Pashto

Newspaper City(ies) Founded Official Website
Wahdat (Pashto: وحدت) Peshawar 1983 www.dailywahdat.com.pk/

Punjabi

Newspaper City(ies) Founded Official Website
Khabraan (Punjabi: خبراں) Lahore 2004

Saraiki

Newspaper City(ies) Founded Official Website
Kook (Saraiki: كوک) Karachi
Al-Manzoor Taunsa Sharif

Sindhi

Newspapers listed in bold have the largest circulation.[citation needed]

Newspaper City(ies) Founded Official Website
Daily Raaj Pakistan Lahore, 2011 www.raajpakistannews.com Pakistan's best Daily newspaper....
Alakh (Sindhi: اَلَکُ) Hyderabad
Awami Awaz (Sindhi: عوامي آواز) Karachi 1989 www.awamiawaz.com/
Hilal-e-Pakistan (Sindhi: هلال پاڪستان) Karachi 1946

www.dailyhilal.com/

Ibrat (Sindhi: عبرت) Hyderabad 1958 www.dailyibrat.com/
Kawish (Sindhi: ڪاوش) Hyderabad 1990 www.dailykawish.com/
Khabroon (Sindhi: خبرون) Karachi, Sukkur 2003
Koshish (Sindhi: ڪوشش) Hyderabad 1998
Mehran (Sindhi: مهراڻ) Hyderabad 1957 www.dailymehran.com/[dead link]
Sach (Sindhi: سچ) Karachi
Safeer (Sindhi: سفیر) Hyderabad
Shaam (Sindhi: شام) Hyderabad 1999
Daily Tulou (Sindhi: سنڌ) Hyderabad 1997
Sindh (Sindhi: سنڌ) Hyderabad 1995 www.sindhhyd.com/
Sindhu (Sindhi: سنڌو) Hyderabad 1989
Sobh (Sindhi: سوڀ) Karachi www.dailysobh.com/
Tameer-e-Sindh (Sindhi: تعمیرِ سنڌ) Karachi www.dailytameer-e-sindh.com/[dead link]
Mader-e-Watan Hyderabad    

See also

References

  1. ^ Daily Vatan Retrieved 13 November 2010

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